Amsterdam Avenue & 10th Avenue

Amsterdam Avenue and 10th Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named John Jay Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Gertrude Ederle Pool is 660 feet away, and Lincoln Center Plaza is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1, A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, eight of them schools, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St-Columbus Circle
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 59 St · M11
Within a walk
27 places
8 schools, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & 10th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    1 A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
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  4. C …
  5. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Whirls and twirls (MTA)” (2009) by Sol LeWitt at the 59 St-Columbus Circle station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 59 St, 110 feet away, for the M11.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 59 St M11 · Shelter
    110 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 10th Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 59 St & 10 Ave 117 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 161 West 61st Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    810 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
6
Police precinct
18 and 20 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

This corner is also named John Jay Square, a co-naming enacted on February 19, 1987 (Local Law 6 of 1987).

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on John Jay Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 10th Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of 10th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 59th Street

  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 59th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102722, 103425 and 105738.

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1875 and 1892.

  1. Roosevelt Hospital Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Roberts Tech & Trade Sch 631 Trade or language school
    610 feet
  2. P.S. 452 School
    650 feet
  3. Professional Childrens School
    710 feet
Show all 13
  1. CUNY John Jay Col Crim Justice College
    730 feet
  2. Gateway School of NY School
    820 feet
  3. Speyer Legacy School
    860 feet
  4. High School for Environmental Studies School
    1,060 feet
  5. Independence High School
    1,060 feet
  6. Nysarc NYC - Esther Ashkenas School
    1,060 feet
  7. Children's Center of John Jay College of Criminal Justice Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  8. West End Secondary School
    1,170 feet
  9. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  10. Amsterdam Child care
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gertrude Ederle Playground
    430 feet
  2. Damrosch Park
    870 feet
  3. Lincoln Center Plaza
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Concerto Public space
    260 feet
  2. Public space at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Public space
    460 feet
  3. Public space at BMW Public space
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Regent Public space
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai West Hospital
    460 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul Apostle Church Landmark · listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Our Saviour NY Church Landmark
    1,110 feet
  3. Trinity Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gertrude Ederle Pool Swimming pool
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    80 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 10th Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue or West 59th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.