Amsterdam Avenue & West 106th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 106th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. West End Presbyterian Church is 230 feet away, and Anibal Aviles Playground is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 91 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
W 106 St/Amsterdam Av · M116
Within a walk
26 places
6 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 106th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 103 St 1
    1,240 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 106 St/Amsterdam Av, 130 feet away, for the M116.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 106 St/Amsterdam Av M116
    130 feet
    M116

Next buses at this stop

  1. M116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue and West 106th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 106 St & Amsterdam Ave 35 docks in all
    280 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, February 2024

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
106 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,600 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 1920 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 199 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and April 2025; 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 106th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109624, 110016, 111316 and 114574.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1898 and 1912.

  1. Association Residence for Respectable Aged Indigent Females Designated landmark
    680 feet
  2. Horn & Hardart Automat-Cafeteria Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sequence For Cidz Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. P.S. 145, the Bloomingdale School
    690 feet
  3. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. West Prep Academy School
    1,010 feet
  2. P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon School
    1,110 feet
  3. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bloomingdale Playground
    380 feet
  2. Booker T. Washington Playground
    590 feet
  3. Straus Park
    800 feet
Show all 8
  1. Anibal Aviles Playground
    1,000 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Mobilization For Change Community Garden
    1,170 feet
  4. La Perla Garden
    1,280 feet
  5. La Perla Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Association Residence Nursing Home Listed historic place
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    230 feet
  2. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    350 feet
  3. Ascension Roman Catholic Church House of worship
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pentecostal Church John 8:32 House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Grosvenor Neighborhood House Community center
    340 feet
  2. Older adult center at 135 West 106th Street Older adult center
    480 feet
  3. Older adult center at 221 West 107th Street Older adult center
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at Douglass Addition Older adult center
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Columbus Foodmarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,220 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 91 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 106th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.