Amsterdam Avenue & West 177th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 177th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan, at the edge of Highbridge Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,042 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School is 790 feet away, and Highbridge Recreation Center is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 181 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
181 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 178 St · M101
Within a walk
11 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 177th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 181 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 181 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 175 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Great Waves of Immigration” (2023) by Carmen Lizardo at the 181 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 178 St, 150 feet away, for the M101.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 178 St M101 · Shelter
    150 feet
    M101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Amsterdam Avenue and West 177th Street.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 175 St 23 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 450 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4116 Broadway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,042 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 739th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 543 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
165 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 177th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 177th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114248.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dominican Women's Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. Kipp Star Elementary Charter School
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    40 feet
  2. Quisqueya Playground
    720 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dominican Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Fort Washington Library Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Church Washington Heights House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highbridge Recreation Center
    1,130 feet
  2. Washington Bridge Post Office
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 177th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.