Amsterdam Avenue & West 142nd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 142nd 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, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Our Lady Lourdes Church is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 143 St · M100, M101
Within a walk
34 places
13 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. B …
  3. C …
  4. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 137 St-City College 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 143 St, 120 feet away, for the M100 and M101.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 143 St M100, M101 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M100 M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …
  2. M101 …

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. Hamilton Pl & W 140 St 21 docks in all
    810 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. 800 St Nicholas Avenue 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 21 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 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10031
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
130 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and February 2024, 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 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 142nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 142nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 230 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1902.

  1. Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Convent Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. Baskerville Hall (Chemistry Building) Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Compton Hall (Mechanic Arts Building) Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Lourdes School Landmark
    370 feet
  2. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    900 feet
  3. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  2. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Steven Garden
    50 feet
  2. Johnny Hartman Square
    310 feet
  3. Frank White Memorial Garden
    520 feet
Show all 7
  1. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    560 feet
  2. St. Nicholas Park
    960 feet
  3. Jacob H. Schiff Playground
    1,100 feet
  4. Serenity Gardens Garden
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    420 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Library Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Hamilton Grange National Memorial Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
Show all 6
  1. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Ivey Delph Apartments Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. College of the City of New York Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Lourdes Church Landmark · listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. St Lukes Episcopal Church Landmark
    670 feet
  3. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    870 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 142nd 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.