West 162nd Street & Jumel Terrace

West 162nd Street and Jumel Terrace meet at a four-way crossing in Washington Heights (South), Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Jumel Terrace Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Morris Jumel Community Garden is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 163 St-Amsterdam Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them schools, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
163 St-Amsterdam Av
510 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Edgecombe Av/W 162 St · M2
Within a walk
22 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 162nd Street & Jumel Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 163 St-Amsterdam Av, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 163 St-Amsterdam Av C
    510 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
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. 168 St-Washington Hts 1, A, C
    0.4 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, 240 feet away, for the M2.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
169 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1909 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 143 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 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 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 162nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 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
    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 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Moreau LMSW Children and Family Services P.c Preschool
    1,010 feet
  2. Whin Music Community Charter School
    1,040 feet
  3. United Federation of Black Community Organization Preschool · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
Show all 7
  1. Community Math & Science Prep School
    1,130 feet
  2. The Mott Hall School
    1,130 feet
  3. P.S. 004 Duke Ellington School
    1,190 feet
  4. The Jewel of Harlem Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roger Morris Park
    50 feet
  2. Highbridge Park
    290 feet
  3. Morris Jumel Community Garden
    310 feet
Show all 6
  1. Edgecome Rock Face in Highbridge Park Park feature
    630 feet
  2. Adventure Playground
    870 feet
  3. John T Brush Stairway in Highbridge Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jumel Terrace Historic District Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. Morris Jumel Mansion Museum · listed historic place
    350 feet
  3. Washington Heights Library
    540 feet
Show all 4
  1. Paul Robeson Home Listed historic place
    560 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2005 Amsterdam Avenue Older adult center
    940 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    620 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 19 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jumel Terrace or West 162nd 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.