Convent Avenue & West 150th Street

Convent Avenue and West 150th 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 Extension. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church is 110 feet away, and Playground 149 CIL is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St · M3
Within a walk
36 places
17 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 150th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    1,020 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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St, 350 feet away, for the M3.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 150 St M3 · Shelter
    350 feet
    M3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 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
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    560 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 seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
107 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 1902 and 1922.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of Convent Avenue

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

North side of West 150th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of West 150th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 193 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1902.

  1. Joseph Loth & Company Silk Ribbon Factory Designated landmark
    590 feet
  2. Wilson Major Morris Community Center Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. New Heights Academy Charter School
    670 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Convent Garden
    340 feet
  2. Donnellan Square
    400 feet
  3. Edgecombe Park
    740 feet
Show all 12
  1. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    630 feet
  2. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    740 feet
  3. Carmansville Playground
    750 feet
  4. Jackie Robinson Park
    790 feet
  5. Sugar Hill Garden
    870 feet
  6. William A. Harris Garden
    930 feet
  7. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    960 feet
  8. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    1,010 feet
  9. Bandshell in Jackie Robinson Park Park feature
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Bailey House Listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    220 feet
  3. Temple Convenant House of worship
    370 feet
Show all 9
  1. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. Tabernacle 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  4. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  5. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  6. Mount Zion Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    610 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 150th 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.