11th Avenue & West 26th Street

The four-way crossing of 11th Avenue and West 26th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. It lies inside the West Chelsea Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Starrett-Lehigh Building stands 380 feet away, and Hudson Guild John Lovejoy Elliott Center is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 34 St-Hudson Yards, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them parks, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
34 St-Hudson Yards
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
11 Av/W 26 St · M12
Within a walk
18 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
11th Avenue & West 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 34 St-Hudson Yards, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 34 St-Hudson Yards 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. 7 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Funktional Vibrations” (2015) by Xenobia Bailey at the 34 St-Hudson Yards station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 11 Av/W 26 St, 40 feet away, for the M12.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 11 Av/W 26 St M12
    40 feet
    M12

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on West 26th Street.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 10 Ave & W 28 St 49 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 10 Hudson Yards Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10001
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chelsea-Hudson Yards
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 2005 and 2013.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 11th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 5 signs TAXI STAND 10PM-4AM ALL DAYS

West side of 11th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND 10PM-4AM ALL DAYS

North side of West 26th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 26th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the West Chelsea Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 31 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as American Round Arch, and mostly built between 1900 and 1916.

  1. The Zinn Building Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Starrett-Lehigh Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  3. The Wolf Bindery Annex Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Avenues New York School
    930 feet
  2. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. MSH 507 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Basis Independent Manhattan School
    1,190 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The High Line Park
    720 feet
  2. Chelsea Waterside Park
    750 feet
  3. Hudson River Park
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Chelsea Waterside Dog Park Dog run
    920 feet
  2. The High Line Zone 2 Playground
    1,200 feet
  3. Chelsea Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Aperture Foundation Research library
    500 feet
  2. R. C. Williams Warehouse Listed historic place
    930 feet
  3. Frying Pan Shoals Lightship No. 115 Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Dia Art Foundation Chelsea Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,240 feet
  2. The Shed Arts or cultural center
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hudson Guild John Lovejoy Elliott Center Community center
    1,260 feet
  2. Community center at Elliott Community center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Hudson Yards Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 11th Avenue or West 26th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.