Amsterdam Avenue & West 172nd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 172nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named EMT Luis De Pena Jr. Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. CPF Playground is 430 feet away, and Kipp NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about six minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 172 St · M101
Within a walk
17 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.3 miles
    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. 175 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 172 St, 120 feet away, for the M101.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 172 St M101 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 172 St 9 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2018

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
187 feet above sea level

This corner is also named EMT Luis De Pena Jr. Square, a co-naming enacted on August 10, 2015 (Local Law 76 of 2015).

The streets

  • Up to three 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 1909 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 118 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on EMT Luis De Pena Jr. Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 172nd Street

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 172nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Moderne. They were built between 1866 and 1936.

  1. Highbridge Play Center Promenade Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. High Bridge Water Tower Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  2. Kipp NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School
    1,220 feet
  3. M.S. 319 - Maria Teresa School
    1,220 feet
Show all 5
  1. M.S. 324 - Patria Mirabal School
    1,220 feet
  2. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    70 feet
  2. CPF Playground
    430 feet
  3. Audubon Playground
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower Listed historic place
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Recreation Center Landmark
    260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    910 feet
  2. 33rd Precinct Police station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 172nd 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.