Amsterdam Avenue & West 167th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 167th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard is 250 feet away, and Adventure Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, ten of them schools, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
920 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 168 St · M101
Within a walk
28 places
10 schools, 6 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 167th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    920 feet
    1 A C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 168 St, 30 feet away, for the M101.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 168 St M101
    30 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 167 St 23 docks in all
    50 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
    240 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
148 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,900 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

North side of West 167th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of West 167th Street

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1897 and 1898.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Mitchel Square.

  1. Washington Heights-Inwood War Memorial Statue by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1922
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    250 feet
  3. Kipp NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School
    550 feet
Show all 11
  1. M.S. 319 - Maria Teresa School
    550 feet
  2. M.S. 324 - Patria Mirabal School
    550 feet
  3. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    670 feet
  4. Kids-Centric, Inc. Rena Day Care Cen School
    750 feet
  5. Castle Bridge School
    940 feet
  6. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    940 feet
  7. Community Math & Science Prep School
    1,160 feet
  8. The Mott Hall School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    620 feet
  2. Mitchel Square
    850 feet
  3. Rockface Overlook in Highbridge Park Park feature
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. McKenna Square
    1,040 feet
  2. Audubon Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Adventure Playground
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    660 feet

Fire and police

  1. 33rd Precinct Police station
    590 feet
  2. Engine 67 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 167th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.