Lenox Avenue & West 140th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 140th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Lamont “Big L” Coleman Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Union Congregational Church is 680 feet away, and Lincolnton Post Office is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 139 St · M1, M7, M102
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    1,270 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
    1,300 feet
    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 139 St, 130 feet away, for the M1, M7 and M102.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 139 St M1, M7, M102
    130 feet
    M1 M7 M102

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M7 …
  3. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 140 St 23 docks in all
    70 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
    0.5 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 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Lamont “Big L” Coleman Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).

The streets

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

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 103 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lamont “Big L” Coleman Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and August 2023, 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
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 140th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 140th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110535 and 111546.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic, and built between 1922 and 1923.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Mark the Evangelist School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred Samuel Playground
    80 feet
  2. William McCray Playground
    790 feet
  3. Brigadier General Charles Young Playground
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    860 feet
  2. Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden
    1,030 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Harlem North Historic District Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. 369th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  3. Countee Cullen Library Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. New Mount Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Abyssinian Baptist Church Landmark
    960 feet
  3. New Mount Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  4. Mother AME Zion Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 140th Street Older adult center
    440 feet
  2. Lincolnton Post Office
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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 140th 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.