Lenox Avenue & West 127th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 127th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Our Neighborhood Place is 200 feet away, and Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 62 public places and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 127 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
62 places
37 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 127th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    510 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. 135 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 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 127 St, 190 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 127 St M7, M102 · Shelter
    190 feet
    M7 M102
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 127th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

This corner is also named The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).

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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 221 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 127th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF PROBATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of West 127th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 108748, 109179, 112461 and 115028.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 22 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1883.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 public places.

  • 37 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. West Harlem Community Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. NY Center for Child Development School
    570 feet
  3. Uptown Harlem Gems School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
Show all 9
  1. New York Center for Child Developmen Preschool
    780 feet
  2. Harlem Village Academy Charter Elementary School
    1,000 feet
  3. Harlem Village Academy West Charter School
    1,000 feet
  4. Harlem Village Academy High School
    1,200 feet
  5. Great Tomorrows USA School
    1,200 feet
  6. Coll New Rochelle Rosa Parks Campus College
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Our Neighborhood Place Garden
    200 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex Garden
    460 feet
  3. Rev. Linette C Williamson Memorial Park
    710 feet
Show all 10
  1. Edward P. Bowman Park Garden
    670 feet
  2. Unity Park Garden
    670 feet
  3. West 124th Street Community Garden
    860 feet
  4. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    990 feet
  5. Collyer Brothers Park
    1,180 feet
  6. 132 St Block Association Park
    1,280 feet
  7. West 132nd Street Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park and Tilford Building Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Museum
    510 feet
  3. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Studio Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,200 feet
  2. Astor Row Houses Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration Lutheran Church House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    390 feet
  3. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    440 feet
Show all 15
  1. Holy Cross African Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Prophetic Church House of worship
    700 feet
  3. Glendale Baptist Church House of worship
    760 feet
  4. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  5. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  6. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  7. Christ Temple in the Village of Harlem House of worship
    1,060 feet
  8. Metropolitan Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  9. Greater Bethel AME Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  10. Shiloh Church Christ Disciples House of worship
    1,180 feet
  11. St John Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  12. Antioch Church of God in Christ House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 127 West 127th Street Older adult center
    570 feet

Bank branches

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

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    930 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    770 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 14 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 127th 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 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.