Convent Avenue & West 145th Street

Convent Avenue and West 145th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hamilton Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Parish House stands 160 feet away, and Washington Heights Baptist Church stands 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
430 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
W 145 St/Convent Av · Bx19
Within a walk
41 places
18 religious buildings, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 145th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    430 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 145 St/Convent Av, 50 feet away, for the Bx19.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    410 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
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2025

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
102 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1898 and 1922.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 145th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM

South side of West 145th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112192 and 112624.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 298 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1898.

  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Washington Heights Baptist Church Designated landmark
    180 feet
  3. Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Convent Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    160 feet
  2. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    450 feet
  3. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
Show all 9
  1. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    590 feet
  2. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lourdes School Landmark
    870 feet
  4. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    960 feet
  5. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    960 feet
  6. The William Lynch School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Park
    820 feet
  2. Serenity Gardens Garden
    900 feet
  3. Johnny Hartman Square
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hope Steven Garden
    1,230 feet
  2. Frank White Memorial Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Library Landmark · listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Landmark
    110 feet
  2. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    240 feet
  3. Our Lady Lourdes Church Listed historic place
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  4. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  5. Temple Convenant House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    140 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    980 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jackie Robinson Recreation Center
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 145th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.