Convent Avenue & West 142nd Street

Convent Avenue and West 142nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hamilton Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Convent stands 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 143 St · M100, M101
Within a walk
32 places
15 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    1,230 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. 135 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 145 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 143 St, 560 feet away, for the M100 and M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 143 St M100, M101 · Shelter
    560 feet
    M100 M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …
  2. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Terrace & Convent Ave 24 docks in all
    750 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. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 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 September 2024.

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
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
114 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

West side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 142nd Street

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

South side of West 142nd Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Hamilton Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 265 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1902.

  1. Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Convent Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. The Grange Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Lourdes School Landmark
    590 feet
  2. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    660 feet
  3. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    950 feet
  2. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Steven Garden
    490 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Park
    530 feet
  3. Johnny Hartman Square
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. Frank White Memorial Garden
    950 feet
  2. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    740 feet
  3. College of the City of New York Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes Episcopal Church Landmark
    230 feet
  2. Our Lady Lourdes Church Landmark · listed historic place
    250 feet
  3. St James Presbyterian Church Landmark
    530 feet
Show all 6
  1. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    580 feet
  2. Mount Zion Lutheran Church House of worship
    890 feet
  3. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    810 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 142nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.