West 142nd Street & Hamilton Place

West 142nd 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. Hope Steven Garden is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 143 St · M100, M101
Within a walk
31 places
13 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 142nd Street & Hamilton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 137 St-City College 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 143 St, 310 feet away, for the M100 and M101.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 143 St M100, M101 · Shelter
    310 feet
    M100 M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …
  2. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hamilton Pl & W 140 St 21 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
130 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hamilton Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Hamilton Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 142nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 142nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 147 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1905.

  1. Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Convent Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Baskerville Hall (Chemistry Building) Designated landmark
    710 feet
  3. Compton Hall (Mechanic Arts Building) Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Lourdes School Landmark
    590 feet
  2. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    1,120 feet
  2. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Steven Garden
    50 feet
  2. Frank White Memorial Garden
    300 feet
  3. Johnny Hartman Square
    330 feet
Show all 7
  1. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    340 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Park
    1,180 feet
  3. Montefiore Square
    1,190 feet
  4. Serenity Gardens Garden
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. Hamilton Grange Library Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Lourdes Church Landmark · listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    870 feet
  3. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 36 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 142nd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.