Convent Avenue & West 146th Street

Convent Avenue and West 146th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 is 290 feet away, and Jackie Robinson Recreation Center is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
710 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
W 145 St/Convent Av · Bx19
Within a walk
42 places
19 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 146th 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. 155 St C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 145 St/Convent Av, 290 feet away, for the Bx19.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
97 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 1926.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 146th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 146th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 304 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1897.

  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Washington Heights Baptist Church Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    290 feet
  2. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    440 feet
  3. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    680 feet
  2. The William Lynch School
    680 feet
  3. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    680 feet
  4. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    870 feet
  5. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  6. Our Lady of Lourdes School
    1,150 feet
  7. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Serenity Gardens Garden
    810 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,100 feet
  3. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Johnny Hartman Square
    1,210 feet
  2. Donnellan Square
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Grange Library Landmark · listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Landmark
    210 feet
  2. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    510 feet
  3. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    850 feet
  2. Temple Convenant House of worship
    980 feet
  3. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  4. Our Lady Lourdes Church Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  5. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  6. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    420 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    870 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jackie Robinson Recreation Center
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 146th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.