Lexington Avenue & East 130th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 130th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Johnnie Mae Johnson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Robinson Community Center is 580 feet away, and Latin American Pentecostal Church of God is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and three places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
Lexington Av/E 126 St · M35
Within a walk
19 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 130th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    1,260 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, 1,110 feet away, for the M35.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 126 St M35
    1,110 feet
    M35

Next buses at this stop

  1. M35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    940 feet
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 2024.

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
12 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Johnnie Mae Johnson Way, a co-naming enacted on June 24, 2017 (Local Law 110 of 2017).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Johnnie Mae Johnson Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 130th Street

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

South side of East 130th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes School
    860 feet
  2. P.S. 138 School
    860 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 School
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    890 feet
  2. King's Academy School
    1,200 feet
  3. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    1,220 feet
  4. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    1,310 feet
  5. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harlem River Park
    70 feet
  2. Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground
    310 feet
  3. Moore Playground
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. True Church of God House of worship
    1,140 feet
  3. Latin American Pentecostal Church of God House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Robinson Community Center
    580 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2322 Third Avenue Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 130th Street or Lexington Avenue.

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