Convent Avenue & West 148th Street

Convent Avenue and West 148th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 is 810 feet away, and Jackie Robinson Pool is 1,200 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 27 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 148 St · M100, M101
Within a walk
41 places
16 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 148th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 560 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
    560 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. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. 145 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 148 St, 550 feet away, for the M100 and M101.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 148 St M100, M101
    550 feet
    M100 M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …
  2. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 148 St & Amsterdam Ave 23 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
115 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Convent Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Convent Avenue

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

North side of West 148th Street

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

South side of West 148th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 213 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1898.

  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    810 feet
  3. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    960 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    1,030 feet
  2. The William Lynch School
    1,030 feet
  3. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  4. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  5. New Heights Academy Charter School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Donnellan Square
    780 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Garden
    850 feet
  3. Convent Garden
    860 feet
Show all 11
  1. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature
    890 feet
  2. Edgecombe Park
    900 feet
  3. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    900 feet
  4. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    1,150 feet
  5. Mo' Pals Garden
    1,170 feet
  6. Maggie's Garden
    1,260 feet
  7. Carmansville Playground
    1,270 feet
  8. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Bailey House Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    360 feet
  3. Temple Convenant House of worship
    460 feet
Show all 7
  1. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    600 feet
  2. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Landmark
    730 feet
  3. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet
  4. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    940 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    1,170 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Pool Swimming pool
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 148th 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.