Amsterdam Avenue & West 98th Street

Amsterdam Avenue and West 98th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Happy Warrior Playground is 60 feet away, and P.S. 163 Alfred E. Smith is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, ten of them day care or pre-K sites, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Amsterdam Av/W 98 St · M7, M11
Within a walk
24 places
10 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amsterdam Avenue & West 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St 1, 2, 3
    1,140 feet
    1 2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 96 St B, C
    0.4 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bloemendaal” (2010) by Masamichi Udagawa & Sigi Moeslinger at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amsterdam Av/W 98 St, 120 feet away, for the M7 and M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amsterdam Av/W 98 St M7, M11 · Shelter
    120 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.

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 100 St & Broadway 39 docks in all
    1,120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 96th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 204 West 101st Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,010 feet

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
  • 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, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10025
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
7
Police precinct
24
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Amsterdam Avenue (east side).

West side of Amsterdam Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of West 98th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West 98th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111258 and 112667.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 25 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1913.

  1. Parish House of St. Michael's Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. East River Savings Bank Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. Rectory of St. Michael's Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    430 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Riverside Health Center.

  1. Inside Out Site-specific installation by Richard Artschwager, 2014
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 10 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 163 Alfred E. Smith School
    300 feet
  2. Tamim Academy of NYC School
    390 feet
  3. Montclare Children's School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    440 feet
Show all 12
  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. La Escuelita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
  3. Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Preschool
    490 feet
  4. La Maternelle III Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    490 feet
  5. Little Tree Bilingual Montessori of NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  6. La Maternelle IV Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  7. River Park Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  8. The West Side Montessori School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  9. Bright Horizons at 96th St. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Happy Warrior Playground
    60 feet
  2. Frederick Douglass Playground
    610 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bloomingdale Library
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels Episcopal Church Landmark
    350 feet
  2. Holy Name of Jesus Church House of worship
    460 feet
  3. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    510 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Frederick Douglass Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    780 feet
  2. Older adult center at Douglass Addition Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 11/Engine 76/Ladder 22 Fire station
    990 feet
  2. 24th Precinct Police station
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amsterdam Avenue or West 98th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.