Amsterdam Avenue & West 145th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 145th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 63 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 838 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Hamilton Grange Library is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, B, C and D. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
37 hurt
63 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
W 145 St/Amsterdam Av · Bx19
Within a walk
40 places
17 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 145th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    870 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
    910 feet
    1
  2. 137 St-City College 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 145 St/Amsterdam Av, 70 feet away, for the Bx19.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 145 St/Amsterdam Av Bx19 · Shelter
    70 feet
    Bx19
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 63 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 37 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 17 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Turn calming, December 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 838 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 868th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 231 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
128 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,900 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 1922.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and July 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on West 145th Street (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on West 145th Street (south side).

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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 8:30AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112192, 113015, 114254, 114645 and 115177.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 204 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1897.

  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. Washington Heights Baptist Church Designated landmark
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    110 feet
  2. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  3. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    520 feet
Show all 9
  1. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    280 feet
  2. The William Lynch School
    520 feet
  3. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    520 feet
  4. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    590 feet
  5. Our Lady of Lourdes School Landmark
    780 feet
  6. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Serenity Gardens Garden
    460 feet
  2. Johnny Hartman Square
    490 feet
  3. Hope Steven Garden
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. Frank White Memorial Garden
    860 feet
  2. Mo' Pals Garden
    1,160 feet
  3. Alexander Hamilton Playground
    1,180 feet
  4. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Grange Library Landmark · listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. Hamilton Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. West Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Landmark
    520 feet
  3. Our Lady Lourdes Church Landmark · listed historic place
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet
  2. Temple Convenant House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 38 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 145th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.