Amsterdam Avenue & West 82nd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 82nd 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, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Congregation Shaaray Tefila Community House stands 200 feet away, and St Vladimir Ukranian Orthodox Church is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 121 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 81 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
28 places
9 religious buildings, 9 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 79 St 1
    1,290 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
    0.4 miles
    B C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 81 St, 180 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 81 St M7, M11 · Shelter
    180 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.

  • 62 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
    90 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. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    630 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
77 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,300 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 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 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
  • 16 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and December 2024; 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 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 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-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 82nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of West 82nd Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109786, 109787, 111880 and 114475.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 236 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1886 and 1895.

  1. Congregation Shaaray Tefila Community House Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Metropolitan Fireproof Warehouse Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Kids, NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    250 feet
  2. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    840 feet
  3. The Brownstone School and Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
Show all 11
  1. M.S. 243 Center School
    1,150 feet
  2. P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson School
    1,150 feet
  3. Frank McCourt High School
    1,200 feet
  4. Innovation Diploma Plus School
    1,200 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Upper West School
    1,200 feet
  6. The Global Learning Collaborative School
    1,200 feet
  7. The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers School
    1,200 feet
  8. Calhoun School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tecumseh Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gloucester Public space
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Agnes Library Landmark
    190 feet
  2. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    320 feet
  3. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    230 feet
  2. St Vladimir Ukranian Orthodox Church Landmark
    250 feet
  3. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    550 feet
Show all 7
  1. All Angels Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Congregation Ohav Sholom House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. West Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  4. First Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Planetarium Post Office
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. 20th Precinct Police station · landmark
    720 feet
  2. Engine 74 Fire station
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Zabar's Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 121 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 82nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.