Lenox Avenue & West 121st Street

Lenox Avenue and West 121st 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, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle is 110 feet away, and St. Martin's Protestant Episcopal Church Rectory stands 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, 26 of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 122 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
44 places
26 religious buildings, 8 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 121st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    1,050 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. 116 St 2, 3
    1,310 feet
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines (Downtown and Uptown)” (1996) by Faith Ringgold at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/W 122 St, 180 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 122 St M7, M102
    180 feet
    M7 M102

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mt Morris Park W & W 120 St 27 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1887 and 1902.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lenox Avenue

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

North side of West 121st Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 121st Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Mount Morris Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 478 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1886 and 1895.

  1. St. Martin's Protestant Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Narcotics Cure Center Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Great Tomorrows USA School
    540 feet
  2. Future Leaders Institute Charter School
    580 feet
  3. P.S. 242 - the Young Diplomats Magnet Academy School
    580 feet
Show all 10
  1. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. Harlem Village Academy Charter Elementary School
    880 feet
  3. Harlem Village Academy West Charter School
    880 feet
  4. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    940 feet
  5. Paul Inst of Mainstream SVCS (The) Preschool
    990 feet
  6. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
    1,170 feet
  7. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    710 feet
  3. West 124th Street Community Garden
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Walter Miller III Memorial Garden (La Casa Frela) Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Landmark
    110 feet
  2. St Martins Episcopal Church Landmark
    210 feet
  3. Mount Olivet Baptist Church Landmark
    230 feet
Show all 9
  1. Greater Bethel AME Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    600 feet
  3. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    610 feet
  4. Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church House of worship
    650 feet
  5. Emanuel AME Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  6. Bethel Way the Cross Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 121st 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.