Amsterdam Avenue & West 125th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 125th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Grant development. The corner is also named Reverend Dr. Alfloyd Alston Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 93 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 371 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. George Bruce Library is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1.

Safety record
62 hurt
93 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
W 125 St/Amsterdam Av · M104, M125
Within a walk
32 places
8 schools, 7 religious buildings and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 125th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 1
    1,090 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    A B C D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “River to River” (1991) by Wopo Holup at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 125 St/Amsterdam Av, 120 feet away, for the M104 and M125.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 125 St/Amsterdam Av M104, M125 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M104 M125
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …
  2. M125 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 125 St 39 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    1,190 feet
  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 93 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 62 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 13 of those hurt, on foot
  • 12 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, May 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 371 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,358th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 230 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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)
Manhattanville-West Harlem
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Reverend Dr. Alfloyd Alston Way, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2008 (Local Law 64 of 2008).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,600 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 1955 and 1956.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Grant development.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the common hackberry.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Reverend Dr. Alfloyd Alston Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 59 signs on these blocks
  • 28 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 125th Street (both sides).

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

West 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 MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110250, 110601, 112436 and 113988.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1851 and 1915.

  1. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Sunday School Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Parish House Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    510 feet
  2. The East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. Children's Learning Center at Morningside Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
Show all 11
  1. Success Academy CHS of the Liberal Arts School
    1,090 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders School
    1,090 feet
  3. Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts School
    1,090 feet
  4. Teachers College Community School
    1,230 feet
  5. P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas School
    1,230 feet
  6. Columbia Secondary School
    1,290 feet
  7. Kipp Star College Prep Charter School
    1,290 feet
  8. P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grant Shade Garden- Grant Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    360 feet
  2. Sheltering Arms Playground
    390 feet
  3. Roosevelt Triangle
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Playground One Twenty Five CXXV Playground
    910 feet
  2. Morningside Park
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. St Marys Center Nursing home or hospice
    630 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. George Bruce Library Landmark
    340 feet
  2. Old Broadway Synagogue Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. IRT Broadway Line Viaduct Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Manhattan Pentecostal Church House of worship
    570 feet
  3. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grant Community Center
    720 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1301 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    720 feet
  3. Manhattanville Post Office
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    760 feet
  2. 26th Precinct Police station
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    690 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    820 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 125th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.