Lexington Avenue & East 108th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 108th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Clinton development. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Poor Richard's Playground is 560 feet away, and First Spanish Methodist Church is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 12 of them schools, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St
530 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Lexington Av/E 110 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
36 places
12 schools, 8 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 108th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 110 St 6
    530 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 116 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Sábado en la Ciento Diez (Saturday on 110th Street)” (1996) by Manuel Vega at the 110 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 110 St, 420 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 110 St M101, M102, M103
    420 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 106 St & Lexington Ave 27 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Clinton development.

Since 2014 at least 405 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 108th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 108th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1893.

  1. Regina Angelorum Designated landmark
    660 feet
  2. Public School 72 Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 12 schools
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    400 feet
  2. Agile Learning Center School
    690 feet
  3. Friends and Family Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
Show all 15
  1. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Heritage School, The School
    770 feet
  3. Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
    780 feet
  4. Harbor Science and Arts Charter School
    840 feet
  5. Cristo Rey High School
    960 feet
  6. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    1,000 feet
  7. Mosaic Preparatory Academy School
    1,140 feet
  8. Success Academy-Harlem East School
    1,140 feet
  9. The Lexington Academy School
    1,170 feet
  10. P.S. 083 Luis Munoz Rivera School
    1,190 feet
  11. The Bilingual Bicultural School
    1,190 feet
  12. East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poor Richard's Playground
    560 feet
  2. Peter Minuit Playground
    600 feet
  3. White Playground
    660 feet
Show all 6
  1. Family Community Garden Manhattan Garden
    760 feet
  2. El Cataño Garden
    860 feet
  3. Herb Garden (formerly 111th St. Betterment Assoc.) Garden
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Aguilar Library Landmark
    880 feet
  2. St. Cecilia's Church and Convent Listed historic place
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Good Neighbor House of worship
    580 feet
  2. St Cecilia Catholic Church Landmark
    670 feet
  3. First Spanish Methodist Church House of worship
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. La Casa de Dios Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Christ Apostolic Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Living Hope Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hellgate Post Office
    600 feet
  2. Clinton Community Center
    680 feet
  3. Lehman Community Center
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    1,170 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 108th 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, 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.