Amsterdam Avenue & West 121st Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 121st 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. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas is 610 feet away, and Playground One Twenty Five CXXV is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St-Columbia University, is about eight minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them schools, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St-Columbia University
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 120 St · M60 SBS
Within a walk
22 places
5 schools, 3 colleges and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 121st 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 eight minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. 125 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 120 St, 180 feet away, for the M60 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M60 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Morningside Dr & Amsterdam Ave 35 docks in all
    560 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
    970 feet

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

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
85 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1910 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and May 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

North side of West 121st Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110224, 114501 and 114838.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. Public School 36 Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. Croton Aqueduct, West 119th Street Gatehouse Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 schools
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Teachers College Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas School
    610 feet
  3. Teachers College - Columbia Univ College
    650 feet
Show all 10
  1. Kipp Beyond Charter School
    710 feet
  2. The East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. Union Theological Seminary College · listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  4. Columbia Secondary School
    1,100 feet
  5. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    1,100 feet
  6. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    1,100 feet
  7. Jewish Theological Semnry of America College
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morningside Park
    520 feet
  2. Gatehouse Garden
    580 feet
  3. Playground 123 Playground
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    960 feet
  2. Harlem Grows P.S. 125 Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pupin Physics Laboratories, Columbia University Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Casa Italiana Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Philosophy Hall Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Corpus Christi Church House of worship
    650 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Morningside Field House Recreation center
    810 feet
  2. Grant Community Center
    1,150 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1301 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.5 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 18 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 121st 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.