Amsterdam Avenue & West 101st Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 101st Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Frederick Douglass Playground is 60 feet away, and the site-specific installation “Inside Out” is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, nine of them day care or pre-K sites, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 100 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
33 places
9 day care or pre-K sites, 8 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 101st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St 1
    960 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
    0.4 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, 150 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 100 St M7, M11 · Shelter
    150 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 104 St & Amsterdam Ave 47 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.5 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
    220 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
99 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 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 1923 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 101st Street

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

South side of West 101st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110923.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 45 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
    370 feet
  2. Rectory of St. Michael's Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. Midtown Theater (now Metro Theater) Designated landmark
    520 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
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. Young Women's Leadership School
    720 feet
  3. La Escuelita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
Show all 14
  1. Morningside Montessori School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  2. Yaldaynu Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  3. Purple Circle Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    880 feet
  4. P.S. 163 Alfred E. Smith School
    1,090 feet
  5. Open Door Associates Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  6. Tamim Academy of NYC School
    1,180 feet
  7. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  8. Montclare Children's School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  9. P.S. 145, the Bloomingdale School
    1,270 feet
  10. Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Preschool
    1,270 feet
  11. La Maternelle III Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frederick Douglass Playground
    60 feet
  2. Happy Warrior Playground
    390 feet
  3. Bloomingdale Playground
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bloomingdale Library
    680 feet
  2. Association Residence Nursing Home Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Row Houses at 854-858 West End Avenue and 254 West 102nd Street Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. St Michaels Episcopal Church Landmark
    460 feet
  3. Ansche Chesed Synagogue House of worship
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  3. Holy Name of Jesus Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Frederick Douglass Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    200 feet
  2. Older adult center at Douglass Addition Older adult center
    450 feet
  3. YMCA Grosvenor Neighborhood House Community center
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    860 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    940 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 101st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.