Amsterdam Avenue & West 65th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 65th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 203 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Vivian Beaumont Theater is 180 feet away, and Mitzi E Newhouse Theater is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 11 of them schools, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
66 St-Lincoln Ctr
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 65 St · M11
Within a walk
46 places
11 schools, 7 theaters or concert halls and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 66 St-Lincoln Ctr, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    960 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3
  2. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    1 A B C D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Artemis, Acrobats, Divas, and Dancers” (2001) by Nancy Spero at the 66 St-Lincoln Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 65 St, 100 feet away, for the M11.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 65 St M11
    100 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 66 St 28 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 179 West 68th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,060 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2011
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 203 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,626th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 87 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10023
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,200 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 1948 and 1986.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 65th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110822.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus.

  1. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Sculpture by William Tarr, 1973
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 public places.

  • 11 schools
  • 7 theaters or concert halls
  • 5 public spaces
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 15 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts School
    400 feet
  3. High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice School
    450 feet
Show all 17
  1. High School of Arts and Technology School
    450 feet
  2. Manhattan / Hunter Science High School
    450 feet
  3. Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The School
    450 feet
  4. Amsterdam Child care
    510 feet
  5. Star Program School
    510 feet
  6. Juilliard School (The) College
    600 feet
  7. Berlitz Campus Language Inst for Eng Trade or language school
    600 feet
  8. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  9. Goddard Riverside Community Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  10. Special Music School
    880 feet
  11. Manhattan Star Academy School
    930 feet
  12. Ucp of NYC - Manhattan Child Program School
    1,170 feet
  13. Gateway School of NY School
    1,290 feet
  14. P.S. 452 School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Center Plaza
    340 feet
  2. Damrosch Park
    570 feet
  3. Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
    630 feet
Show all 6
  1. Richard Tucker Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Matthew P. Sapolin Playground
    1,190 feet
  3. Dante Park
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Tower 67 Public space
    760 feet
  2. Public space at Toulaine Public space
    880 feet
  3. Public space at Bel Canto Public space
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Two Lincoln Square Public space
    1,150 feet
  2. Public space at Nevada Towers Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverside Library
    250 feet
  2. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Library
    490 feet
  3. New York Philharmonic Research library
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. American Folk Art Museum
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Vivian Beaumont Theater Theater or concert hall
    180 feet
  2. Mitzi E Newhouse Theater Theater or concert hall
    230 feet
  3. Peter J Sharp Theater Theater or concert hall
    400 feet
Show all 8
  1. Lincoln Center Arts or cultural center
    460 feet
  2. Lincoln Center Metropolitan Opera House Theater or concert hall
    640 feet
  3. Juilliard Theater Theater or concert hall
    660 feet
  4. Alice Tully Hall Theater or concert hall
    670 feet
  5. Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall Theater or concert hall
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Good Shepherd Faith Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Lincoln Square Synagogue House of worship
    910 feet
  3. West End Synagogue House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 250 West 65th Street Older adult center
    660 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 40/Ladder 35 Fire station
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 65th Street.

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