Lenox Avenue & West 128th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 128th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 678 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church is 210 feet away, and Christ Community Church of Harlem is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 63 public places, 40 of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 127 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
63 places
40 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 128th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    770 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
    0.3 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 127 St, 110 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 128th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 130 St 25 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 678 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,001st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 406 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 90 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.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 57 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and April 2025, 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 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lenox Avenue

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

North side of West 128th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 128th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111735 and 112461.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 23 Individual Landmarks, and 82 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1881 and 1884.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 public places.

  • 40 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. West Harlem Community Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    270 feet
  2. Uptown Harlem Gems School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  3. NY Center for Child Development School
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. New York Center for Child Developmen Preschool
    880 feet
  2. Heaven's Tiny Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  3. Harlem Village Academy Charter Elementary School
    1,260 feet
  4. Harlem Village Academy West Charter School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Our Neighborhood Place Garden
    370 feet
  2. Edward P. Bowman Park Garden
    410 feet
  3. Rev. Linette C Williamson Memorial Park
    450 feet
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  1. Unity Park Garden
    410 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 127th Street Learning Annex Garden
    720 feet
  3. Collyer Brothers Park
    930 feet
  4. St. Nicholas Playground South Playground
    970 feet
  5. 132 St Block Association Park
    1,020 feet
  6. West 132nd Street Garden
    1,020 feet
  7. West 124th Street Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  8. Harlem Grows 131st Street Farm Garden
    1,150 feet
  9. Harlem Rose Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Museum
    290 feet
  2. Park and Tilford Building Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. Astor Row Houses Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    300 feet
  3. Holy Cross African Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    380 feet
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  1. Prophetic Church House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Glendale Baptist Church House of worship
    500 feet
  3. Transfiguration Lutheran Church House of worship
    650 feet
  4. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    790 feet
  5. Christ Temple in the Village of Harlem House of worship
    800 feet
  6. Metropolitan Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    860 feet
  7. Shiloh Church Christ Disciples House of worship
    920 feet
  8. St John Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  9. The Church of the People House of worship
    1,190 feet
  10. Bethel AME Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  11. Salem United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  12. Grace Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,280 feet
  13. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,290 feet
  14. Friendship Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet
  15. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,030 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 128th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.