Lenox Avenue & West 116th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 116th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Apostle William Brown Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 65 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Salvation & Deliverance Church is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
34 hurt
65 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
W 116 St/Malcolm X Blvd · M7, M116
Within a walk
28 places
17 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 2, 3
    70 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. 116 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Minton's Playhouse (uptown), The Movers and Shakers (downtown)” (1999) by Vincent Smith at the 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 116 St/Malcolm X Blvd, 140 feet away, for the M7 and M116.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 116 St/Malcolm X Blvd M7, M116
    140 feet
    M7 M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 76 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 117 St 45 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 65 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 34 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 11 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10026
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Apostle William Brown Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Apostle William Brown Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 81 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 15 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and November 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 116th Street (south side).

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 116th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109226, 111686, 112481, 112482 and 114313.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 67 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1895 and 1900.

  1. Graham Court Apartments Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Gems UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
    670 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 School
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. Clifford Glover Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  3. Paul Inst of Mainstream SVCS (The) Preschool
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    600 feet
  2. Samuel Marx Triangle
    1,110 feet
  3. A Philip Randolph Square
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salvation & Deliverance Church House of worship
    460 feet
  2. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    620 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. First Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  3. Bethel Way the Cross Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  4. Christ Apostolic Faith Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  5. Mount Olivet Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  6. Mount Neboh Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 50 Lenox Avenue Older adult center
    1,140 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1428 5th Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 116th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.