Edgecombe Avenue & West 164th Street

Edgecombe Avenue and West 164th Street meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Adventure Playground is 60 feet away, and Morris Jumel Mansion is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Edgecombe Av/W 164 St · M2
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Edgecombe Avenue & West 164th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    1,230 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.4 miles
    1 A C
  2. 155 St C
    0.5 miles
    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 164 St, 80 feet away, for the M2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Edgecombe Av/W 164 St M2
    80 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway at Connector To Cross Bronx Expressway & Amsterdam Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2161 Amsterdam Avenue Gas station
    1,120 feet
  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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2014
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

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
157 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1905 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2023 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Edgecombe Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYS DOCCS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West 164th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 164th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 25 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1896.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 park features
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Math & Science Prep School
    290 feet
  2. The Mott Hall School
    290 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc. Rena Day Care Cen School
    520 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics School
    990 feet
  3. P.S. 008 Luis Belliard School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highbridge Park
    50 feet
  2. Adventure Playground
    60 feet
  3. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    250 feet
Show all 7
  1. Roger Morris Park
    660 feet
  2. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    900 feet
  3. Rockface Overlook in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,130 feet
  4. McKenna Square
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Capilla Evangelica Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    870 feet
  3. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Audubon Post Office
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgecombe Avenue or West 164th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.