Convent Avenue & West 128th Street

Convent Avenue and West 128th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Tabernaculo de la Fe is 450 feet away, and Manhattanville Post Office is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Convent Av/W 129 St · M104
Within a walk
33 places
10 religious buildings, 9 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 128th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    780 feet
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. 135 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Convent Av/W 129 St, 290 feet away, for the M104.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Convent Av/W 129 St M104
    290 feet
    M104

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 129 St & Convent Ave 30 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 133rd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Manhattanville-West Harlem
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1901 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

East side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 128th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 128th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Rundbogenstil, and built in 1860.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Teachers College Community School
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 129 John H. Finley School
    860 feet
  3. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) School
    860 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem School
    900 feet
  2. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    1,180 feet
  4. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    1,180 feet
  5. Success Academy CHS of the Liberal Arts School
    1,270 feet
  6. Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders School
    1,270 feet
  7. Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    460 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    740 feet
  3. Sheltering Arms Playground
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. Roosevelt Triangle
    900 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    900 feet
  3. William B. Washington Memorial Garden
    1,040 feet
  4. Clayton Williams Community Garden
    1,170 feet
  5. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. St Marys Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    450 feet
  2. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church Landmark
    730 feet
  3. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    830 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Upper Manhattan Center Career or business center
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 128th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.