Lenox Avenue & West 117th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 117th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 381 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth is 380 feet away, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Lenox Av/W 116 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
31 places
19 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 117th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 2, 3
    260 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
    0.4 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 Lenox Av/W 116 St, 130 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lenox Av/W 116 St M7, M102
    130 feet
    M7 M102

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

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
    60 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 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 381 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,342nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 179 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 187 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

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

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 117th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of West 117th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110999 and 112481.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 199 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1898.

  1. Graham Court Apartments Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Gems UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
    380 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 School
    380 feet
Show all 6
  1. Clifford Glover Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Paul Inst of Mainstream SVCS (The) Preschool
    990 feet
  3. Citizens Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    880 feet
  2. A Philip Randolph Square
    980 feet
  3. Carrie McCracken TRUCE Garden
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  2. Mount Morris Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salvation & Deliverance Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    740 feet
  3. Bethel Way the Cross Church Listed historic place
    840 feet
Show all 10
  1. Mount Olivet Baptist Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  4. Christ Apostolic Faith Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  5. Emanuel AME Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  6. St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  7. All Souls Church West Harlem House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1428 5th Avenue Older adult center
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    130 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    260 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 117th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, 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.