Lexington Avenue & East 109th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 109th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Clinton development. The corner is also named Pura Belpre Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Clinton Community Center is 420 feet away, and Lehman Community Center is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, 13 of them schools, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Lexington Av/E 110 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
43 places
13 schools, 8 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 109th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 110 St 6
    280 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
    0.3 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, 160 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 111 St 29 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, 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
14 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Pura Belpre Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 423 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 109th Street

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

South side of East 109th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Lexington Avenue

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

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical Revival, and built between 1898 and 1899.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Harbor Science and Arts Charter School
    580 feet
  3. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    660 feet
Show all 18
  1. Mosaic Preparatory Academy School
    880 feet
  2. Success Academy-Harlem East School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 083 Luis Munoz Rivera School
    940 feet
  4. The Bilingual Bicultural School
    940 feet
  5. Agile Learning Center School
    950 feet
  6. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    1,000 feet
  7. Friends and Family Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  8. Heritage School, The School
    1,030 feet
  9. Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
    1,040 feet
  10. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  11. Esperanza Preparatory Magnet School
    1,100 feet
  12. Tag Young Scholars School
    1,100 feet
  13. Cristo Rey High School
    1,220 feet
  14. Johnson Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  15. Renaissance Technical Institute Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Family Community Garden Manhattan Garden
    500 feet
  2. Poor Richard's Playground
    570 feet
  3. Peter Minuit Playground
    590 feet
Show all 10
  1. El Cataño Garden
    600 feet
  2. Herb Garden (formerly 111th St. Betterment Assoc.) Garden
    620 feet
  3. White Playground
    930 feet
  4. Villa Santruce Garden
    1,110 feet
  5. Villa Santurce Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Pa'lante Community Garden
    1,270 feet
  7. Pueblo Unido Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Aguilar Library Landmark
    620 feet
  2. St. Cecilia's Church and Convent Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Spanish Methodist Church House of worship
    600 feet
  2. La Casa de Dios Church House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Christ Apostolic Church House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Church of the Good Neighbor House of worship
    840 feet
  2. St Cecilia Catholic Church House of worship
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hellgate Post Office
    350 feet
  2. Clinton Community Center
    420 feet
  3. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    1,040 feet
  2. Lehman Community Center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 32 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 109th 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.