Amsterdam Avenue & West 174th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 174th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Highbridge Park is 70 feet away, and Fort Washington Presbyterian Church is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 175 St · M101
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 174th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 175 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 175 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. A …
Downtown
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.4 miles
    1 A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 175 St, 100 feet away, for the M101.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 175 St M101
    100 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic 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 175 St 23 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 1,270 feet 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 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
  • 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 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10033
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
180 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1907 and 1914.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

North side of West 174th Street

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

South side of West 174th Street

  • No parking 4 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
    340 feet
  2. High Bridge Water Tower Designated landmark
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. Incarnation School
    860 feet
  3. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    70 feet
  2. CPF Playground
    890 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    560 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    860 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    1,200 feet
  3. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Recreation Center Landmark
    310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 174th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.