Amsterdam Avenue & West 116th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 116th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Saint Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 370 feet away, and Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992) is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St-Columbia University
920 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 116 St · M11
Within a walk
17 places
4 listed historic places, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 116 St-Columbia University 1
    920 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
    0.5 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, 140 feet away, for the M11.

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

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 116 St & Amsterdam Ave 43 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
26
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Morningside Heights
Elevation
139 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 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 1920 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 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
  • 6 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 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 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 116th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 116th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Neoclassical, and built between 1894 and 1927.

  1. Saint Paul's Chapel, Columbia University Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Casa Italiana Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. Low Memorial Library Designated landmark
    550 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
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    270 feet
  2. Columbia University College · listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in the City and Dioceses of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    590 feet
  2. Gatehouse Garden
    660 feet
  3. 116th Street Playground
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Julia Gabriel People's Garden
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital
    450 feet
  2. Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992) Nursing home or hospice
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Philosophy Hall Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. St. Luke's Hospital Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. 116th Street-Columbia University Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Columbia University Butler Library Research library
    1,100 feet
  2. Brooks and Hewitt Halls Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Notre Dame Church Landmark · listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. St John Divine Cathedral House of worship
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 47 Fire station
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and three 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 116th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.