Lenox Avenue & West 124th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 124th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Sugar Ray Robinson Way by local law. It lies on the edge of the Mount Morris Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Harlem Village Academy Charter Elementary School is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 51 public places and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 125 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
51 places
28 religious buildings, 6 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 124th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 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. 116 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    A B C D

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 125 St, 120 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 125 St M7, M102 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M7 M102
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 126 St 50 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 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, April 2018
  • Turn calming, December 2022

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
25 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sugar Ray Robinson Way, a co-naming enacted on July 17, 2009 (Local Law 46 of 2009).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1889 and 1914.

Since 2014 at least 220 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sugar Ray Robinson Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 124th Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110147 and 114791.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Mount Morris Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 175 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1889.

  1. Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem Parsonage Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. The Harlem Club Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 public places.

  • 28 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 1 college
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Village Academy Charter Elementary School
    170 feet
  2. Harlem Village Academy West Charter School
    170 feet
  3. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    750 feet
Show all 9
  1. Great Tomorrows USA School
    380 feet
  2. Harlem Village Academy High School
    680 feet
  3. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  4. Future Leaders Institute Charter School
    1,050 feet
  5. P.S. 242 - the Young Diplomats Magnet Academy School
    1,050 feet
  6. Center for Accelerated Learning Trade or language school
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 124th Street Community Garden
    200 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. Marcus Garvey Park Playground
    750 feet
  2. Our Neighborhood Place Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex Garden
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park and Tilford Building Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    800 feet
  3. Harlem Library
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mount Morris Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Hotel Theresa Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church Landmark
    250 feet
  3. Greater Bethel AME Church Landmark
    330 feet
Show all 13
  1. Antioch Church of God in Christ House of worship
    580 feet
  2. Transfiguration Lutheran Church House of worship
    620 feet
  3. St Martins Episcopal Church Landmark
    620 feet
  4. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle House of worship
    740 feet
  5. Refuge Temple Church House of worship
    860 feet
  6. Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church House of worship
    980 feet
  7. Mount Olivet Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet
  8. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  9. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    1,260 feet
  10. Rescue Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
    1,120 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Pool Swimming pool
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    140 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    510 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 14 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 124th 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 Records, 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.