Amsterdam Avenue & West 73rd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 73rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Firefighter Kevin Bracken Corner by local law. It lies on the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Verdi Square is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1, 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places and 113 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Broadway/W 73 St · M104
Within a walk
33 places
10 religious buildings, 7 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St 1, 2, 3
    280 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. 79 St 1
    0.3 miles
    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 Broadway/W 73 St, 190 feet away, for the M104.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/W 73 St M104
    190 feet
    M104

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …

Live arrivals

Amsterdam Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 67 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 73 St 54 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 2148 Broadway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    920 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2010
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2019

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
73 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Firefighter Kevin Bracken Corner, a co-naming enacted on October 20, 2003 (Local Law 62 of 2003).

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,300 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 1893 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least one new affordable home has been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Kevin Bracken Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West 73rd Street (south side).

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109137, 111888, 113705 and 114197.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 338 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1896.

  1. Central Savings Bank Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. The Hotel Berkley Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. The Phoenix Hotel Designated landmark
    270 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Verdi Square.

  1. Giuseppe Verdi Statue by Pasquale Civiletti, 1906
    100 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. 2109 Broadway Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  2. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Blessed Sacrament School
    1,060 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bright Horizons at West 72nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. West End Day School
    1,280 feet
  3. Parkside School
    1,290 feet
  4. Manhattan Star Academy School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Verdi Square
    60 feet
  2. Sherman Square
    720 feet
  3. Tecumseh Playground
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Matthew P. Sapolin Playground
    1,150 feet
  2. Septuagesimo UNO Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at One Sherman Square Public space
    820 feet
  2. Public space at Nevada Towers Public space
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Giuseppe Verdi Monument Listed historic place
    100 feet
  2. 72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    360 feet
  3. Control House on 72nd Street Listed historic place
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. Ansonia Hotel Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Dorilton Listed historic place
    610 feet
  3. Level Club Listed historic place
    650 feet
  4. James Baldwin Residence Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Beacon Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    490 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rutgers Presbyterian Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    870 feet
  3. Grace St Pauls Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
Show all 7
  1. West End Synagogue House of worship
    1,180 feet
  2. West Side Institutional Synagogue House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Lincoln Square Synagogue House of worship
    1,250 feet
  4. Christian Community Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 141 West 73rd Street Older adult center
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    300 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    680 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    950 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    540 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 113 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 73rd 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, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.