Amsterdam Avenue & West 135th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 135th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan. The corner is also named Vinegar Hill Corner and Amsterdam Avenue by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Annunciation Playground is 60 feet away, and James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them schools, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
W 135 St/Amsterdam Av · M11
Within a walk
18 places
4 schools, 2 playgrounds and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 137 St-City College 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. 135 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Fossils” (1988) by Steve Wood at the 137 St-City College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 135 St/Amsterdam Av, 90 feet away, for the M11.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 135 St/Amsterdam Av M11
    90 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 136 St 21 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th 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
    420 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
26 and 30 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Manhattanville-West Harlem
Elevation
133 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Vinegar Hill Corner and Amsterdam Avenue, a co-naming enacted on October 7, 1998 (Local Law 44 of 1998).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 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 1905 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Vinegar Hill Corner and Amsterdam Avenue.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and April 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

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 MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

North side of West 135th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 113697.

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Contemporary Collegiate Gothic, Romanesque Revival and neo-Renaissance, one each, and built between 1884 and 1926.

  1. New York Training School for Teachers and New York Model School Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Claremont Theater Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 community center
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos School
    590 feet
  2. CUNY City College
    690 feet
  3. A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. City College Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. Success Academy CS Harlem 4 MS School
    1,140 feet
  3. Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Annunciation Playground
    60 feet
  2. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    320 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Park
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    990 feet
  2. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Grange National Memorial Historic site
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Harlem Stage Gatehouse Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation RC Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Manhattanville Community Center
    1,100 feet
  2. Older adult center at 530 West 133rd Street Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 17 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 135th 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 Records, 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.