Amsterdam Avenue & Cathedral Parkway

Amsterdam Avenue and Cathedral Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Morningside Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Synod House, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
900 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Cathedral Pkwy/Amsterdam Av · M4
Within a walk
26 places
8 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & Cathedral Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) 1
    900 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 103 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cathedral Pkwy/Amsterdam Av, 130 feet away, for the M4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy/Amsterdam Av M4
    130 feet
    M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue and Cathedral Parkway.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 110 St & Amsterdam Ave 45 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
24 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
Elevation
108 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 199 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MARCH-NOVEMBER SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10AM-11PM
  • Bus layover only 5 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 8AM-7PM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MARCH-NOVEMBER SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10AM-11PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110051 and 111394.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Morningside Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1905 and 1911.

  1. Synod House Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. St. Faith's House (New York Training School for Deaconesses) Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. The Bishop's House Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in the City and Dioceses of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon School
    850 feet
  3. School at Columbia University (The) School
    850 feet
Show all 8
  1. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Cathedral School
    940 feet
  3. West Prep Academy School
    980 feet
  4. Sequence For Cidz Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  5. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Julia Gabriel People's Garden
    330 feet
  2. Booker T. Washington Playground
    720 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Anibal Aviles Playground
    960 feet
  2. Morningside Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992) Nursing home or hospice
    780 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 110th Street-Cathedral Parkway Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Church John 8:32 House of worship
    390 feet
  2. St John Divine Cathedral House of worship
    600 feet
  3. Ramath Orah Congregation Listed historic place
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ascension Roman Catholic Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  2. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 221 West 107th Street Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 47 Fire station
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    900 feet
  3. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,010 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or Cathedral Parkway.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.