Amsterdam Avenue & West 111th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 111th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Morningside Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. The Julia Gabriel People's Garden is 60 feet away, and the Leake & Watts Orphan Asylum Building stands 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 112 St · M11
Within a walk
26 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) 1
    1,120 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
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 116 St-Columbia University 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 112 St, 160 feet away, for the M11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 112 St M11
    160 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 29 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
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026
  • 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 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
115 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 87 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MARCH-NOVEMBER SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10AM-11PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

North side of West 111th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 111th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110051.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Morningside Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 37 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1904 and 1911.

  1. Synod House Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. The Leake & Watts Orphan Asylum Building Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. St. Faith's House (New York Training School for Deaconesses) Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in the City and Dioceses of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    360 feet
  2. Cathedral School Landmark
    660 feet
  3. P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon School
    1,120 feet
Show all 9
  1. School at Columbia University (The) School
    1,120 feet
  2. Cathedral Parkway Towers Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  3. The Family Annex Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  4. West Prep Academy School
    1,250 feet
  5. Bank Street Col of Educ College
    1,270 feet
  6. Bank Street College of Education School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Julia Gabriel People's Garden
    60 feet
  2. Booker T. Washington Playground
    990 feet
  3. Morningside Park
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Anibal Aviles Playground
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992) Nursing home or hospice
    510 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Luke's Hospital Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. 110th Street-Cathedral Parkway Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Divine Cathedral Landmark
    360 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church John 8:32 House of worship
    620 feet
  3. Ramath Orah Congregation Listed historic place
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Notre Dame Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 47 Fire station · landmark
    570 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    860 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 11 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 111th 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.