West 137th Street & Lenox Avenue

West 137th Street and Lenox Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 40 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church is 300 feet away, and Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
40 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
480 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 137 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
31 places
10 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 137th Street & Lenox Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    480 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. 145 St 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. 135 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/W 137 St, 200 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/W 137 St M7, M102 · Shelter
    200 feet
    M7 M102
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Ave & W 140 St 23 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound, 0.5 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 40 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,900 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 1910 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Doctor plates only 3 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY MAY 1 - NOV 30 FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 137th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 137th Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Doctor plates only 8 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114617.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Gothic. They were mostly built between 1918 and 1923.

  1. Young Men's Christian Association Building, Harlem Branch Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Mark the Evangelist School
    700 feet
  2. P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet School
    1,200 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter MS Harlem North Central School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden
    450 feet
  2. Fred Samuel Playground
    600 feet
  3. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. William McCray Playground
    890 feet
  2. Howard Bennett Playground
    940 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    650 feet
  2. Harlem Hospital Center Hospital
    650 feet
  3. Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Countee Cullen Library Landmark · listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    550 feet
  3. James Weldon Johnson House Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. Claude McKay House Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. Central Harlem North Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    300 feet
  2. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    330 feet
  3. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    410 feet
Show all 8
  1. Mother AME Zion Church Landmark
    560 feet
  2. Abyssinian Baptist Church Landmark
    760 feet
  3. Grace Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,200 feet
  4. Redeemed Christian Church of God House of Prayer House of worship
    1,220 feet
  5. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 140th Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet
  2. Harlem YMCA Recreation center
    1,190 feet
  3. Hansborough Recreation Center
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lincolnton Post Office
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 59/Ladder 30 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,250 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 24 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lenox Avenue or West 137th Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.