Lenox Avenue & West 136th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 136th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Countee Cullen Library is 240 feet away, and Union Congregational Church is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
220 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 137 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
37 places
11 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 136th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    220 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. 145 St 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. 135 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

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 137 St, 110 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 137 St M7, M102 · Shelter
    110 feet
    M7 M102
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 135 St & Lenox Terrace Pl 29 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 109 East 138th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 136th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 136th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110481.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Gothic. They were built between 1904 and 1932.

  1. Young Men's Christian Association Building, Harlem Branch Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet School
    940 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter MS Harlem North Central School
    940 feet
  3. St Mark the Evangelist School
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Democracy Preparatory Charter School
    1,300 feet
  2. P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden
    720 feet
  2. Howard Bennett Playground
    770 feet
  3. Fred Samuel Playground
    860 feet
Show all 9
  1. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    1,060 feet
  2. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    1,120 feet
  3. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    1,120 feet
  4. William McCray Playground
    1,150 feet
  5. Harlem Valley Garden
    1,160 feet
  6. 133rd Swing Street Garden
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Hospital Center Hospital
    390 feet
  2. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    910 feet
  3. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Countee Cullen Library Landmark · listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    290 feet
  3. James Weldon Johnson House Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. New York Amsterdam News Building Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    530 feet
  3. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    670 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mother AME Zion Church Landmark
    760 feet
  2. Grace Gospel Chapel House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Prayer House of worship
    960 feet
  4. Abyssinian Baptist Church Landmark
    1,030 feet
  5. St John Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  6. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Harlem YMCA Recreation center · landmark
    930 feet
  2. Hansborough Recreation Center
    980 feet
  3. Older adult center at 34 West 134th Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 59/Ladder 30 Fire station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 12 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 136th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.