Amsterdam Avenue & West 187th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 187th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Yeshiva University High School is 290 feet away, and Isabella Geriatric Center is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 188 St · M101
Within a walk
22 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 187th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 191 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. 181 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Primavera” (2003) by Raúl Colón at the 191 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 188 St, 150 feet away, for the M101.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 188 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.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet, an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 186 St 21 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4353 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
193 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 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 1914 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2013 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 187th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 187th Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated two lampposts.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva University High School
    290 feet
  2. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary College
    290 feet
  3. P.S. 189 School
    520 feet
Show all 7
  1. Yeshiva University College
    740 feet
  2. Catholic School Region of Manhattan School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Fort George Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. St Elizabeth School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    310 feet
  2. Wallenberg Playground
    320 feet
  3. Juan Bosch Plaza in Highbridge Park Park feature
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. West 186th Street Basketball Court Park
    980 feet
  2. Turner Terrace in Highbridge Park Park feature
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 185th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    720 feet

Health care

  1. Isabella Geriatric Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Fort George Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Dan's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 187th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.