Amsterdam Avenue & West 168th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 168th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Mirabal Sisters Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Highbridge Park is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, eight of them schools, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
750 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 167 St · M101
Within a walk
30 places
8 schools, 7 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 168th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    750 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 167 St, 70 feet away, for the M101.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 167 St M101
    70 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, 8 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
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
153 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Mirabal Sisters Way, a co-naming enacted on June 24, 2017 (Local Law 110 of 2017).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1924.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Mirabal Sisters Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

North side of West 168th Street

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 168th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

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.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    290 feet
  2. Kipp NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School
    380 feet
  3. M.S. 319 - Maria Teresa School
    380 feet
Show all 9
  1. M.S. 324 - Patria Mirabal School
    380 feet
  2. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  3. Castle Bridge School
    770 feet
  4. P.S. 128 Audubon School
    770 feet
  5. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    830 feet
  6. Kids-Centric, Inc. Rena Day Care Cen School
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    750 feet
  2. Rockface Overlook in Highbridge Park Park feature
    860 feet
  3. Mitchel Square
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Audubon Playground
    900 feet
  2. McKenna Square
    1,210 feet
  3. Adventure Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Plaza Alianza Dominicana Pedestrian plaza
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    1,130 feet
  2. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Hospital
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 168th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    580 feet
  2. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    820 feet
  2. Highbridge Recreation Center
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. 33rd Precinct Police station
    420 feet
  2. Engine 67 Fire station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 168th 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.