Lexington Avenue & East 111th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 111th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Young Lords Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Family Community Garden Manhattan is 90 feet away, and Harbor Science and Arts Charter School is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, nine of them gardens, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St
270 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Lexington Av/E 110 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
40 places
9 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 110 St 6
    270 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St 6
    1,280 feet
    6
  2. 103 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, 380 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 111th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
16 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Young Lords Way, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 384 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 111th Street

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

South side of East 111th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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

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 40 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Harbor Science and Arts Charter School
    140 feet
  2. Mosaic Preparatory Academy School
    350 feet
  3. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
Show all 13
  1. Success Academy-Harlem East School
    350 feet
  2. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. Johnson Trade or language school
    730 feet
  4. Renaissance Technical Institute Trade or language school
    780 feet
  5. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    790 feet
  6. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    1,190 feet
  7. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  8. P.S. 083 Luis Munoz Rivera School
    1,300 feet
  9. The Bilingual Bicultural School
    1,300 feet
  10. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Family Community Garden Manhattan Garden
    90 feet
  2. Herb Garden (formerly 111th St. Betterment Assoc.) Garden
    330 feet
  3. El Cataño Garden
    490 feet
Show all 12
  1. Villa Santruce Garden
    590 feet
  2. Villa Santurce Garden
    590 feet
  3. James Weldon Johnson Playground
    790 feet
  4. Mission Garden
    820 feet
  5. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    890 feet
  6. Pueblo Unido Garden
    940 feet
  7. Poor Richard's Playground
    1,100 feet
  8. Peter Minuit Playground
    1,110 feet
  9. Pa'lante Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Aguilar Library Landmark
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Spanish Methodist Church House of worship
    130 feet
  2. Christ Apostolic Church House of worship
    300 feet
  3. La Casa de Dios Church House of worship
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hellgate Post Office
    250 feet
  2. Clinton Community Center
    570 feet
  3. Johnson Community Center
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 91 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 33 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 111th Street or Lexington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.