West 135th Street & Lenox Terrace Place

West 135th Street and Lenox Terrace Place meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The corner is also named Ella Baker Terrace by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Howard Bennett Playground is 60 feet away, and Harlem Hospital Center is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
490 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
W 135 St/Malcolm X Blvd · Bx33
Within a walk
22 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 135th Street & Lenox Terrace Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    490 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Harlem Timeline” (1995) by Willie Birch at the 135 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 135 St/Malcolm X Blvd, 320 feet away, for the Bx33.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 135 St/Malcolm X Blvd Bx33 · Shelter
    320 feet
    Bx33
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 135 St & Lenox Terrace Pl 29 docks in all
    60 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. 109 East 138th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10037
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Ella Baker Terrace, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2008 (Local Law 64 of 2008).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 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 1940 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ella Baker Terrace.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

East side of Lenox Terrace Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Lenox Terrace Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 135th Street

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110763.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance, and built between 1904 and 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 recreation centers
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Preparatory Charter School
    540 feet
  2. P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm School
    540 feet
  3. P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet School
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Success Academy Charter MS Harlem North Central School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Bennett Playground
    60 feet
  2. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    600 feet
  3. Harlem Grows 134th Street Farm Garden
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Hospital Center Hospital
    270 feet
  2. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. Countee Cullen Library Landmark · listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Prayer House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hansborough Recreation Center
    220 feet
  2. Older adult center at 34 West 134th Street Older adult center
    350 feet
  3. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Harlem YMCA Recreation center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 59/Ladder 30 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Terrace Place or West 135th Street.

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