Lenox Avenue & West 139th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 139th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Valerie M. Orridge, R.N. Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fred Samuel Playground is 70 feet away, and William McCray Playground is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
W 139 St/Malcolm X Blvd · M1
Within a walk
22 places
8 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    1,010 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
    0.3 miles
    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 W 139 St/Malcolm X Blvd, 120 feet away, for the M1.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 139 St/Malcolm X Blvd M1
    120 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 140 St 23 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
17 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Valerie M. Orridge, R.N. Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Valerie M. Orridge, R.N. Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 139th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 139th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic. They were built between 1922 and 1923.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 garden
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Mark the Evangelist School
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred Samuel Playground
    70 feet
  2. William McCray Playground
    540 feet
  3. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    600 feet
Show all 5
  1. Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden
    770 feet
  2. Brigadier General Charles Young Playground
    1,110 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    970 feet
  2. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    1,170 feet
  3. Harlem Hospital Center Hospital
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Harlem North Historic District Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Countee Cullen Library Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    420 feet
  3. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    560 feet
Show all 7
  1. Abyssinian Baptist Church Landmark
    700 feet
  2. New Mount Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. Mother AME Zion Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  4. New Mount Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 140th Street Older adult center
    550 feet
  2. Lincolnton Post Office
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 12 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 139th 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.