Amsterdam Avenue & West 144th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 144th Street meet at a six-way junction 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 of Lourdes School is 500 feet away, and Hamilton Grange Post Office is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 143 St · M100, M101
Within a walk
39 places
18 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    1,150 feet
    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
    1,170 feet
    1
  2. 137 St-City College 1
    0.4 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.

  • 22 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
    380 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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
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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,800 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 1902 and 1920.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and July 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

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

East side of Hamilton Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hamilton Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 144th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 114645 and 115177.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 214 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1900.

  1. Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Convent Designated landmark
    510 feet
  2. Washington Heights Baptist Church Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    390 feet
  2. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lourdes School Landmark
    500 feet
Show all 9
  1. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    800 feet
  3. The William Lynch School
    800 feet
  4. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    800 feet
  5. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    850 feet
  6. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Johnny Hartman Square
    210 feet
  2. Hope Steven Garden
    510 feet
  3. Frank White Memorial Garden
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Serenity Gardens Garden
    740 feet
  2. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    910 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Grange Library Landmark · listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Our Lady Lourdes Church Landmark · listed historic place
    500 feet
  3. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Landmark
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. St Lukes Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. St Stephen African Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    730 feet
  2. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,160 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 39 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue, Hamilton Place or West 144th 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.