West 140th Street & Hamilton Place

West 140th Street and Hamilton Place meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Alexander Hamilton Playground is 40 feet away, and Our Lady of Lourdes School is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
920 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Broadway/W 140 St · M4, M5
Within a walk
25 places
7 religious buildings, 4 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 140th Street & Hamilton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 137 St-City College 1
    920 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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 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 140 St, 580 feet away, for the M4 and M5.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 140 St M4, M5 · Shelter
    580 feet
    M4 M5
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …
  2. M5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 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
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3260 Broadway Gas station
    0.6 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
133 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and September 2020, 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 140th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 140th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 62 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1899 and 1906.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 gardens
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    820 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Middle School
    820 feet
  3. P.S. 192 Jacob H. Schiff School
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Our Lady of Lourdes School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    40 feet
  2. Hope Steven Garden
    620 feet
  3. Montefiore Square
    630 feet
Show all 8
  1. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    840 feet
  2. Frank White Memorial Garden
    860 feet
  3. Johnny Hartman Square
    900 feet
  4. St. Nicholas Park
    1,120 feet
  5. Riverside Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Montefiore Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    810 feet
  2. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Walburga's Academy Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. College of the City of New York Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Hamilton Grange National Memorial Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Lourdes Church Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hamilton Place or West 140th 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.