Amsterdam Avenue & West 139th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 139th Street meet at a three-way junction in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Engine 80/Ladder 23 firehouse is 190 feet away, and Montefiore Plaza is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 140 St · M101
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 137 St-City College, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 137 St-City College 1
    1,180 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.5 miles
    A B C D
  2. 145 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

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 Amsterdam Av/W 140 St, 100 feet away, for the M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 140 St M101
    100 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hamilton Pl & W 140 St 21 docks in all
    740 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
    0.6 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
149 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1908 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

North side of West 139th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 139th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 109312.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 73 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1899 and 1906.

  1. Baskerville Hall (Chemistry Building) Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Townsend Harris Hall (Sub-Freshman Building) Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. Compton Hall (Mechanic Arts Building) Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    650 feet
  2. CUNY City College
    880 feet
  3. Hamilton Grange Middle School
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 192 Jacob H. Schiff School
    1,080 feet
  2. Our Lady of Lourdes School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    320 feet
  2. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    740 feet
  3. Hope Steven Garden
    830 feet
Show all 8
  1. Montefiore Square
    890 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Park
    940 feet
  3. Johnny Hartman Square
    1,090 feet
  4. Annunciation Playground
    1,100 feet
  5. Frank White Memorial Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Montefiore Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,080 feet
  2. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. College of the City of New York Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange National Memorial Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Harlem Stage Gatehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Lourdes Church Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,320 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 139th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.