West 143rd Street & Hamilton Place

West 143rd 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. Johnny Hartman Plaza is 100 feet away, and the Engine 80/Ladder 23 firehouse is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 143 St · M100, M101
Within a walk
37 places
14 religious buildings, 6 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 143rd Street & Hamilton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St 1
    1,310 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 143 St, 240 feet away, for the M100 and M101.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …
  2. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 145 St & Amsterdam Ave 24 docks in all
    660 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
    0.7 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
128 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 1905 and 1920.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 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
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 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 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hamilton Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 143rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 143rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 206 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1902.

  1. Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Convent Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Washington Heights Baptist Church Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Lourdes School Landmark
    360 feet
  2. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
Show all 10
  1. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    840 feet
  2. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    1,080 feet
  3. The William Lynch School
    1,080 feet
  4. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  5. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    1,130 feet
  6. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    1,150 feet
  7. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Johnny Hartman Square
    50 feet
  2. Hope Steven Garden
    270 feet
  3. Frank White Memorial Garden
    300 feet
Show all 5
  1. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    620 feet
  2. Serenity Gardens Garden
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Hamilton Grange Library Landmark · listed historic place
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Lourdes Church Landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    590 feet
  3. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 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 37 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hamilton Place or West 143rd 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.