Amsterdam Avenue & West 85th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Belnord Apartments, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 520 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places and 116 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
W 86 St/Amsterdam Av · M86 SBS
Within a walk
28 places
10 schools, 8 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C
  2. 79 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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 W 86 St/Amsterdam Av, 340 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 86 St/Amsterdam Av M86 SBS · Shelter
    340 feet
    M86 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 84 St & Amsterdam Ave 35 docks in all
    380 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
    0.8 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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 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
  • 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
89 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,900 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 1903 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 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
  • 17 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2023 and December 2025; 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 9am to 7pm on West 85th Street (south side).

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Microhub zone 1 sign MICROHUB ZONE VEHICLES WITH PERMIT ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West 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 stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 85th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112147, 112793, 113091, 114377, 114510 and 114800.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 144 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1894.

  1. Belnord Apartments Designated landmark
    520 feet
  2. Metropolitan Fireproof Warehouse Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. Broadway Fashion Building Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Frank McCourt High School
    670 feet
  2. Innovation Diploma Plus School
    670 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Upper West School
    670 feet
Show all 14
  1. The Global Learning Collaborative School
    670 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers School
    670 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  4. Bnos Aliya School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    790 feet
  5. Gan Aliya School
    890 feet
  6. Smith School
    890 feet
  7. The Child Center of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  8. Happy Kids, NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  9. M.S. 243 Center School
    1,120 feet
  10. P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson School
    1,120 feet
  11. Calhoun School (The) School
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Children's Museum of Manhattan Museum
    670 feet
  2. St. Agnes Library
    980 feet
  3. United Methodist Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew Complex Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Claremont Stables Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    360 feet
  2. West Park Presbyterian Church Landmark
    380 feet
  3. The Jewish Center Landmark
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Holy Trinity RC Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. St Vladimir Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Congregation Ohav Sholom House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Planetarium Post Office
    850 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 74 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Zabar's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    380 feet
  2. Duane Reade 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 85th 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.