Amsterdam Avenue & West 166th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 166th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Audubon Post Office is 290 feet away, and Morris Jumel Community Garden is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, eight of them schools, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
W 165 St/Amsterdam Av · M2
Within a walk
27 places
8 schools, 7 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 166th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    1,180 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
    1,210 feet
    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, 280 feet away, for the M2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 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
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    340 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
150 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1908 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 166th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 166th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 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 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    530 feet
  2. McKenna Square
    680 feet
  3. Adventure Playground
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. Mitchel Square
    800 feet
  2. Rockface Overlook in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,080 feet
  3. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  4. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    240 feet
  2. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    370 feet
  3. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 33rd Precinct Police station
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 166th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.