Amsterdam Avenue & La Salle Street

Amsterdam Avenue and La Salle Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Grant development. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Grant Community Center is 390 feet away, and Playground One Twenty Five CXXV is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Amsterdam Av/La Salle St · M11
Within a walk
28 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & La Salle Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 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. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    A B C D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “River to River” (1991) by Wopo Holup at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/La Salle St, 90 feet away, for the M11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/La Salle St M11
    90 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 125 St 39 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,700 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 1955 and 1956.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Grant development.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the river birch.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

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 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 ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

North side of La Salle Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of La Salle Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111584.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1914 and 1966.

  1. Public School 36 Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. Children's Learning Center at Morningside Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas School
    910 feet
  2. Columbia Secondary School
    980 feet
  3. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    980 feet
  4. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    650 feet
  2. Grant Shade Garden- Grant Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    680 feet
  3. Sheltering Arms Playground
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Morningside Park
    920 feet
  2. Roosevelt Triangle
    1,160 feet
  3. Playground 123 Playground
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. St Marys Center Nursing home or hospice
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. George Bruce Library Landmark
    670 feet
  2. Old Broadway Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    580 feet
  2. Manhattan Pentecostal Church House of worship
    890 feet
  3. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  2. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grant Community Center
    390 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1301 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    390 feet
  3. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    1,090 feet
  2. 26th Precinct Police station
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    140 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,150 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or La Salle 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, NYCHA, 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.