Amsterdam Avenue & Laurel Hill Terrace

Amsterdam Avenue and Laurel Hill Terrace meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan, at the edge of Highbridge Park. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Wallenberg Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Amsterdam Avenue.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 187 St · M101
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 2 colleges and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & Laurel Hill Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 191 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 181 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Primavera” (2003) by Raúl Colón at the 191 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 187 St, 110 feet away, for the M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 187 St M101
    110 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 189 St 21 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.5 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10040
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North); the corner is on the edge of the Highbridge Park area
Elevation
196 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1916 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 57 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Laurel Hill Terrace

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Laurel Hill Terrace

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 188th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 188th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated two lampposts.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 189 School
    260 feet
  2. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary College
    550 feet
  3. Yeshiva University High School
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yeshiva University College
    1,000 feet
  2. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    60 feet
  2. Wallenberg Playground
    60 feet
  3. Juan Bosch Plaza in Highbridge Park Park feature
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    1,240 feet
  2. Turner Terrace in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 185th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    970 feet

Health care

  1. Isabella Geriatric Center Nursing home or hospice
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue, Laurel Hill Terrace or West 188th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.