Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan NYC — Upper West Side Life | 2026

Amsterdam Ave is the Upper West Side's neighborhood spine. Restaurants, Columbia area, local feel. Block-level quality scores.

Livability score

Grade C+, livability 58 out of 100.

Calm 39, ranked against major corridors. Access 93, ranked against every street in the city. More complaints per home than most major corridors, but a lot within a walk.

That puts Amsterdam Avenue in the top 28% of scored streets citywide.

Strongest on infrastructure (74) and tree cover (100); housing (11) is the weak spot.

On the record

Heat and hot water is the most-filed complaint on Amsterdam Avenue, with 2,471 reports. HPD has cited 1,856 Class C violations here, the tier the city treats as an immediate health or safety risk, about 10 per 100 homes on file. Since 2021, 666 people have been injured in reported crashes. On the other side, infrastructure ranks 74 among major corridors. About 25% of the 19,162 homes on file are rent-stabilized.

Scores are built from 311 complaints, HPD violations, NYPD crash records, MTA stop locations, DOHMH food permits, and the street tree census, divided by the homes and businesses on the street, updated weekly. Read the scoring method or the data sources.

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