Amsterdam Avenue & West 155th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 155th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, Manhattan. The corner is also named Rev. Dr. Jasper Simmons Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 2,996 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 155 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
155 St
470 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
W 155 St/Amsterdam Av · Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Within a walk
44 places
15 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 155th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 155 St, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 155 St C
    470 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
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 155 St/Amsterdam Av, 30 feet away, for the Bx6 and Bx6 SBS.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 155 St/Amsterdam Av Bx6, Bx6 SBS
    30 feet
    Bx6 Bx6 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx6 …
  2. Bx6 SBS …

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. Amsterdam Ave & W 156 St 27 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,996 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 298th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,666 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 9
City Council district
7 and 10 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
30 and 33 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
Elevation
146 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Rev. Dr. Jasper Simmons Place, a co-naming enacted on February 25, 2016 (Local Law 23 of 2016).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rev. Dr. Jasper Simmons Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and July 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 155th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 155th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 59 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1900.

  1. William McKinley Masonic Temple (now Prince Hall Masonic Temple) Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. Vicarage of the Chapel of the Intercession Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    230 feet
  2. Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  3. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
Show all 9
  1. Kids-Centric, Inc Northern Manhattan School
    680 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership School
    850 feet
  3. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    850 feet
  4. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  5. New Heights Academy Charter School
    1,220 feet
  6. Boricua College
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wright Brothers Playground
    300 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    650 feet
  3. Carmansville Playground
    850 feet
Show all 10
  1. William A. Harris Garden
    920 feet
  2. Sugar Hill Hope Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. Coogan's Bluff Playground
    1,010 feet
  4. Bushman Steps Park
    1,070 feet
  5. Jackie Robinson Park
    1,080 feet
  6. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    1,080 feet
  7. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    490 feet
  3. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. 32nd Police Precinct Garage Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Hooper Fountain Monument or memorial
    980 feet
  3. Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  4. Hispanic Society of America Museum · listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    390 feet
  3. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    490 feet
Show all 11
  1. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    610 feet
  2. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    620 feet
  3. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    630 feet
  4. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    770 feet
  5. Russian Holy Fathers Church House of worship
    830 feet
  6. Church of the Intercession Landmark
    870 feet
  7. St John Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  8. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    760 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. 30th Precinct Police station
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 155th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.