Amsterdam Avenue & West 128th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 128th Street meet at a three-way junction in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sheltering Arms Playground is 50 feet away, and Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 129 St · M11, M100, M101
Within a walk
32 places
9 religious buildings, 9 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 128th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 1
    0.3 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
    0.3 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 Amsterdam Av/W 129 St, 160 feet away, for the M11, M100 and M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 129 St M11, M100, M101
    160 feet
    M11 M100 M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …
  2. M100 …
  3. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 125 St 39 docks in all
    520 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2018

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 128th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 128th Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 Sunday School Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Parish House Designated landmark
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy CHS of the Liberal Arts School
    630 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders School
    630 feet
  3. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    950 feet
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  1. Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts School
    630 feet
  2. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    1,050 feet
  3. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    1,050 feet
  4. Teachers College Community School
    1,060 feet
  5. The East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  6. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem School
    1,240 feet
  7. Children's Learning Center at Morningside Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet
  8. P.S. 129 John H. Finley School
    1,310 feet
  9. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheltering Arms Playground
    50 feet
  2. Grant Shade Garden- Grant Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    820 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Park
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. Roosevelt Triangle
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. St Marys Center Nursing home or hospice
    450 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Broadway Synagogue Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. George Bruce Library Landmark
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    460 feet
  3. Manhattan Pentecostal Church House of worship
    560 feet
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  1. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    960 feet
  3. St Joseph of the Holy Family Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grant Community Center
    1,180 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1301 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. 26th Precinct Police station
    590 feet
  2. Engine 37/Ladder 40 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,110 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 128th 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, 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.