Lenox Avenue & West 123rd Street

Lenox Avenue and West 123rd 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, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church is 110 feet away, and Great Tomorrows USA School is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, 25 of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 122 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
44 places
25 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 123rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 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. 116 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    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, 190 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 126 St 50 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.9 miles 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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, 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 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1888 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 216 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 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 3 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 123rd Street

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

South side of West 123rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 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 is one Individual Landmark, and 261 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1890.

  1. The Harlem Club Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem Parsonage Designated landmark
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 25 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 college
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Great Tomorrows USA School
    120 feet
  2. Harlem Village Academy Charter Elementary School
    350 feet
  3. Harlem Village Academy West Charter School
    350 feet
Show all 8
  1. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  2. Future Leaders Institute Charter School
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 242 - the Young Diplomats Magnet Academy School
    790 feet
  4. Harlem Village Academy High School
    940 feet
  5. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    340 feet
  2. West 124th Street Community Garden
    470 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Marcus Garvey Park Playground
    1,010 feet
  2. Our Neighborhood Place Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Morris Park Historic District Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Park and Tilford Building Listed historic place
    860 feet
  3. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,060 feet
  2. Harlem Library
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Greater Bethel AME Church Landmark
    130 feet
  3. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church Landmark
    150 feet
Show all 11
  1. St Martins Episcopal Church Landmark
    360 feet
  2. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle House of worship
    480 feet
  3. Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church House of worship
    720 feet
  4. Mount Olivet Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  5. Antioch Church of God in Christ House of worship
    840 feet
  6. Transfiguration Lutheran Church House of worship
    880 feet
  7. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  8. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    770 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 123rd 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.