Convent Avenue & West 144th Street

Convent Avenue and West 144th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Hamilton Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
710 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
W 145 St/Convent Av · Bx19
Within a walk
41 places
17 religious buildings, 6 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    710 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. 145 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 137 St-City College 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 145 St/Convent Av, 310 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 145 St/Convent Av Bx19
    310 feet
    Bx19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 145 St & Amsterdam Ave 24 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
110 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1900 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 144th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 144th Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Hamilton Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 301 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1899.

  1. Washington Heights Baptist Church Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Convent Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 gardens
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    410 feet
  2. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    440 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lourdes School Landmark
    590 feet
Show all 10
  1. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    730 feet
  2. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  4. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    1,180 feet
  5. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  6. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    1,240 feet
  7. The William Lynch School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Johnny Hartman Square
    650 feet
  2. Hope Steven Garden
    950 feet
  3. Frank White Memorial Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. St. Nicholas Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,100 feet
  3. Serenity Gardens Garden
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    630 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Library Listed historic place
    930 feet
  3. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hamilton Grange National Memorial Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  2. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Landmark
    370 feet
  3. Our Lady Lourdes Church Landmark · listed historic place
    580 feet
Show all 7
  1. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    770 feet
  3. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  4. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    300 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 144th 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.