Lenox Avenue & West 133rd Street

Lenox Avenue and West 133rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Grace Gospel Chapel is 210 feet away, and the Engine 59/Ladder 30 firehouse is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places, 24 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 132 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
47 places
24 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 133rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 135 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. 125 St 2, 3
    0.4 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, 110 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 133 St 27 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Lenox Avenue (east side).

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 133rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 133rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110766 and 112059.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 119 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

  • 24 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet School
    830 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter MS Harlem North Central School
    830 feet
  3. Ecumenical Community Development Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,130 feet
  2. Uptown Harlem Gems School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    440 feet
  2. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    550 feet
  3. West 132nd Street Garden
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. 132 St Block Association Park
    560 feet
  2. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    630 feet
  3. Harlem Valley Garden
    1,020 feet
  4. Howard Bennett Playground
    1,030 feet
  5. Harlem Grows 131st Street Farm Garden
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Hospital Center Hospital
    960 feet
  2. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. First African Methodist Episcopal Church: Bethel Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Countee Cullen Library Landmark · listed historic place
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Gospel Chapel House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Prayer House of worship
    260 feet
  3. St John Pentecostal Church House of worship
    320 feet
Show all 14
  1. Bethel AME Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    710 feet
  3. Beulah Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet
  4. Friendship Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  5. St Aloysius RC Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  6. Holy Cross African Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  7. St Philips Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  8. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  9. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  10. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  11. Prophetic Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hansborough Recreation Center
    900 feet
  2. Harlem YMCA Recreation center · landmark
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 59/Ladder 30 Fire station
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,190 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 14 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 133rd 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.