Amsterdam Avenue & West 104th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 104th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bloomingdale Playground is 60 feet away, and P.S. 145, the Bloomingdale School is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 73 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 104 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 104th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St 1
    700 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 104 St, 130 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 104 St M7, M11 · Shelter
    130 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.

  • 72 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 204 West 101st Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

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
104 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 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 1921 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 104th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 104th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114677.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 18 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1881 and 1930.

  1. Association Residence for Respectable Aged Indigent Females Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Horn & Hardart Automat-Cafeteria Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. Marseilles Hotel Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 145, the Bloomingdale School
    490 feet
  3. Purple Circle Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. Young Women's Leadership School
    980 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. Sequence For Cidz Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bloomingdale Playground
    60 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Playground
    580 feet
  3. Booker T. Washington Playground
    1,130 feet
Show all 7
  1. La Perla Garden
    1,150 feet
  2. Happy Warrior Playground
    1,170 feet
  3. Straus Park
    1,180 feet
  4. La Perla Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. The New Jewish Home, Manhattan Nursing home or hospice
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Association Residence Nursing Home Listed historic place
    190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    420 feet
  3. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ascension Roman Catholic Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. St Michaels Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Grosvenor Neighborhood House Community center
    220 feet
  2. Older adult center at Douglass Addition Older adult center
    460 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 135 West 106th Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    680 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    900 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 104th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.