Edgecombe Avenue & West 162nd Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 162nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner is also named Pamela North Way by local law. It lies on the edge of the Jumel Terrace Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Highbridge Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them schools, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
740 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Edgecombe Av/W 162 St · M2
Within a walk
22 places
4 schools, 3 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 162nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    740 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 155 St C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.5 miles
    1 A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ciguapa Antellana, me llamo sueño de la madrugada (who more sci-fi than us)” (2018) by Firelei Báez at the 163 St-Amsterdam Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Edgecombe Av/W 162 St, 50 feet away, for the M2.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Edgecombe Av/W 162 St M2 · Shelter
    50 feet
    M2
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Edgecombe Avenue.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 163 St & Edgecombe Ave 19 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, July 2015
  • Turn calming, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10032
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 12
City Council district
10
Police precinct
33
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Washington Heights (South)
Elevation
161 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Pamela North Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1916 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 78 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 120 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Pamela North Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Edgecombe Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Bus layover only 3 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY SUNDAY 10AM-4PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

North side of West 162nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 162nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Jumel Terrace Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 57 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1896.

  1. 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Community Math & Science Prep School
    900 feet
  2. The Mott Hall School
    900 feet
  3. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kids-Centric, Inc. Rena Day Care Cen School
    1,130 feet
  2. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    1,240 feet
  3. Whin Music Community Charter School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roger Morris Park
    50 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    50 feet
  3. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    390 feet
Show all 7
  1. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    540 feet
  2. Adventure Playground
    630 feet
  3. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,060 feet
  4. Bushman Steps Park
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    410 feet
  3. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    640 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Heights Library
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    600 feet
  2. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgecombe Avenue or West 162nd 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, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.