Amsterdam Avenue & West 160th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 160th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. AME Zion Church on the Hill is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
260 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 161 St · M3, M100, M101
Within a walk
30 places
7 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 160th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    260 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. 157 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ciguapa Antellana, me llamo sueño de la madrugada (who more sci-fi than us)” (2018) by Firelei Báez at the 163 St-Amsterdam Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 161 St, 250 feet away, for the M3, M100 and M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 161 St M3, M100, M101 · Shelter
    250 feet
    M3 M100 M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M100 …
  3. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue and West 160th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 160 St & St Nicholas Ave 26 docks in all
    240 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. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
159 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 1909 and 1923.

Since 2014 at least 94 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
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2013 and June 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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 160th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 160th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110159, 110742 and 112330.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 58 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1896.

  1. 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    130 feet
  2. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    310 feet
  3. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
Show all 6
  1. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    850 feet
  3. Whin Music Community Charter School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roger Morris Park
    490 feet
  2. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    620 feet
  3. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Highbridge Park
    730 feet
  2. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,140 feet
  3. Bushman Steps Park
    1,150 feet
  4. Wright Brothers Playground
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Heights Library
    300 feet
  2. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  3. Mary McLeod Bethune Gardens Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    520 feet
  3. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Greater File Chapel Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  2. Paradise Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet
  3. Bethel Holy Church of Mount Sinai House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    260 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    710 feet
  3. Fort Washington Post Office
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station · landmark
    620 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 31 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 160th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.