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How walkable is Hamilton Heights?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Hamilton Heights has a walkability score of 96 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in The Bronx, which scores 90 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,730 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Hamilton Heights. The nearest grocery is Paqueteria Tulcingo Diamante Ii, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- 3478 Broadway Llc2 min
- 4 Brothers Food Market And Deli3 min
- Sweet Chef Southern-Style Bakery1 min
- Cocina Consuelo1 min
- Makari3 min
- Sam Diamonds Ny3 min
- Matto Espresso3 min
- GUAYUSA CAFE3 min
- Bank of America ATM7 min
- Capital One Bank8 min
- Riverside Park5 min
- Saint Nicholas Park6 min
- BEPAA4 min
- The High School for Math Science and Engineering5 min
- The City College Architecture Library7 min
- Benny's Campus Store8 min
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial6 min
- The Harlem School of the Arts7 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Hamilton Heights at 40.8242, -73.9501. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 75 street intersections per km², and blocks average 105 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Hamilton Heights
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Hamilton Heights. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in The Bronx
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morningside Heights | 1.9 km | 97 |
| Washington Heights | 2 km | 94 |
| East Harlem | 3.3 km | 95 |
| Marble Hill | 6.7 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the The Bronx page.
Questions about walking in Hamilton Heights
Is Hamilton Heights walkable?
Yes. Hamilton Heights in The Bronx has a walkability score of 96 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Hamilton Heights more walkable than the rest of The Bronx?
Hamilton Heights is more walkable than The Bronx as a whole: it scores 96, against 90 for the 5 km around The Bronx's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 The Bronx neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in The Bronx?
Of the 5 The Bronx neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Morningside Heights (97), Hamilton Heights (96) and East Harlem (95).
How is the walkability score of Hamilton Heights calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Hamilton Heights it is the average of 53 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.