Convent Avenue & West 135th Street

Convent Avenue and West 135th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Harlem Stage Gatehouse is 170 feet away, and Hamilton Grange National Memorial is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them schools, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
W 135 St/Amsterdam Av · M11
Within a walk
18 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    1,030 feet
    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. 137 St-City College 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 135 St/Amsterdam Av, 510 feet away, for the M11.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 135 St/Amsterdam Av M11
    510 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022
  • 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
118 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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 1905 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 9 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of West 135th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 135th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 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
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
    360 feet
  2. City College Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. CUNY City College
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos School
    610 feet
  2. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    1,050 feet
  3. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    1,050 feet
  4. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Annunciation Playground
    330 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Park
    390 feet
  3. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    660 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Grange National Memorial Historic site
    760 feet
  2. College of the City of New York Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and eight 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 135th 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.