Lenox Avenue & West 141st Street

Lenox Avenue and West 141st Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brigadier General Charles Young Playground is 590 feet away, and Abyssinian Tot Lot is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 142 St · M1, M7, M102
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 141st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St 3
    1,040 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Harlem
1 line
  1. 3 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 135 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “PARADE” (2018) by Derek Fordjour at the 145 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/W 142 St, 130 feet away, for the M1, M7 and M102.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 142 St M1, M7, M102
    130 feet
    M1 M7 M102

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M7 …
  3. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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
    330 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024
  • 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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,000 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 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 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 141st Street

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

South side of West 141st Street

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. St Mark the Evangelist School
    1,220 feet
  2. Global Community Charter School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred Samuel Playground
    330 feet
  2. Brigadier General Charles Young Playground
    590 feet
  3. William McCray Playground
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    1,120 feet
  2. Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Harlem North Historic District Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. 369th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. 145th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. New Mount Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    790 feet
  3. New Mount Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Abyssinian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 140th Street Older adult center
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 141st 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.