Amsterdam Avenue & West 88th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 88th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Public School 166, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 420 feet away, and St. Gregory's Playground is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
820 feet · 3 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 89 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
31 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 88th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 1
    820 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
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3

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 89 St, 260 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 89 St M7, M11
    260 feet
    M7 M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Amsterdam Avenue.

  • 71 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. W 87 St & Amsterdam Ave 43 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 101 West 90th Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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, May 2017
  • Turn calming, August 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
95 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 88th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 88th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113204 and 114251.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 145 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1894.

  1. Claremont Stables Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Public School 166 Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. Belnord Apartments Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. The Child Center of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. P.S. 166 the Richard Rodgers School of the Arts and Technology School
    710 feet
Show all 13
  1. Bnos Aliya School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Stephen Gaynor School
    820 feet
  3. Geneva School of Manhattan School
    890 feet
  4. Gan Aliya School
    950 feet
  5. Smith School
    950 feet
  6. Beit Rabban Day School
    1,000 feet
  7. Ideal School of Manhattan - Upper School
    1,000 feet
  8. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  9. Trinity School
    1,220 feet
  10. Columbus Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Eighty Nine LXXXIX Playground
    630 feet
  2. St. Gregory's Playground
    730 feet
  3. West 87th Street Park & Garden
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stables at 167, 169, 171 West 89th Street Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun and Community House Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Listed historic place
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. West Park Presbyterian Church Landmark
    470 feet
  2. Congregation Bnai Jeshurun Landmark
    720 feet
  3. The Jewish Center Landmark
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Central Baptist NY Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. First Church of Religious Science House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Goddard Riverside Community Center
    1,000 feet
  2. Older adult center at 593 Columbus Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 88th 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.