Convent Avenue & West 131st Street

Convent Avenue and West 131st 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. In 2025, 543 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem is 70 feet away, and Annunciation Playground is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, ten of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 131 St · M11, M100, M101
Within a walk
24 places
10 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 131st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 131 St, 540 feet away, for the M11, M100 and M101.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 131 St M11, M100, M101 · Shelter
    540 feet
    M11 M100 M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …
  2. M100 …
  3. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 131 St 19 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 133rd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,300 feet

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 543 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,142nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 142 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1920 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 147 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 131st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of West 131st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem School
    70 feet
  2. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    320 feet
  3. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    320 feet
Show all 11
  1. P.S. 129 John H. Finley School
    570 feet
  2. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) School
    570 feet
  3. City College Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  4. P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos School
    720 feet
  5. Success Academy CHS of the Liberal Arts School
    1,050 feet
  6. Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders School
    1,050 feet
  7. Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts School
    1,050 feet
  8. Teachers College Community School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Annunciation Playground
    850 feet
  2. Sheltering Arms Playground
    960 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Park
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Nicholas Park Playground
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattanville Houses Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Harlem Stage Gatehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    140 feet
  2. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    460 feet
  3. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Community Center
    1,160 feet
  2. Older adult center at 530 West 133rd Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 131st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.