Lenox Avenue & West 118th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 118th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Graham Court Apartments stands 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 23 of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 119 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
37 places
23 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 118th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 2, 3
    520 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. 125 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

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 Malcolm X Blvd/W 119 St, 110 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 119 St M7, M102 · Shelter
    110 feet
    M7 M102
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 74 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 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 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 118th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 118th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Bus layover only 3 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY SUNDAY 7AM-7PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110534 and 110999.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 313 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1896.

  1. Graham Court Apartments Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 23 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
    390 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 School
    390 feet
  3. Harlem Gems UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
Show all 6
  1. Clifford Glover Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Paul Inst of Mainstream SVCS (The) Preschool
    730 feet
  3. Paul Inst of Mainstream 5th Avenue School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Walter Miller III Memorial Garden (La Casa Frela) Garden
    1,110 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  3. Martin Luther King, Jr. Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. A Philip Randolph Square
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Mount Morris Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Minton's Playhouse Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Olivet Baptist Church Landmark
    600 feet
  2. Bethel Way the Cross Church Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Salvation & Deliverance Church House of worship
    740 feet
Show all 8
  1. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle House of worship
    850 feet
  2. Emanuel AME Church Landmark
    940 feet
  3. St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    980 feet
  4. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  5. Greater Bethel AME Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1428 5th Avenue Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    400 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    520 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 17 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 118th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.