Amsterdam Avenue & West 143rd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 143rd 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, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Johnny Hartman Square is 50 feet away, and the William Lynch School is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 143rd 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 five 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
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 143 St, 150 feet away, for the M100 and M101.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …
  2. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 145 St & Amsterdam Ave 24 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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 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
129 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and August 2026, 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 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 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of West 143rd Street

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

South side of West 143rd Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110397.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 241 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
    320 feet
  2. Washington Heights Baptist Church Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Lourdes School Landmark
    240 feet
  2. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
Show all 10
  1. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    1,060 feet
  3. The William Lynch School
    1,060 feet
  4. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  5. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    1,110 feet
  6. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    1,140 feet
  7. High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Johnny Hartman Square
    50 feet
  2. Hope Steven Garden
    250 feet
  3. Frank White Memorial Garden
    410 feet
Show all 6
  1. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    740 feet
  2. Serenity Gardens Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. St. Nicholas Park
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Library Landmark · listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Lourdes Church Landmark · listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    480 feet
  3. St Lukes Episcopal Church Landmark
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. St James Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    990 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 80/Ladder 23 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 36 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 143rd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.