West 120th Street & Lenox Avenue

West 120th Street and Lenox Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (South), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Mount Morris Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mount Olivet Baptist Church is 130 feet away, and Future Leaders Institute Charter School is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 25 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 119 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
46 places
25 religious buildings, 9 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 120th Street & Lenox Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 116 St 2, 3
    1,050 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 2, 3
    1,310 feet
    2 3
  2. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Minton's Playhouse (uptown), The Movers and Shakers (downtown)” (1999) by Vincent Smith at the 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/W 119 St, 160 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 119 St M7, M102
    160 feet
    M7 M102

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 120th Street.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mt Morris Park W & W 120 St 27 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
28
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (South)
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1888 and 1902.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of West 120th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 120th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Mount Morris Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 477 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1887 and 1896.

  1. Narcotics Cure Center Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. St. Martin's Protestant Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.

  • 25 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Paul Inst of Mainstream SVCS (The) Preschool
    730 feet
  2. Great Tomorrows USA School
    810 feet
  3. Future Leaders Institute Charter School
    850 feet
Show all 13
  1. P.S. 242 - the Young Diplomats Magnet Academy School
    850 feet
  2. Mt Pleasant Christian Academy School
    900 feet
  3. Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  4. P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
    910 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 School
    910 feet
  6. Harlem Gems UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  7. Harlem Village Academy Charter Elementary School
    1,140 feet
  8. Harlem Village Academy West Charter School
    1,140 feet
  9. Clifford Glover Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  10. Paul Inst of Mainstream 5th Avenue School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Walter Miller III Memorial Garden (La Casa Frela) Garden
    860 feet
  3. West 123rd Street Community Garden
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Harlem Roots Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  2. West 124th Street Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Mount Morris Park Historic District Listed historic place
    480 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Olivet Baptist Church Landmark
    130 feet
  2. Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Landmark
    330 feet
  3. St Martins Episcopal Church Landmark
    460 feet
Show all 10
  1. Emanuel AME Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. Greater Bethel AME Church House of worship
    770 feet
  3. St Marks Holy Tabernacle Church House of worship
    860 feet
  4. Ephesus 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    880 feet
  5. Bethel Way the Cross Church Listed historic place
    890 feet
  6. Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church House of worship
    910 feet
  7. Salvation & Deliverance Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    830 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 120th Street.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.