Amsterdam Avenue & West 165th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 165th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Gregorio Luperon High School Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2026, 538 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the C.

Safety record
20 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
940 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
W 165 St/Amsterdam Av · M2
Within a walk
26 places
8 schools, 7 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 165th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    940 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

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 W 165 St/Amsterdam Av, 50 feet away, for the M2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 165 St/Amsterdam Av M2
    50 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 167 St 23 docks in all
    670 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
    590 feet
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 538 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
152 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Gregorio Luperon High School Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1910 and 1923.

Since 2014 at least 78 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Gregorio Luperon High School Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2013 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 165th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 165th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    190 feet
  2. Community Math & Science Prep School
    560 feet
  3. The Mott Hall School
    560 feet
Show all 9
  1. Kids-Centric, Inc. Rena Day Care Cen School
    760 feet
  2. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    900 feet
  4. Kipp NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School
    1,190 feet
  5. M.S. 319 - Maria Teresa School
    1,190 feet
  6. M.S. 324 - Patria Mirabal School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKenna Square
    440 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    570 feet
  3. Adventure Playground
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    880 feet
  2. Mitchel Square
    900 feet
  3. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    570 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    380 feet
  3. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    300 feet

Fire and police

  1. 33rd Precinct Police station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,230 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 39 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 165th Street.

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