Amsterdam Avenue & West 147th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 147th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The William Lynch School is 340 feet away, and Johnny Hartman Plaza is 1,010 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 39 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 147 St · M101
Within a walk
39 places
20 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 147th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 950 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
    950 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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 155 St C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 147 St, 110 feet away, for the M101.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 147 St M101
    110 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 148 St & Amsterdam Ave 23 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at West 135th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
128 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 1908 and 1926.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 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
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • 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
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 147th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111677 and 112426.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 165 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1897.

  1. Hamilton Theater Designated landmark
    700 feet
  2. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Parish House Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    340 feet
  2. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    340 feet
  3. The William Lynch School
    340 feet
Show all 8
  1. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    450 feet
  3. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  4. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    990 feet
  5. New Heights Academy Charter School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mo' Pals Garden
    630 feet
  2. Serenity Gardens Garden
    640 feet
  3. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Johnny Hartman Square
    1,030 feet
  2. Maggie's Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. Carmansville Playground
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    310 feet
  2. Temple Convenant House of worship
    620 feet
  3. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Landmark
    810 feet
  2. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet
  3. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    480 feet
  2. Older adult center at 420 West 145th Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 31 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 147th 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.