Amsterdam Avenue & West 189th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 189th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 162 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Highbridge Park is 60 feet away, and Dog Run in Highbridge Park is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 191 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them schools, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
191 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 190 St · M101
Within a walk
18 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 189th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 191 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 191 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 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 190 St, 140 feet away, for the M101.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 190 St M101
    140 feet
    M101

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 189 St 21 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway southbound at Amsterdam Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 162 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,673rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 86 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10040
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
34
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (North)
Elevation
197 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1916 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 108 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 189th Street

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

South side of West 189th Street

  • No parking 3 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

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 189 School
    180 feet
  2. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo Seminary College
    810 feet
  3. Yeshiva University High School
    810 feet
Show all 8
  1. High School for Health Careers and Sciences School
    1,120 feet
  2. High School for Law and Public Service School
    1,120 feet
  3. High School for Media and Communications School
    1,120 feet
  4. The College Academy School
    1,120 feet
  5. Yeshiva University College
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    60 feet
  2. Wallenberg Playground
    60 feet
  3. Juan Bosch Plaza in Highbridge Park Park feature
    330 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dog Run in Highbridge Park Dog run
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 185th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Isabella Geriatric Center Nursing home or hospice
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Armenian Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. St Anargyri Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 189th 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.