Lexington Avenue & East 120th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 120th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Yolanda Sanchez Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 007 Samuel Stern is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Lexington Av/E 122 St · M101, M103
Within a walk
37 places
13 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 120th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 116 St 6
    1,030 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    1,290 feet
    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 Lexington Av/E 122 St, 370 feet away, for the M101 and M103.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 122 St M101, M103 · Shelter
    370 feet
    M101 M103
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 120th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 120 St 28 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at East 127th Street & Harlem River Drive, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2449 2nd Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 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 January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10035
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Yolanda Sanchez Place, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are 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 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Yolanda Sanchez Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 120th Street

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

South side of East 120th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7 AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1891 and 1908.

  1. Harlem Courthouse Designated landmark
    360 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at East Harlem Artpark.

  1. Growth Sculpture by Jorge Luis Rodríguez, 1985
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 007 Samuel Stern School
    240 feet
  2. Sunshine LC of 3rd Ave Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. Kennedy Children's Center Preschool
    640 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 096 Joseph Lanzetta School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. M079 - Horan School
    1,020 feet
  3. John Paul the Great Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem Art Park
    210 feet
  2. Olga's El Gallo Community Garden
    570 feet
  3. Eugene McCabe Field
    600 feet
Show all 13
  1. Life Spire Garden
    620 feet
  2. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground
    630 feet
  3. El Barrio Garden of Angels Garden
    730 feet
  4. Jackie Robinson Community Garden
    860 feet
  5. La Casita Garden
    940 feet
  6. Corozal Family Garden
    1,010 feet
  7. Lydia's Magic Garden (El Girasol Magic Garden) Garden
    1,010 feet
  8. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  9. Papo's Garden
    1,130 feet
  10. Dog Run in Marcus Garvey Park Dog run
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital
    1,050 feet
  2. Henry J. Carter Skilled Nursing Facility Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Elmendorf Reformed Church Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. Rehoboth Christian Church House of worship
    640 feet
  3. Bethel Church of Christ House of worship
    720 feet
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  1. St Paul & Holy Rosary Church Landmark
    830 feet
  2. God 3 Ave Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  3. Bethel Gospel Assembly House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 East 121st Street Older adult center
    230 feet
  2. Triborough Finance New Post Office
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. 25th Precinct Police station
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    640 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    760 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 120th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.