Amsterdam Avenue & West 163rd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 163rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Rose of Lima Church is 600 feet away, and Plaza Alianza Dominicana is 1,100 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 45 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
360 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Saint Nicholas Av/W 162 St · M3
Within a walk
30 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 163rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.3 miles
    1 A C
  2. 155 St C
    0.4 miles
    C

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 Saint Nicholas Av/W 162 St, 280 feet away, for the M3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Nicholas Av/W 162 St M3
    280 feet
    M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2019.

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
160 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,300 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 1910 and 1923.

Since 2014 at least 94 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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

North side of West 163rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 163rd Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 109323.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 50 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1896.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    770 feet
  2. Community Math & Science Prep School
    870 feet
  3. The Mott Hall School
    870 feet
Show all 8
  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    870 feet
  2. Whin Music Community Charter School
    890 feet
  3. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    1,050 feet
  4. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  5. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    300 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    680 feet
  3. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. Roger Morris Park
    790 feet
  2. McKenna Square
    910 feet
  3. Adventure Playground
    930 feet
  4. Mitchel Square
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Heights Library
    900 feet
  2. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    600 feet
  3. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    820 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 163rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.