West 138th Street & Hamilton Place

West 138th Street and Hamilton Place meet at a four-way crossing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Montefiore Square is 60 feet away, and P.S. 192 Jacob H. Schiff is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
350 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Broadway/W 138 St · T204
Within a walk
15 places
4 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 138th Street & Hamilton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 137 St-City College 1
    350 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Fossils” (1988) by Steve Wood at the 137 St-City College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/W 138 St, 350 feet away, for the T204.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 138 St T204 · Shelter
    350 feet
    T204
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. T204 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 138 St 27 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Manhattanville-West Harlem
Elevation
108 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1909 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hamilton Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Hamilton Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of West 138th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114118.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hamilton Grange Middle School
    260 feet
  2. P.S. 192 Jacob H. Schiff School
    260 feet
  3. CUNY City College
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Montefiore Square
    60 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    270 feet
  3. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    600 feet
Show all 6
  1. Riverside Park
    940 feet
  2. Jenny's Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Hope Steven Garden
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Montefiore Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    490 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hamilton Place or West 138th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.