West 160th Street & Jumel Terrace

West 160th Street and Jumel Terrace meet at a three-way junction in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Jumel Terrace Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments, stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
570 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Edgecombe Av/W 160 St · M2
Within a walk
25 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 160th Street & Jumel Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    570 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. 157 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

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 160 St, 300 feet away, for the M2.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Edgecombe Av/W 160 St M2
    300 feet
    M2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 160 St & St Nicholas Ave 26 docks in all
    220 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. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 115 Fort Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2021.

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
169 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1908 and 1923.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2013 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Jumel Terrace

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Jumel Terrace

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

North side of West 160th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jumel Terrace Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 58 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1896.

  1. 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments Designated landmark
    130 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    580 feet
  2. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. Community Health Academy of the Heights School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roger Morris Park
    40 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    280 feet
  3. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    740 feet
Show all 9
  1. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    850 feet
  2. Bushman Steps Park
    1,040 feet
  3. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,060 feet
  4. Dorothy K. McGowan Memorial Garden
    1,090 feet
  5. Coogan's Bluff Playground
    1,150 feet
  6. Adventure Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. Washington Heights Library
    230 feet
  3. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    260 feet
Show all 5
  1. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. Ellington, Edward Kennedy Duke" Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. AME Zion Church on the Hill House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    510 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 84/Ladder 34 Fire station · landmark
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jumel Terrace or West 160th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, 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.