Lexington Avenue & East 112th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 112th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Johnson development. The corner is also named Ethel Battle Velez Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 885 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Christ Apostolic Church is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Lexington Av/E 114 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
32 places
8 gardens, 7 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 112th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 110 St 6
    540 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
    1,020 feet
    6
  2. 103 St 6
    0.5 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 114 St, 460 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 114 St M101, M102, M103
    460 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Turn calming, October 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 885 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 839th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 353 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
17 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Ethel Battle Velez Way (Local Law 121 of 2025, enacted on August 13, 2025) and William Soto Way (Local Law 76 of 2015, enacted on August 10, 2015).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 Johnson development.

Since 2014 at least 727 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 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 each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 112th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 112th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 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 32 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. Mosaic Preparatory Academy School
    380 feet
  3. Success Academy-Harlem East School
    380 feet
Show all 11
  1. Harbor Science and Arts Charter School
    410 feet
  2. Johnson Trade or language school
    470 feet
  3. Renaissance Technical Institute Trade or language school
    520 feet
  4. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  5. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    940 feet
  6. James Weldon Johnson School
    1,110 feet
  7. Cooke School and Institute School
    1,240 feet
  8. Our Lady Queen of Angels School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Family Community Garden Manhattan Garden
    360 feet
  2. James Weldon Johnson Playground
    520 feet
  3. Herb Garden (formerly 111th St. Betterment Assoc.) Garden
    600 feet
Show all 9
  1. Villa Santruce Garden
    650 feet
  2. Villa Santurce Garden
    690 feet
  3. El Cataño Garden
    750 feet
  4. Mission Garden
    990 feet
  5. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    1,150 feet
  6. Pueblo Unido Garden
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Aguilar Library Landmark
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Apostolic Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. First Spanish Methodist Church House of worship
    230 feet
  3. La Casa de Dios Church House of worship
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hellgate Post Office
    520 feet
  2. Johnson Community Center
    570 feet
  3. Clinton Community Center
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 38 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 112th Street or Lexington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.