Amsterdam Avenue & West 173rd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 173rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan, at the edge of Highbridge Park. The corner is also named Hugo Cabrera Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Highbridge Recreation Center is 140 feet away, and High Bridge Water Tower stands 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 168 St-Washington Hts, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1, A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
168 St-Washington Hts
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1, A, C
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 173 St · M101
Within a walk
13 places
3 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 173rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 168 St-Washington Hts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 173 St, 90 feet away, for the M101.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 173 St M101 · Shelter
    90 feet
    M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 172 St 9 docks in all
    320 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. 4116 Broadway 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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); the corner is on the edge of the Highbridge Park area
Elevation
189 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Hugo Cabrera 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 2,700 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 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and February 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 173rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 173rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four 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
    370 feet
  2. High Bridge Water Tower Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. Incarnation School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    60 feet
  2. CPF Playground
    700 feet
  3. Audubon Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Recreation Center Landmark
    140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 67 Fire station
    1,180 feet
  2. 33rd Precinct Police station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 173rd 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.