Amsterdam Avenue & West 100th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 100th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Happy Warrior Playground is 130 feet away, and Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, ten of them day care or pre-K sites, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 100 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
29 places
10 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 100th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St 1
    1,210 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3
  2. 103 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 100 St, 140 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 100 St M7, M11 · Shelter
    140 feet
    M7 M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 100 St & Broadway 39 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 204 West 101st Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    480 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
7
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
Elevation
97 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,900 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 1923 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 59 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 5AM-11PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 100th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Back-in parking only 8 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 100th Street

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 112667.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 40 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1903.

  1. Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Rectory of St. Michael's Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    250 feet
  3. Parish House of St. Michael's Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    330 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Riverside Health Center.

  1. Inside Out Site-specific installation by Richard Artschwager, 2014
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 10 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. La Escuelita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  3. P.S. 163 Alfred E. Smith School
    830 feet
Show all 13
  1. Morningside Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  2. Yaldaynu Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  3. Open Door Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  4. Tamim Academy of NYC School
    930 feet
  5. Young Women's Leadership School
    970 feet
  6. Montclare Children's School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  7. Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Preschool
    1,020 feet
  8. La Maternelle III Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,020 feet
  9. Purple Circle Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,140 feet
  10. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frederick Douglass Playground
    80 feet
  2. Happy Warrior Playground
    130 feet
  3. Bloomingdale Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bloomingdale Library
    420 feet
  2. Association Residence Nursing Home Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. St Michaels Episcopal Church Landmark
    220 feet
  3. Ansche Chesed Synagogue Landmark
    810 feet
Show all 4
  1. Holy Name of Jesus Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Frederick Douglass Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    290 feet
  2. Older adult center at Douglass Addition Older adult center
    700 feet
  3. YMCA Grosvenor Neighborhood House Community center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 11/Engine 76/Ladder 22 Fire station
    460 feet
  2. 24th Precinct Police station
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,070 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 100th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.