Amsterdam Avenue & West 109th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 109th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Pentecostal Church John 8:32 is 340 feet away, and Explorers Club stands 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 64 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 109 St · M11
Within a walk
29 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 109th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) 1
    1,150 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) B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 103 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 109 St, 100 feet away, for the M11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 109 St M11 · Shelter
    100 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 110 St & Amsterdam Ave 45 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 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

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
107 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,500 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 1909 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 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 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 109th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111394, 114111 and 114753.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 29 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1908 and 1911.

  1. Synod House Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. St. Faith's House (New York Training School for Deaconesses) Designated landmark
    520 feet
  3. Explorers Club Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon School
    600 feet
  2. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. West Prep Academy School
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sequence For Cidz Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  2. Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in the City and Dioceses of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. School at Columbia University (The) School
    900 feet
  4. Bloomingdale Family Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  5. J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington School
    1,070 feet
  6. Cathedral School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Booker T. Washington Playground
    470 feet
  2. The Julia Gabriel People's Garden
    580 feet
  3. Anibal Aviles Playground
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bloomingdale Playground
    1,180 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992) Nursing home or hospice
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 110th Street-Cathedral Parkway Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Church John 8:32 House of worship
    340 feet
  2. St John Divine Cathedral House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Ramath Orah Congregation Listed historic place
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ascension Roman Catholic Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. West End Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. St Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 221 West 107th Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet
  2. Older adult center at 135 West 106th Street Older adult center
    1,100 feet
  3. YMCA Grosvenor Neighborhood House Community center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 47 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,130 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 109th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.