Amsterdam Avenue & West 149th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 149th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Temple Convenant is 140 feet away, and Mo' Pals is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 145 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
145 St
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 149 St · M101
Within a walk
42 places
18 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 149th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 145 St, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    1,250 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
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 149 St, 40 feet away, for the M101.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 149 St M101
    40 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 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, May 2017
  • Turn calming, July 2025

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
127 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,200 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

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

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of West 149th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 149th Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 99 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. Joseph Loth & Company Silk Ribbon Factory Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New Heights Academy Charter School
    490 feet
  2. Hamilton Heights School Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell School
    860 feet
Show all 9
  1. The William Lynch School
    860 feet
  2. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    930 feet
  4. Emma Bowen Therapeutic Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  5. Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center Preschool
    970 feet
  6. Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    450 feet
  2. Carmansville Playground
    570 feet
  3. Maggie's Garden
    720 feet
Show all 9
  1. Donnellan Square
    960 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    980 feet
  3. Mo' Pals Garden
    990 feet
  4. Convent Garden
    1,040 feet
  5. Sugar Hill Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Serenity Gardens Garden
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Hamilton Grange Library Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bailey House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Convenant House of worship
    140 feet
  2. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    230 feet
  3. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    360 feet
Show all 11
  1. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Tabernacle 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    990 feet
  4. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  5. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  6. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    1,200 feet
  7. Jehovahs Witness Broadway House of worship
    1,240 feet
  8. Russian Holy Fathers Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hamilton Grange Post Office
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 149th 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.