Amsterdam Avenue & West 154th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 154th Street meet at a three-way junction in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Congregational Church of God is 120 feet away, and Vicarage of the Chapel of the Intercession stands 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 153 St · M101
Within a walk
39 places
15 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 154th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St C
    750 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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 153 St, 230 feet away, for the M101.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 153 St M101
    230 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
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 152 St 20 docks in all
    570 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. 3740 Broadway 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 seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7
Police precinct
30
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
144 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1930.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of West 154th Street

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

South side of West 154th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 82 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1904.

  1. William McKinley Masonic Temple (now Prince Hall Masonic Temple) Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Vicarage of the Chapel of the Intercession Designated landmark
    570 feet
  3. Wilson Major Morris Community Center Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    510 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    570 feet
  3. Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. New Heights Academy Charter School
    940 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Northern Manhattan School
    960 feet
  4. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    1,130 feet
  5. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carmansville Playground
    570 feet
  2. Wright Brothers Playground
    580 feet
  3. William A. Harris Garden
    670 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    720 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    930 feet
  3. Lucille McClarey Wicked Friendship Garden
    1,060 feet
  4. Convent Garden
    1,240 feet
  5. Coogan's Bluff Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Museum of the American Indian Museum
    1,190 feet
  3. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    120 feet
  2. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    330 feet
  3. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    350 feet
Show all 11
  1. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Russian Holy Fathers Church House of worship
    550 feet
  3. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    710 feet
  4. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    870 feet
  5. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    920 feet
  6. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    1,060 feet
  7. Church of the Intercession Landmark
    1,150 feet
  8. Temple Convenant House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    970 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 13 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 154th 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.