Lexington Avenue & East 128th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 128th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 22 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 138 is 340 feet away, and Triborough Finance New Post Office is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, nine of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Lexington Av/E 126 St · M35
Within a walk
30 places
9 schools, 7 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 128th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    740 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, 590 feet away, for the M35.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 128th Street.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 128 St 24 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at 2nd Avenue & Harlem River Drive, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 22 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,885th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 58 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1973 and 2003.

Since 2014 at least 407 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 128th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 5:30AM-7AM

South side of East 128th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 5:30AM-7AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 138 School
    340 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nurs. College
    830 feet
Show all 13
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 School
    340 feet
  2. King's Academy School
    690 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    790 feet
  4. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    790 feet
  5. Association Benefit Chldrn-Graham School
    960 feet
  6. Addie Mae Collins Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  7. Association to Benefit Children Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  8. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  9. Harlem Renaissance High School
    1,280 feet
  10. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    60 feet
  2. Harlem River Park
    390 feet
  3. Crack Is Wack Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at East Harlem Mecc Public space
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. Northern Manhattan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Harlem Savings Bank Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Fire Hook and Ladder No. 14 Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. True Church of God House of worship
    620 feet
  2. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    750 feet
  3. United Moravian Church House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Robinson Community Center
    340 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2322 Third Avenue Older adult center
    760 feet
  3. Triborough Finance New Post Office
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 128th Street or Lexington Avenue.

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