Amsterdam Avenue & West 81st Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 81st 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, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Agnes Library is 120 feet away, and Tecumseh Playground is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 116 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 81 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 79 St 1
    1,020 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
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 81 St, 110 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 81 St M7, M11 · Shelter
    110 feet
    M7 M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 60 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 82 St 39 docks in all
    350 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 mile
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    890 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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 6,300 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 1894 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and August 2025; 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 parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

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-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 81st Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 81st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109786, 110851, 111880, 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 mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1887 and 1895.

  1. Congregation Shaaray Tefila Community House Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. Hotel Lucerne Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 fire stations
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Kids, NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    300 feet
  2. The Brownstone School and Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Calhoun School
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    1,100 feet
  2. P.S. 087 William Sherman School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tecumseh Playground
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gloucester Public space
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Agnes Library Landmark
    120 feet
  2. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    580 feet
  3. 79th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. Mt. Neboh Synagogue (Demolished) Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vladimir Ukranian Orthodox Church Landmark
    300 feet
  2. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    410 feet
  3. All Angels Church House of worship
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    820 feet
  2. First Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Planetarium Post Office
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. 20th Precinct Police station
    830 feet
  2. Division 3/Ladder 25 Fire station
    1,220 feet
  3. Engine 74 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    820 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Zabar's Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 116 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 81st 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.