Lexent Metro Connect was a New York City based neutral telecommunications provider that owned, operated, built and maintained its own dark fiber network in New York, Northern New Jersey, and surrounding areas.

Based in New York City, Lexent provided services in the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn, as well as in Northern New Jersey.

Lexent's dark fiber network provided connectivity between regional carrier hotels, central offices, and Enterprise Buildings.

Lexent Metro Connect LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lexent Inc., was formed in 2002 and awarded a NYC High Capacity Telecommunications Franchise with the non-exclusive right to construct, operate and maintain local high capacity telecommunications networks and services in the New York City metro market.

The two companies operated independently, and Lexent was privately owned by the O’Kane Family, until being acquired in 2010 by Lightower Fiber Networks.