Amsterdam Avenue & West 120th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 120th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Croton Aqueduct, West 119th Street Gatehouse, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 330 feet away, and Saint Paul's Chapel, Columbia University stands 720 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, three of them colleges, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St-Columbia University
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 120 St · M60 SBS
Within a walk
17 places
3 colleges, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 120th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St-Columbia University, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 116 St-Columbia University 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 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 120 St, 120 feet away, for the M60 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 120 St M60 SBS
    120 feet
    M60 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M60 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 119 St 29 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 532 West 122nd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,250 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

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
102 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,200 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 1910 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 10pm on West 120th Street (south side).

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-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 120th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Back-in parking only 9 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110278, 112535, 112536, 114056 and 114501.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1894 and 1966.

  1. Croton Aqueduct, West 119th Street Gatehouse Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Casa Italiana Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. Saint Paul's Chapel, Columbia University Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 colleges
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Teachers College Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    280 feet
  2. Teachers College - Columbia Univ College
    600 feet
  3. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas School
    890 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kipp Beyond Charter School
    990 feet
  2. Barnard College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. The East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  4. Columbia University College · listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  5. Union Theological Seminary College · listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gatehouse Garden
    300 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    560 feet
  3. Playground 123 Playground
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pupin Physics Laboratories, Columbia University Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Philosophy Hall Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Brinckerhoff Milbank and Fiske Halls Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Corpus Christi Church House of worship
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 120th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.