Amsterdam Avenue & West 175th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 175th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan, at the edge of Highbridge Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Highbridge Play Center Promenade, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 510 feet away. The nearest subway, 175 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
175 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 175 St · M101
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 175th 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 seven 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
    0.5 miles
    1 A C
  2. 181 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 175 St, 200 feet away, for the M101.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 175 St M101
    200 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
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 990 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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); the corner is on the edge of the Highbridge Park area
Elevation
170 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are 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 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

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

North side of West 175th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 175th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    510 feet
  2. High Bridge Water Tower Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. Incarnation School
    780 feet
  3. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    1,100 feet
  2. Washington Heights Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    60 feet
  2. CPF Playground
    1,170 feet
  3. Quisqueya Playground
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 13 Ambulance station
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Incarnation RC House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Washington Heights House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Recreation Center Landmark
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue, Cross Bronx Expressway or West 175th 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.