Amsterdam Avenue & West 68th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 68th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Manhattan Star Academy is 140 feet away, and Lincoln Square Synagogue is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 46 public places, 11 of them schools, and 54 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Amsterdam Avenue.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 67 St · M11
Within a walk
46 places
11 schools, 6 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    1,030 feet
    1 2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 66 St-Lincoln Ctr 1
    1,070 feet
    1
  2. 72 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Laced Canopy” (2002) by Robert Hickman at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 67 St, 190 feet away, for the M11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 67 St M11 · Shelter
    190 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,700 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 1962 and 1986.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Amsterdam Avenue (west side).

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 68th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of West 68th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110307 and 114468.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 65 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival and neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1885 and 1895.

  1. The Hotel Alamac Designated landmark
    740 feet
  2. Pythian Temple Designated landmark
    760 feet
  3. Church of the Blessed Sacrament Rectory Designated landmark
    780 feet

Monuments and public art

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
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 parks
  • 5 public spaces
  • 5 theaters or concert halls
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Manhattan Star Academy School
    140 feet
  3. Star Program School
    350 feet
Show all 16
  1. Special Music School
    450 feet
  2. High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice School
    960 feet
  3. High School of Arts and Technology School
    960 feet
  4. Manhattan / Hunter Science High School
    960 feet
  5. Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The School
    960 feet
  6. Blessed Sacrament School Landmark
    1,010 feet
  7. Juilliard School (The) College
    1,130 feet
  8. Berlitz Campus Language Inst for Eng Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  9. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  10. Fusion Academy Lincoln Center School
    1,130 feet
  11. Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts School
    1,190 feet
  12. P.S. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus School
    1,260 feet
  13. Amsterdam Child care
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Matthew P. Sapolin Playground
    410 feet
  2. Sherman Square
    560 feet
  3. Richard Tucker Park
    1,120 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lincoln Center Plaza
    1,130 feet
  2. Verdi Square
    1,170 feet
  3. Septuagesimo UNO Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Tower 67 Public space
    160 feet
  2. Public space at Nevada Towers Public space
    410 feet
  3. Public space at Bel Canto Public space
    470 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Toulaine Public space
    610 feet
  2. Public space at One Sherman Square Public space
    770 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Riverside Library
    810 feet
  2. Dorilton Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. Control House on 72nd Street Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. 72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Library
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Vivian Beaumont Theater Theater or concert hall
    900 feet
  2. Mitzi E Newhouse Theater Theater or concert hall
    930 feet
  3. Peter J Sharp Theater Theater or concert hall
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Alice Tully Hall Theater or concert hall
    1,110 feet
  2. Juilliard Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,180 feet
  3. Lincoln Center Arts or cultural center
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lincoln Square Synagogue House of worship
    140 feet
  2. West End Synagogue House of worship
    190 feet
  3. Good Shepherd Faith Church House of worship
    640 feet
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  1. Christ & Saint Stephens Episcopal Church Landmark
    680 feet
  2. Blessed Sacrament Church Landmark
    950 feet
  3. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ansonia Post Office
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 40/Ladder 35 Fire station
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    430 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    650 feet
  3. Gourmet Garage Supermarket
    890 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,040 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 68th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.