Amsterdam Avenue & West 115th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 115th Street meet at a three-way junction in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mount Sinai Morningside is 160 feet away, and the statue “Carl Schurz Memorial” is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St-Columbia University
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 116 St · M11
Within a walk
22 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 116 St-Columbia University 1
    1,210 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) 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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 116 St, 170 feet away, for the M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 116 St M11 · Shelter
    170 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 116 St & Amsterdam Ave 43 docks in all
    380 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
  • 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
131 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1915 and 1954.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Amsterdam Avenue (west side).

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 115th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 115th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110494 and 111326.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Neoclassical and French Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1889 and 1928.

  1. Rectory of the Eglise de Notre Dame Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. Saint Paul's Chapel, Columbia University Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Scrymser Pavilion Designated landmark
    640 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Morningside Park.

  1. Carl Schurz Memorial Statue by Karl Bitter, 1913
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 college
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in the City and Dioceses of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Columbia University College · listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Family Annex Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  2. Cathedral School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    580 feet
  2. Gatehouse Garden
    940 feet
  3. The Julia Gabriel People's Garden
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. 116th Street Playground
    1,140 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Philosophy Hall Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. St. Luke's Hospital Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. Casa Italiana Listed historic place
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Columbia University Butler Library Research library
    820 feet
  2. 116th Street-Columbia University Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Notre Dame Church Landmark · listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. St John Divine Cathedral House of worship
    870 feet
  3. Broadway Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 47 Fire station · landmark
    670 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 115th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.