Amsterdam Avenue & West 114th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 114th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rectory of the Eglise de Notre Dame, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 370 feet away, and Columbia University Butler Library is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St-Columbia University
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 114 St · M11
Within a walk
21 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 114th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Railrider's Throne” (1991) by Michelle Greene at the 116 St-Columbia University station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 114 St, 110 feet away, for the M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 114 St M11 · Shelter
    110 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 116 St & Amsterdam Ave 43 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2018
  • Turn calming, July 2025

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
123 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2022 and November 2024; 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 3 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-4PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of West 114th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110493 and 110494.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Neoclassical, French Renaissance Revival and Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1897 and 1912.

  1. Rectory of the Eglise de Notre Dame Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Scrymser Pavilion Designated landmark
    540 feet
  3. Plant Pavilion Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 college
  • 7 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
    610 feet
  2. Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  3. The Family Annex Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cathedral School Landmark
    910 feet
  2. Columbia University College · listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    660 feet
  2. The Julia Gabriel People's Garden
    730 feet
  3. Gatehouse Garden
    1,200 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Luke's Hospital Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Columbia University Butler Library Research library
    560 feet
  3. Philosophy Hall Listed historic place
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. Casa Italiana Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Morningside Heights Library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Notre Dame Church Landmark · listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. St John Divine Cathedral Landmark
    610 feet
  3. Broadway Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 47 Fire station · landmark
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 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 114th 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.