Amsterdam Avenue & St Nicholas Avenue

Amsterdam Avenue and St Nicholas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Firefighter John P. Sullivan Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morris Jumel Community Garden is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
60 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 161 St · M3, M100, M101
Within a walk
31 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & St Nicholas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    60 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.4 miles
    1 A C
  2. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ciguapa Antellana, me llamo sueño de la madrugada (who more sci-fi than us)” (2018) by Firelei Báez at the 163 St-Amsterdam Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 161 St, 140 feet away, for the M3, M100 and M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 161 St M3, M100, M101 · Shelter
    140 feet
    M3 M100 M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M100 …
  3. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue, St Nicholas Avenue and West 162nd Street.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 162 St 27 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
165 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Firefighter John P. Sullivan Way, a co-naming enacted on August 10, 2015 (Local Law 76 of 2015).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1907 and 1923.

Since 2014 at least 94 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter John P. Sullivan Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 58 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109322, 109323 and 110421.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 58 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1896.

  1. 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    580 feet
  2. Whin Music Community Charter School
    600 feet
  3. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    750 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    1,070 feet
  4. Community Math & Science Prep School
    1,160 feet
  5. The Mott Hall School
    1,160 feet
  6. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    180 feet
  2. Roger Morris Park
    490 feet
  3. Highbridge Park
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. McKenna Square
    1,030 feet
  2. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,050 feet
  3. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    1,080 feet
  4. Adventure Playground
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Heights Library
    600 feet
  2. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    660 feet
  3. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    710 feet
  2. Audubon Post Office
    1,120 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station · landmark
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 33 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue, St Nicholas Avenue or West 162nd 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.