Amsterdam Avenue & West 118th Street
Amsterdam Avenue and West 118th 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. Casa Italiana, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 190 feet away, and Columbia University is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, two of them colleges, and 22 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- 116 St-Columbia University 10.3 miles1
Next trains at this station
Uptown
1 line- 1 …
Downtown
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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 118 St, 120 feet away, for the M11.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Amsterdam Av/W 118 St M11 · Shelter120 feetM11
Next buses at this stop
- M11 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.
- 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Amsterdam Ave & W 119 St 29 docks in all260 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024
- Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record
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
- 129 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,300 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 1912 and 1926.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 19 signs on these blocks
- 7 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of West 118th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of West 118th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109613 and 110494.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were mostly built between 1894 and 1927.
- Casa Italiana Designated landmark190 feet
- Croton Aqueduct, West 119th Street Gatehouse Designated landmark200 feet
- Saint Paul's Chapel, Columbia University Designated landmark240 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 colleges
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 listed historic places
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 garden
- 3 other places
Schools and child care
- Columbia University College · listed historic place640 feet
- Teachers College Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5780 feet
- Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5810 feet
Show all 4
- Teachers College - Columbia Univ College1,110 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Gatehouse Garden110 feet
- Morningside Park580 feet
- 116th Street Playground1,230 feet
Health care
- Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital990 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Philosophy Hall Listed historic place360 feet
- Pupin Physics Laboratories, Columbia University Listed historic place1,250 feet
Supermarkets
- Morton Williams Supermarket0.3 miles
- Foodtown Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and two food stores.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Amsterdam Avenue & West 119th Street 260 feet
- Amsterdam Avenue & West 120th Street 510 feet
- Morningside Drive & West 118th Street 530 feet
- Amsterdam Avenue & West 116th Street 540 feet
- Amsterdam Avenue & West 121st Street 790 feet
- Morningside Drive & West 119th Street 800 feet
- Amsterdam Avenue & West 115th Street 830 feet
- West 120th Street & Morningside Drive 1,010 feet
See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 118th Street.