Amsterdam Avenue & West 80th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 80th 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, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church stands 440 feet away, and the 20th Precinct is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about three 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
8 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
760 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 79 St · M7, M11, M79 SBS
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 80th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 79 St 1
    760 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1
  2. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 79 St, 250 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
    250 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.

  • 61 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,150 feet
  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 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017

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
73 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,100 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 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-1PM 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 ANYTIME

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 80th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110849, 111524, 114067, 114156 and 114352.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 278 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1887 and 1895.

  1. Hotel Lucerne Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. Congregation Shaaray Tefila Community House Designated landmark
    490 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 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Kids, NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    510 feet
  2. The Brownstone School and Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
  3. P.S. 087 William Sherman School
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Calhoun School
    1,180 feet
  2. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tecumseh Playground
    690 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gloucester Public space
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Agnes Library Landmark
    390 feet
  2. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mt. Neboh Synagogue (Demolished) Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Apthorp Apartments Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Riverside Drive-West 80th-81st Streets Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vladimir Ukranian Orthodox Church Landmark
    510 feet
  2. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. All Angels Church House of worship
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. First Baptist Church Landmark
    730 feet
  2. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. Carlebach Shul House of worship
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 3/Ladder 25 Fire station
    950 feet
  2. 20th Precinct Police station
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    740 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    510 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 109 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 80th 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.