Amsterdam Avenue & West 146th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 146th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell is 240 feet away, and Serenity Gardens is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 145 St · M100
Within a walk
40 places
19 religious buildings, 6 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 146th 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
    1,160 feet
    1
  2. 137 St-City College 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 145 St, 100 feet away, for the M100.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 145 St M100 · Shelter
    100 feet
    M100
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 25 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
    310 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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 4,000 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 1903 and 1925.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 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 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • 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 MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112426 and 113015.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 200 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1897.

  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    580 feet
  2. Hamilton Theater Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. Washington Heights Baptist Church Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    170 feet
  2. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    190 feet
  3. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    240 feet
Show all 10
  1. The William Lynch School
    240 feet
  2. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    240 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  4. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    730 feet
  5. Our Lady of Lourdes School
    1,060 feet
  6. New Heights Academy Charter School
    1,270 feet
  7. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Serenity Gardens Garden
    370 feet
  2. Johnny Hartman Square
    770 feet
  3. Mo' Pals Garden
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hope Steven Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Frank White Memorial Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Grange Library Landmark · listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Landmark
    550 feet
  2. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    580 feet
  3. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Temple Convenant House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Our Lady Lourdes Church Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 146th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.