Convent Avenue & West 129th Street

Convent Avenue and West 129th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) is 570 feet away, and Annunciation RC Church is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them schools, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Convent Av/W 129 St · M104
Within a walk
27 places
10 schools, 9 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 129th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    1,080 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
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Convent Av/W 129 St, 40 feet away, for the M104.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 133rd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2022

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1926.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 129th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 129th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1890.

  1. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Sunday School Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 129 John H. Finley School
    570 feet
  2. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) School
    570 feet
  3. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem School
    600 feet
Show all 11
  1. Teachers College Community School
    730 feet
  2. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    890 feet
  3. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    890 feet
  4. Success Academy CHS of the Liberal Arts School
    980 feet
  5. Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders School
    980 feet
  6. Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts School
    980 feet
  7. City College Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  8. P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    600 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    610 feet
  3. Sheltering Arms Playground
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Roosevelt Triangle
    1,190 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Miracle Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 157 Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 129th 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.