Lenox Avenue & West 131st Street

Lenox Avenue and West 131st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 240 feet to 132 St Block Association Park, and West 132nd Street Garden is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 60 public places, 36 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 132 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
60 places
36 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 131st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    1,040 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. 125 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Harlem Timeline” (1995) by Willie Birch at the 135 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/W 132 St, 180 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 132 St M7, M102
    180 feet
    M7 M102

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 130 St 25 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, 0.5 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 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
  • 6 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 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10037
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 83 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 131st Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 131st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 114904 and 115037.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 24 Individual Landmarks, and 189 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 public places.

  • 36 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uptown Harlem Gems School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. Fellowship of Learning School
    930 feet
  3. Ecumenical Community Development Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. West Harlem Community Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  2. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 132 St Block Association Park
    240 feet
  2. West 132nd Street Garden
    240 feet
  3. Harlem Grows 131st Street Farm Garden
    550 feet
Show all 12
  1. Edward P. Bowman Park Garden
    830 feet
  2. Rev. Linette C Williamson Memorial Park
    880 feet
  3. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    960 feet
  4. Courtney Callender Playground
    1,000 feet
  5. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    1,070 feet
  6. Unity Park Garden
    1,080 feet
  7. Our Neighborhood Place Garden
    1,150 feet
  8. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    1,150 feet
  9. Langston Hughes Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Museum
    630 feet
  2. First African Methodist Episcopal Church: Bethel Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Astor Row Houses Listed historic place
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. National Headquarters, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Pentecostal Church House of worship
    230 feet
  2. Bethel AME Church House of worship
    460 feet
  3. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    460 feet
Show all 18
  1. Grace Gospel Chapel House of worship
    500 feet
  2. Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Prayer House of worship
    530 feet
  3. Friendship Baptist Church Landmark
    630 feet
  4. Holy Cross African Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    710 feet
  5. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    740 feet
  6. Prophetic Church House of worship
    760 feet
  7. Harlem Pentecostal Assembly House of worship
    790 feet
  8. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    810 feet
  9. The Church of the People House of worship
    830 feet
  10. St Ambrose Episcopal Church House of worship
    940 feet
  11. Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  12. Glendale Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  13. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  14. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  15. St Aloysius RC Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 210 West 131st Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 59/Ladder 30 Fire station
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    460 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,130 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 13 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 131st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.