Lenox Avenue & West 142nd Street

Lenox Avenue and West 142nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Jack Johnson Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fred Samuel Playground is 590 feet away, and St Marks Evangelist Church is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 142 St · M1, M7, M102
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St 3
    790 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, 160 feet away, for the M1, M7 and M102.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M7 …
  3. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 144 St 22 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.4 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 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 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
14 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Jack Johnson Plaza, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Jack Johnson Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and November 2023, 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 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 142nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 142nd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Global Community Charter School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brigadier General Charles Young Playground
    340 feet
  2. Fred Samuel Playground
    590 feet
  3. William McCray Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 369th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. 145th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Central Harlem North Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Mount Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    540 feet
  2. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  3. New Mount Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  2. St Thomas Liberal Catholic Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 14 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 142nd 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.