West 139th Street & Hamilton Place

West 139th Street and Hamilton Place meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Engine 80/Ladder 23 firehouse is 450 feet away, and High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
640 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Broadway/W 139 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 139th Street & Hamilton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 137 St-City College 1
    640 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
  2. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    A B C D

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 139 St, 400 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 139 St M4, M5
    400 feet
    M4 M5

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hamilton Pl & W 140 St 21 docks in all
    320 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
    0.5 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
121 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 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 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hamilton Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Hamilton Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of West 139th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 139th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 16 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1897 and 1905.

  1. Baskerville Hall (Chemistry Building) Designated landmark
    660 feet
  2. Townsend Harris Hall (Sub-Freshman Building) Designated landmark
    720 feet
  3. Compton Hall (Mechanic Arts Building) Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hamilton Grange Middle School
    540 feet
  2. P.S. 192 Jacob H. Schiff School
    540 feet
  3. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    320 feet
  2. Montefiore Square
    340 feet
  3. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    550 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hope Steven Garden
    900 feet
  2. Riverside Park
    1,080 feet
  3. Jenny's Garden
    1,110 feet
  4. Frank White Memorial Garden
    1,150 feet
  5. Johnny Hartman Square
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Montefiore Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    530 feet
  2. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Lourdes Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    450 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hamilton Place or West 139th 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.