Amsterdam Avenue & West 79th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 79th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Lucerne stands 150 feet away, and Children's Museum of Manhattan is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 109 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 79 St · M7, M11, M79 SBS
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 79 St 1
    540 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
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3
  2. 86 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 79 St, 80 feet away, for the M7, M11 and M79 SBS.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 79 St M7, M11, M79 SBS · Shelter
    80 feet
    M7 M11 M79 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M11 …
  3. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 79 St 48 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 1997
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,200 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 1895 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and April 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 8:30am to 7pm on West 79th Street (south side).

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 79th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109348, 109349, 110141, 110546, 111524 and 114067.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 267 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1895.

  1. Hotel Lucerne Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. Congregation Shaaray Tefila Community House Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 087 William Sherman School
    710 feet
  2. Happy Kids, NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  3. The Brownstone School and Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  2. M.S. M245 the Computer School
    1,180 feet
  3. M.S. M247 Dual Language Middle School
    1,180 feet
  4. The Anderson School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tecumseh Playground
    400 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gloucester Public space
    250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Mt. Neboh Synagogue (Demolished) Listed historic place
    610 feet
  3. St. Agnes Library Landmark
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church Landmark
    690 feet
  2. St Vladimir Ukranian Orthodox Church Landmark
    790 feet
  3. All Angels Church House of worship
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. Carlebach Shul House of worship
    1,050 feet
  3. West End Collegiate Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 3/Ladder 25 Fire station
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Zabar's Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    220 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 109 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 79th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.