Amsterdam Avenue & West 152nd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 152nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Carmansville Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 152 St · M100, M101
Within a walk
38 places
19 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 152nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St C
    1,270 feet
    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
    0.4 miles
    A B C D
  2. 157 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 152 St, 40 feet away, for the M100 and M101.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M100 …
  2. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 152 St 20 docks in all
    60 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
    1,140 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
131 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 1900 and 1926.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 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
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and August 2024, 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
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of West 152nd Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 152nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110772.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 100 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1900.

  1. Joseph Loth & Company Silk Ribbon Factory Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. Wilson Major Morris Community Center Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. William McKinley Masonic Temple (now Prince Hall Masonic Temple) Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    150 feet
  2. New Heights Academy Charter School
    420 feet
  3. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  2. Nasry Michelen Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  3. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carmansville Playground
    50 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    200 feet
  3. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    540 feet
Show all 7
  1. Convent Garden
    740 feet
  2. William A. Harris Garden
    770 feet
  3. Wright Brothers Playground
    1,100 feet
  4. Donnellan Square
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Museum of the American Indian Museum
    1,190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sugar Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  2. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    270 feet
  3. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    420 feet
Show all 13
  1. Russian Holy Fathers Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    500 feet
  3. Temple Convenant House of worship
    720 feet
  4. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    930 feet
  5. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    950 feet
  6. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    990 feet
  7. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  8. Jehovahs Witness Broadway House of worship
    1,130 feet
  9. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  10. Tabernacle 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 152nd 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.