Amsterdam Avenue & West 131st Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 131st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS is 270 feet away, and Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them schools, and 20 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 131st 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 seven 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
  2. 135 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

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, 150 feet away, for the M11, M100 and M101.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 131 St M11, M100, M101 · Shelter
    150 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.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 131 St 19 docks in all
    60 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. 3260 Broadway 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 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 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

North side of West 131st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of West 131st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111883.

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
    710 feet
  2. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Parish House Designated landmark
    720 feet
  3. St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    270 feet
  2. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    270 feet
  3. Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem School
    460 feet
Show all 11
  1. Success Academy CHS of the Liberal Arts School
    660 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders School
    660 feet
  3. Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts School
    660 feet
  4. P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos School
    790 feet
  5. City College Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  6. P.S. 129 John H. Finley School
    960 feet
  7. School of Earth Exploration and Discovery Harlem (Seed Harlem) School
    960 feet
  8. Citizen's Care Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheltering Arms Playground
    570 feet
  2. Annunciation Playground
    790 feet

Health care

  1. St Marys Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Manhattanville Houses Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Old Broadway Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Harlem Stage Gatehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Manhattan Baptist Church House of worship
    330 feet
  3. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 131st 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.