West 138th Street & Lenox Avenue

West 138th Street and Lenox Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Marks Evangelist Church is 260 feet away, and St Mark the Evangelist School is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/W 137 St · M7, M102
Within a walk
21 places
7 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 138th Street & Lenox Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    740 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
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. 135 St B, C
    0.5 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, 100 feet away, for the M7 and M102.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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
    530 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. 228 West 145th 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 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Turn calming, December 2022

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Lenox Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 138th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 138th Street

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114291.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Gothic. They were built between 1904 and 1925.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 garden
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Mark the Evangelist School
    430 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred Samuel Playground
    340 feet
  2. Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden
    510 feet
  3. Abyssinian Tot Lot Playground
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. William McCray Playground
    630 feet
  2. Howard Bennett Playground
    1,200 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Countee Cullen Library Landmark · listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Central Harlem North Historic District Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Evangelist Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. Union Congregational Church House of worship
    280 feet
  3. Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    360 feet
Show all 6
  1. Abyssinian Baptist Church Landmark
    560 feet
  2. Mother AME Zion Church Landmark
    780 feet
  3. New Mount Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 140th Street Older adult center
    820 feet
  2. Lincolnton Post Office
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 13 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 138th 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.