Lexington Avenue & East 116th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 116th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Kristal Bayron-Nieves Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 60 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. St Paul & Holy Rosary Church is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
37 hurt
60 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
E 116 St/Lexington Av · M102, M116
Within a walk
29 places
15 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 6
    80 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. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “In Everything There Is A Season” (2005) by Robert Blackburn at the 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 116 St/Lexington Av, 40 feet away, for the M102 and M116.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 116 St/Lexington Av M102, M116
    40 feet
    M102 M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M102 …
  2. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 115 St & Lexington Ave 25 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2278 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 60 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 37 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 16 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Turn calming, September 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Kristal Bayron-Nieves Way (Local Law 110 of 2023, enacted on July 23, 2023) and Vito Marcantonio Lucky Corner (Local Law 139 of 2018, enacted on July 29, 2018).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

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
  • 14 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Lexington Avenue (west side).

North side of East 116th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 116th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8:30AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111200, 112730, 114255 and 114337.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival (late), and built between 1907 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John Paul the Great Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    580 feet
  2. James Weldon Johnson School
    620 feet
  3. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 007 Samuel Stern School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corozal Family Garden
    350 feet
  2. James Weldon Johnson Playground
    450 feet
  3. Olga's El Gallo Community Garden
    550 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lydia's Magic Garden (El Girasol Magic Garden) Garden
    720 feet
  2. La Cuevita Community Garden
    870 feet
  3. Peaceful Valley Garden
    1,200 feet
  4. Harlem Art Park
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul & Holy Rosary Church Landmark
    430 feet
  2. Rehoboth Christian Church House of worship
    540 feet
  3. God 3 Ave Church House of worship
    720 feet
Show all 11
  1. First Spanish Baptist 116 St Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. Pentecostal Missionary Church Christ the King House of worship
    810 feet
  3. Capila Evangelica Church House of worship
    850 feet
  4. First Sharon Baptist Church House of worship
    940 feet
  5. Mount Zion AME Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  6. Jehovahs Witnesses Madison Av House of worship
    1,070 feet
  7. Christ Apostolic Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  8. First Spanish Methodist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Johnson Community Center
    870 feet
  2. Older adult center at 150 East 121st Street Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 25th Precinct Police station
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    340 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    370 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 35 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 116th 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.