Convent Avenue & West 151st Street

Convent Avenue and West 151st 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 Northwest Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Convent Garden is 60 feet away, and the 30th Precinct is 340 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 34 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 151 St · M3
Within a walk
34 places
14 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Convent Avenue & West 151st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    1,130 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
    1,140 feet
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Nicholas Av/W 151 St, 320 feet away, for the M3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 151 St M3
    320 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Convent Ave & W 151 St 24 docks in all
    60 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
    840 feet
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
112 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,500 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 1904 and 1922.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and February 2020, 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 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 151st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 151st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 186 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1905.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. New Heights Academy Charter School
    700 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Convent Garden
    60 feet
  2. Donnellan Square
    510 feet
  3. Carmansville Playground
    520 feet
Show all 12
  1. William A. Harris Garden
    650 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    680 feet
  3. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    820 feet
  4. Edgecombe Park
    860 feet
  5. Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary Garden
    860 feet
  6. Jackie Robinson Park
    900 feet
  7. Sugar Hill Garden
    980 feet
  8. Playground 149 CIL Playground
    1,120 feet
  9. Highbridge Park
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Bailey House Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    190 feet
  2. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    210 feet
  3. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    490 feet
Show all 9
  1. Temple Convenant House of worship
    620 feet
  2. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  4. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  5. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    1,090 feet
  6. Russian Holy Fathers Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Convent Avenue or West 151st 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.