Amsterdam Avenue & West 83rd Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 83rd 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, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,357 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Metropolitan Fireproof Warehouse stands 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 118 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 83 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
23 places
8 schools, 6 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 83rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 1
    1,230 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 79 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Westside Views” (1989) by Nitza Tufiño (in collaboration with Grosvenor Neighborhood House Student Muralists) at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 83 St, 110 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 83 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amsterdam Ave & W 82 St 39 docks in all
    220 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
    0.9 miles
  2. 160 West 84th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    360 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,357 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 606th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 550 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
81 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 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 1896 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 17 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 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 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 83rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111392, 111511, 111644 and 114475.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 194 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1886 and 1894.

  1. Metropolitan Fireproof Warehouse Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Congregation Shaaray Tefila Community House Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Broadway Fashion Building Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Kids, NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  2. M.S. 243 Center School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson School
    880 feet
Show all 10
  1. Frank McCourt High School
    930 feet
  2. Innovation Diploma Plus School
    930 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Upper West School
    930 feet
  4. The Global Learning Collaborative School
    930 feet
  5. The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers School
    930 feet
  6. P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
    1,100 feet
  7. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    250 feet
  2. St. Agnes Library Landmark
    460 feet
  3. Public School 9 Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Belnord Apartments Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    290 feet
  3. St Vladimir Ukranian Orthodox Church Landmark
    420 feet
Show all 5
  1. Congregation Ohav Sholom House of worship
    810 feet
  2. West Park Presbyterian Church House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Planetarium Post Office
    530 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 74 Fire station · landmark
    710 feet
  2. 20th Precinct Police station
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  3. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    910 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 118 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 83rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.