Amsterdam Avenue & West 148th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 148th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. First Calvary Baptist Church is 90 feet away, and Hamilton Grange Post Office is 730 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 45 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 148 St · M100, M101
Within a walk
45 places
19 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 148th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 1,000 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
    1,000 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
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 148 St, 110 feet away, for the M100 and M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 148 St M100, M101
    110 feet
    M100 M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …
  2. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, May 2017

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 4,400 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 1910 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of West 148th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 148th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111677.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 129 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1898.

  1. Joseph Loth & Company Silk Ribbon Factory Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Hamilton Theater Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    600 feet
  2. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. The William Lynch School
    600 feet
Show all 10
  1. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    710 feet
  3. New Heights Academy Charter School
    750 feet
  4. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  5. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  6. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    1,190 feet
  7. Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem 2 School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    710 feet
  2. Mo' Pals Garden
    730 feet
  3. Maggie's Garden
    820 feet
Show all 10
  1. Carmansville Playground
    830 feet
  2. Serenity Gardens Garden
    900 feet
  3. Donnellan Square
    1,220 feet
  4. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    1,240 feet
  5. Johnny Hartman Square
    1,290 feet
  6. Sugar Hill Garden
    1,290 feet
  7. Convent Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Johnny Hartman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hamilton Grange Library Landmark · listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. P.S. 186 Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    90 feet
  2. Temple Convenant House of worship
    350 feet
  3. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    480 feet
Show all 9
  1. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Mount Zion Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  3. Tabernacle 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  4. Greater Tabernacle Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  5. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  6. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food 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 45 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 148th 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.