Amsterdam Avenue & West 129th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 129th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 522 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Sunday School, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 250 feet away, and Manhattanville Community Center is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, nine of them schools, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 129 St · M11, M101
Within a walk
32 places
9 schools, 8 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 129th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 1
    1,220 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 Amsterdam Av/W 129 St, 30 feet away, for the M11 and M101.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …
  2. 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 131 St 19 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound at Marginal Street & Henry Hudson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 522 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,156th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 262 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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1920 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 147 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Princeton' American elm and the 'Triumph' elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of West 129th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 129th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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
    250 feet
  2. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Parish House Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 schools
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy CHS of the Liberal Arts School
    370 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders School
    370 feet
  3. Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts School
    370 feet
Show all 11
  1. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    790 feet
  2. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    790 feet
  3. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem School
    980 feet
  4. P.S. 129 John H. Finley School
    1,050 feet
  5. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) School
    1,050 feet
  6. Citizen's Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  7. Visions of Success I Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  8. P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheltering Arms Playground
    60 feet
  2. Grant Shade Garden- Grant Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Park
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Nicholas Park Playground
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. St Marys Center Nursing home or hospice
    720 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Broadway Synagogue Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. George Bruce Library Landmark
    1,060 feet
  3. Manhattanville Houses Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. IRT Broadway Line Viaduct Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  2. Sheffield Farms Stable Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    580 feet
  3. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Manhattan Pentecostal Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Tabernaculo de la Fe House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Community Center
    1,290 feet
  2. Older adult center at 530 West 133rd Street Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 26th Precinct Police station
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,190 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    970 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 129th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.