Amsterdam Avenue & West 130th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 130th Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. Manhattan Baptist Church is 100 feet away, and St. Nicholas Park is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them schools, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 131 St · M11, M100, M101
Within a walk
29 places
9 schools, 7 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 130th 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 six 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
    0.4 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 131 St, 100 feet away, for the M11, M100 and M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 131 St M11, M100, M101 · Shelter
    100 feet
    M11 M100 M101
    Shelter

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
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 131 St 19 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 133rd Street, 0.5 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
    0.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,000 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 1926 and 1959.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of West 130th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 130th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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 1851 and 1909.

  1. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Sunday School Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Parish House Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy CHS of the Liberal Arts School
    400 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders School
    400 feet
  3. Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts School
    400 feet
Show all 11
  1. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    530 feet
  2. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    530 feet
  3. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem School
    720 feet
  4. P.S. 129 John H. Finley School
    790 feet
  5. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) School
    790 feet
  6. Citizen's Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  7. P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos School
    1,050 feet
  8. City College Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheltering Arms Playground
    310 feet
  2. Annunciation Playground
    1,060 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Park
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Nicholas Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. St Marys Center Nursing home or hospice
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattanville Houses Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Old Broadway Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Sheffield Farms Stable Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    440 feet
  3. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manhattan Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Community Center
    1,030 feet
  2. Older adult center at 530 West 133rd Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. 26th Precinct Police station
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,240 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 130th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.