Lenox Avenue & West 119th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 119th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Mount Morris Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bethel Way the Cross Church is 620 feet away, and Walter Miller III Memorial Garden (La Casa Frela) is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 119 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
42 places
25 religious buildings, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 119th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 2, 3
    780 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, 150 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 119th Street.

  • 37 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
    580 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
    0.7 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1890 and 1920.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and February 2024, 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 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 119th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 119th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110534.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Mount Morris Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 390 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1887 and 1896.

  1. Narcotics Cure Center Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 25 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Paul Inst of Mainstream SVCS (The) Preschool
    470 feet
  2. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
    650 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 School
    650 feet
Show all 11
  1. Harlem Gems UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. Clifford Glover Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. Paul Inst of Mainstream 5th Avenue School
    1,020 feet
  4. Great Tomorrows USA School
    1,070 feet
  5. Future Leaders Institute Charter School
    1,110 feet
  6. P.S. 242 - the Young Diplomats Magnet Academy School
    1,110 feet
  7. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    1,160 feet
  8. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Walter Miller III Memorial Garden (La Casa Frela) Garden
    850 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Mount Morris Park Historic District Listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Olivet Baptist Church Landmark
    340 feet
  2. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Landmark
    590 feet
  3. Bethel Way the Cross Church Listed historic place
    620 feet
Show all 11
  1. Emanuel AME Church Landmark
    680 feet
  2. St Martins Episcopal Church Landmark
    720 feet
  3. Salvation & Deliverance Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  4. Greater Bethel AME Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  5. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  6. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  7. Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  8. Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    570 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    780 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 119th Street.

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