Amsterdam Avenue & West 151st Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 151st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner is also named Firefighters Lawrence Fitzpatrick and Gerard Frisby Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New Heights Academy Charter School is 160 feet away, and Sugar Hill Hope Garden is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 152 St · M100, M101
Within a walk
36 places
20 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 151st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. C …
Downtown
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 145 St A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    A B C D
  2. 157 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 152 St, 300 feet away, for the M100 and M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 152 St M100, M101 · Shelter
    300 feet
    M100 M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …
  2. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 152 St 20 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.7 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 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, 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
130 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Firefighters Lawrence Fitzpatrick and Gerard Frisby Corner, a co-naming enacted on June 2, 1995 (Local Law 47 of 1995).

The streets

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

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 1901 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighters Lawrence Fitzpatrick and Gerard Frisby Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

North side of West 151st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 151st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 113696.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 86 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1901.

  1. Joseph Loth & Company Silk Ribbon Factory Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Wilson Major Morris Community Center Designated landmark
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Heights Academy Charter School
    160 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    410 feet
  3. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carmansville Playground
    60 feet
  2. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    280 feet
  3. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    460 feet
Show all 7
  1. Convent Garden
    600 feet
  2. William A. Harris Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. Donnellan Square
    1,050 feet
  4. Maggie's Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bailey House Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Convenant House of worship
    460 feet
  2. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    470 feet
  3. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    500 feet
Show all 12
  1. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    680 feet
  3. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
  4. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    730 feet
  5. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    740 feet
  6. Russian Holy Fathers Church House of worship
    740 feet
  7. Jehovahs Witness Broadway House of worship
    870 feet
  8. Tabernacle 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    990 feet
  9. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 151st 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.