Convent Avenue & West 140th Street

Convent Avenue and West 140th Street meet at a five-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Goethals Hall (Technology Building), one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 140 feet away, and High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 140 St · M101
Within a walk
27 places
13 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 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. 137 St-City College 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 135 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 140 St, 610 feet away, for the M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 140 St M101
    610 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Terrace & Convent Ave 24 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
9
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Manhattanville-West Harlem
Elevation
120 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 2 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 140th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 140th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 148 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1897 and 1905.

  1. Goethals Hall (Technology Building) Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Compton Hall (Mechanic Arts Building) Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. The Grange Designated landmark
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    140 feet
  2. CUNY City College
    1,050 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lourdes School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    240 feet
  2. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    690 feet
  3. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hope Steven Garden
    1,010 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Johnny Hartman Square
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. College of the City of New York Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hamilton Grange National Memorial Historic site · listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes Episcopal Church Landmark
    360 feet
  2. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    640 feet
  3. Our Lady Lourdes Church Listed historic place
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  2. St Marks Methodist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Convent Avenue, St Nicholas Terrace or West 140th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.