Amsterdam Avenue & West 157th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 157th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New Covenant Holiness Church is 290 feet away, and Community Health Academy of the Heights is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 157 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
157 St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 158 St · M3, M100, M101
Within a walk
34 places
11 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 157th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 157 St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 St 1
    800 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St C
    880 feet
    C
  2. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    1,040 feet
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 158 St, 190 feet away, for the M3, M100 and M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 158 St M3, M100, M101 · Shelter
    190 feet
    M3 M100 M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M100 …
  3. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 156 St 27 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. 3740 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 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, May 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
142 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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 1907 and 1925.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 157th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of West 157th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 113284.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1913.

  1. William McKinley Masonic Temple (now Prince Hall Masonic Temple) Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    310 feet
  2. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. P.S. 028 Wright Brothers School
    600 feet
Show all 9
  1. Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    910 feet
  4. Broadway Housing Communities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  5. Kids-Centric, Inc Northern Manhattan School
    1,010 feet
  6. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wright Brothers Playground
    380 feet
  2. Bushman Steps Park
    520 feet
  3. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    540 feet
Show all 7
  1. Highbridge Park
    660 feet
  2. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    710 feet
  3. Coogan's Bluff Playground
    720 feet
  4. Roger Morris Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. John James Audubon Houses Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Heights Library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    510 feet
  3. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    650 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    670 feet
  2. North Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. Congregational Church of God House of worship
    930 feet
  4. St Luke AME Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  5. St Catherine Genoa Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  6. Church of the Intercession House of worship
    1,270 feet
  7. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    220 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    670 feet
  3. Fort Washington Post Office
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Extra Jumbo by Associated Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 157th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.