Convent Avenue & West 133rd Street

Convent Avenue and West 133rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos is 190 feet away, and Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them schools, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 133 St · M101
Within a walk
21 places
7 schools, 3 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 133rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. 137 St-City College 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 133 St, 380 feet away, for the M101.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 133 St M101 · Shelter
    380 feet
    M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Convent Ave & W 135 St 30 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 133rd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    760 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 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 January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10031
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
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 161 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 133rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 133rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Contemporary Collegiate Gothic and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1884 and 1926.

  1. New York Training School for Teachers and New York Model School Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 community center
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. City College Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos School
    190 feet
  3. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    460 feet
Show all 9
  1. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    460 feet
  2. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem School
    610 feet
  3. A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
    950 feet
  4. P.S. 129 John H. Finley School
    1,110 feet
  5. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) School
    1,110 feet
  6. CUNY City College
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Annunciation Playground
    310 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Park
    980 feet
  3. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    1,170 feet
  2. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattanville Houses Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Harlem Stage Gatehouse Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    480 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 133rd 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.