Amsterdam Avenue & West 113th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 113th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Engine 47 firehouse is 140 feet away, and Pentecostal Church John 8:32 is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St), is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 112 St · M11
Within a walk
20 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 113th 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 six 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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 112 St, 120 feet away, for the M11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 113 St & Broadway 39 docks in all
    790 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2015
  • 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 3,100 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 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 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

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MARCH-NOVEMBER SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10AM-11PM
  • Bus layover only 5 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 8AM-7PM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 113th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114893.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1903 and 1910.

  1. Rectory of the Eglise de Notre Dame Designated landmark
    490 feet
  2. Plant Pavilion Designated landmark
    540 feet
  3. The Leake & Watts Orphan Asylum Building Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 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
    350 feet
  2. The Family Annex Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Cathedral School Landmark
    650 feet
Show all 4
  1. Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Julia Gabriel People's Garden
    460 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    730 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Luke's Hospital Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Morningside Heights Library
    820 feet
  3. Columbia University Butler Library Research library
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Philosophy Hall Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Casa Italiana Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Divine Cathedral Landmark
    350 feet
  2. Notre Dame Church Landmark · listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. Pentecostal Church John 8:32 House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Broadway Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 47 Fire station · landmark
    140 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and five 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 113th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.