Amsterdam Avenue & West 141st Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 141st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hamilton Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Alexander Hamilton Playground is 380 feet away, and Jacob H. Schiff Playground is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, 137 St-City College, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
31 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
137 St-City College
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 140 St · M101
Within a walk
31 places
12 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 141st 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 six minutes on foot.

  • 5 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. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. 145 St 1
    0.4 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, 110 feet away, for the M101.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 140 St M101
    110 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
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hamilton Pl & W 140 St 21 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228 West 145th Street Gas station
    0.6 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 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 31 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
131 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1906 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 141st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 141st Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 109378.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Hamilton Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 164 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1894 and 1905.

  1. Baskerville Hall (Chemistry Building) Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Compton Hall (Mechanic Arts Building) Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Convent Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Lourdes School Landmark
    630 feet
  2. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    640 feet
  3. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Steven Garden
    310 feet
  2. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    380 feet
  3. Johnny Hartman Square
    570 feet
Show all 8
  1. St. Nicholas Park
    710 feet
  2. Frank White Memorial Garden
    780 feet
  3. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    840 feet
  4. Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro Playground
    1,210 feet
  5. Montefiore Square
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Grange National Memorial Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. College of the City of New York Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Library Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Lourdes Church Landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    590 feet
  3. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    610 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 141st 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.