Amsterdam Avenue & West 153rd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 153rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Luke AME Church is 110 feet away, and St Catherine Genoa Church is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 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, 18 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 153 St · M101
Within a walk
39 places
18 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 153rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St C
    1,010 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 153 St, 40 feet away, for the M101.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 153 St M101
    40 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 800 St Nicholas Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

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
135 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1900 and 1926.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 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 ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of West 153rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of West 153rd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110772.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 89 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1903.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    310 feet
  2. New Heights Academy Charter School
    680 feet
  3. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Urban Concepts of New York Round the Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  4. Kids-Centric, Inc Northern Manhattan School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carmansville Playground
    310 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    460 feet
  3. William A. Harris Garden
    510 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    800 feet
  2. Wright Brothers Playground
    840 feet
  3. Convent Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Highbridge Park
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Museum of the American Indian Museum
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    170 feet
  3. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    180 feet
Show all 13
  1. Russian Holy Fathers Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    610 feet
  3. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
  4. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    960 feet
  5. Temple Convenant House of worship
    980 feet
  6. Church of the Intercession Landmark
    1,160 feet
  7. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  8. Crucifixion Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  9. Universal Hagars Spiritual Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  10. First Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    720 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 153rd 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.