Amsterdam Avenue & West 112th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 112th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. St John Divine Cathedral is 240 feet away, and Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992) is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 112 St · M11
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 112th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 116 St-Columbia University 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 112 St, 140 feet away, for the M11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 43 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
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
122 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 112th Street

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

South side of West 112th Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 40 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1904 and 1910.

  1. The Leake & Watts Orphan Asylum Building Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Synod House Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. The Bishop's House Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 fire station
  • 8 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
    240 feet
  2. Cathedral School Landmark
    400 feet
  3. The Family Annex Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bank Street Col of Educ College
    1,220 feet
  2. Bank Street College of Education School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Julia Gabriel People's Garden
    200 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    990 feet
  3. Booker T. Washington Playground
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992) Nursing home or hospice
    240 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Luke's Hospital Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Morningside Heights Library
    1,080 feet
  3. Columbia University Butler Library Research library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Divine Cathedral Landmark
    240 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church John 8:32 House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Notre Dame Church Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ramath Orah Congregation Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 47 Fire station · landmark
    310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,120 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and six 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 112th 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.