10th Avenue & West 42nd Street

The four-way crossing of 10th Avenue and West 42nd Street is in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 75 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Playwrights Horizons Theater is 660 feet away, and Beacon High School is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S and W. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 65 places to eat.

Safety record
27 hurt
75 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
10 Av/W 42 St · M11
Within a walk
17 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
10th Avenue & West 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines at the nearest station
  1. Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W

Next trains at this station

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Queens
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Hudson Yards
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Also within a walk

  1. 34 St-Hudson Yards 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists nine works at the Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term station, among them “The Commuter's Lament/A Close Shave” (1991) by Norman B Colp and “New York in Transit” (2001) by Jacob Lawrence.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 10 Av/W 42 St, 110 feet away, for the M11.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 10 Av/W 42 St M11 · Countdown sign
    110 feet
    M11
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 10th Avenue.

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 43 St & 10 Ave 117 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 401-471 West 42nd Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    840 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 75 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 1984
  • Turn calming, November 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10036
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hell's Kitchen
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 7,300 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 1976 and 2008.

Since 2014 at least 423 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 73 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 1 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to midnight on West 42nd Street (south side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on West 42nd Street (south side).

East side of 10th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY OTHER TIMES HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of 10th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 42nd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 6 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105603, 106089, 106165 and 106553.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Vernacular Greek Revival, and built in 1858.

  1. Actors Studio Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 3 theaters or concert halls
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Hudson Yards School
    510 feet
  2. Training Solutions Trade or language school
    690 feet
  3. Beacon High School
    760 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 051 Elias Howe School
    940 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  4. Vivvi 6 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mathews-Palmer Playground
    1,130 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Little Shubert Theatre Theater or concert hall
    630 feet
  2. Playwrights Horizons Theater Theater or concert hall
    660 feet
  3. Westside Theatre Theater or concert hall
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Croatian Church NY Sts Cyril & Methodius & St Raphael RCC House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Metro Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Crossroads 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Square Post Station Post office
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 1 Fire station
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    210 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Sunac Natural Market Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    110 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    690 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Hudson Yards Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 10th Avenue or West 42nd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.