Lexington Avenue & East 104th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 104th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Piri Thomas Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Lexington Academy is 160 feet away, and Living Hope Church is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
300 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Lexington Av/E 104 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
42 places
18 religious buildings, 10 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 104th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 103 St 6
    300 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 110 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 96 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Neo-Boriken” (1990) by Nitza Tufiño at the 103 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 104 St, 170 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 104 St M101, M102, M103
    170 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 103 St & Lexington Ave 35 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
23
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Piri Thomas Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Piri Thomas Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 104th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 104th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1888.

  1. Fire Engine Company No. 53 Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. 28th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. Public School 72 Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Lexington Academy School
    160 feet
  2. Friends and Family Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  3. Heritage School, The School
    420 feet
Show all 14
  1. Sunshine LC of Lexington Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Cristo Rey High School
    770 feet
  3. Agile Learning Center School
    880 feet
  4. Leggett Memorial Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  5. Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
    990 feet
  6. Park East High School
    1,050 feet
  7. Dream Charter School East Harlem School
    1,080 feet
  8. Amber Charter School East Harlem School
    1,250 feet
  9. East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  10. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    1,280 feet
  11. Reece School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 103rd Street Community Garden
    390 feet
  2. White Playground
    400 feet
  3. Mae Grant Playground
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Maggie's Magic Garden
    920 feet
  2. Sunshine Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Blake Hobbs Playground
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Cecilia's Church and Convent Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Gaylord White Houses Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Living Hope Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. St George & St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    320 feet
  3. Thy Will Be Done Christian Ministries House of worship
    380 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Cecilia Catholic Church Landmark
    560 feet
  2. Church of the Good Neighbor House of worship
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2029 Second Avenue Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 53/Ladder 43 Fire station
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    190 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    720 feet
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 31 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 104th Street or Lexington Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.