Amsterdam Avenue & West 161st Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 161st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Engine 84/Ladder 34 firehouse is 360 feet away, and Community Health Academy of the Heights is 1,110 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 27 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 161 St · M3, M100, M101
Within a walk
27 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    70 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, 40 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
    40 feet
    M3 M100 M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M100 …
  3. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 162 St 27 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024

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
165 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 161st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 161st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

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
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    570 feet
  3. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Whin Music Community Charter School
    660 feet
  2. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    1,110 feet
  4. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    360 feet
  2. Roger Morris Park
    560 feet
  3. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. Highbridge Park
    910 feet
  2. McKenna Square
    1,220 feet
  3. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Heights Library
    460 feet
  2. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    650 feet
Show all 4
  1. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    470 feet
  3. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Covenant Holiness Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    520 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    960 feet
  3. Audubon Post Office
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 33 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 161st 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.