Convent Avenue & West 149th Street

Convent Avenue and West 149th 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, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Crucifixion 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 45 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
810 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 149 St · M101
Within a walk
45 places
20 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 149th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 810 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
    810 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
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. 145 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 149 St, 460 feet away, for the M101.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 149 St M101
    460 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Convent Ave & W 151 St 24 docks in all
    600 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
    830 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in 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
111 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 1902 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and September 2019, 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 149th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 149th Street

  • No parking 6 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 are three Individual Landmarks, and 196 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1900.

  1. Joseph Loth & Company Silk Ribbon Factory Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. New Heights Academy Charter School
    930 feet
  3. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    1,070 feet
Show all 7
  1. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    1,220 feet
  2. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    1,300 feet
  3. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    1,300 feet
  4. The William Lynch School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Donnellan Square
    520 feet
  2. Convent Garden
    600 feet
  3. Edgecombe Park
    1,000 feet
Show all 13
  1. Sugar Hill Garden
    680 feet
  2. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    890 feet
  3. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Carmansville Playground
    1,010 feet
  5. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,050 feet
  6. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature
    1,100 feet
  7. Maggie's Garden
    1,160 feet
  8. William A. Harris Garden
    1,190 feet
  9. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    1,220 feet
  10. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Bailey House Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Temple Convenant House of worship
    330 feet
  3. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    340 feet
Show all 8
  1. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Mount Zion Lutheran Church House of worship
    980 feet
  4. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet
  5. Tabernacle 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    750 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
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 149th 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.