Lexington Avenue & East 127th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 127th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Alice Kornegay Triangle is 320 feet away, and Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
490 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Lexington Av/E 126 St · M35
Within a walk
29 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 127th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    490 feet
    4 5 6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Open Secret” (1986) by Houston Conwill and “Polyrhythmics of Consciousness and Light” (2003) by Valerie Maynard at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 126 St, 330 feet away, for the M35.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 126 St M35
    330 feet
    M35

Next buses at this stop

  1. M35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 127 St 33 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1980 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 447 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 127th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 5:30AM-7AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of East 127th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 5:30AM-7AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1883 and 1889.

  1. Fire Hook and Ladder Company No. 14 Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Mount Morris Bank Building Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes School
    400 feet
  2. P.S. 138 School
    400 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nurs. College
    570 feet
Show all 10
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 School
    400 feet
  2. Association Benefit Chldrn-Graham School
    710 feet
  3. Addie Mae Collins Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  4. King's Academy School
    760 feet
  5. Association to Benefit Children Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    800 feet
  6. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    1,050 feet
  7. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    320 feet
  2. Harlem River Park
    660 feet
  3. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Life Spire Garden
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at East Harlem Mecc Public space
    920 feet
  2. 125th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Northern Manhattan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harlem Savings Bank Listed historic place
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    500 feet
  2. United Moravian Church House of worship
    610 feet
  3. True Church of God House of worship
    660 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2322 Third Avenue Older adult center
    500 feet
  2. Robinson Community Center
    600 feet
  3. Triborough Finance New Post Office
    960 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 12/Engine 35/Ladder 14 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    950 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 127th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.