Amsterdam Avenue & West 164th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 164th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Audubon Post Office is 520 feet away, and Washington Heights Library is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
660 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 164 St · M101
Within a walk
29 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 164th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    660 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
    0.5 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 Amsterdam Av/W 164 St, 130 feet away, for the M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 164 St M101
    130 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    870 feet
  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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
156 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1910 and 1923.

Since 2014 at least 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and April 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 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 164th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 164th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 23 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built in 1896.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    470 feet
  2. Community Math & Science Prep School
    560 feet
  3. The Mott Hall School
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kids-Centric, Inc. Rena Day Care Cen School
    1,040 feet
  2. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  3. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    1,170 feet
  4. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    1,180 feet
  5. Whin Music Community Charter School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    600 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    620 feet
  3. Adventure Playground
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. McKenna Square
    700 feet
  2. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    780 feet
  3. Roger Morris Park
    1,090 feet
  4. Mitchel Square
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Heights Library
    1,200 feet
  2. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    550 feet
  3. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    670 feet
Show all 4
  1. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station · landmark
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 164th 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.