Lenox Avenue & West 144th Street

Lenox Avenue and West 144th Street meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Brigadier General Charles Young Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 145 St · BX92, M1, M7, M102
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lenox Avenue & West 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St 3
    260 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
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. Harlem-148 St 3
    0.4 miles
    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 145 St, 260 feet away, for the BX92, M1, M7 and M102.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 145 St BX92, M1, M7, M102 · Shelter
    260 feet
    BX92 M1 M7 M102
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. BX92 …
  2. M1 …
  3. M7 …
  4. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 144th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 144th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 older adult center

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brigadier General Charles Young Playground
    60 feet
  2. Fred Samuel Playground
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 145th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. 369th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Mount Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. St Thomas Liberal Catholic Church House of worship
    710 feet
  3. Greater Hood Memorial Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 108 West 146th Street Older adult center
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bronx Terminal Market Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 144th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.