11th Avenue & West 50th Street

The four-way crossing of 11th Avenue and West 50th Street is in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Food and Finance High School is 520 feet away, and NYPD Mounted Unit is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 50 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the C and E. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them schools, and 28 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 11th Avenue.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
50 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
11 Av/W 50 St · M12
Within a walk
17 places
6 schools, 2 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
11th Avenue & West 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 50 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 50 St C, E
    0.5 miles
    C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. C …
  2. E …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. C …
  2. E …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (1989) by Matt Mullican at the 50 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 11 Av/W 50 St, 40 feet away, for the M12.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 11 Av/W 50 St M12 · Shelter
    40 feet
    M12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 11th Avenue.

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 52 St & 11 Ave 55 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 605 West 42nd Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hell's Kitchen
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 182 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 11th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 11th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 50th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Bus layover only 2 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 50th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101562 and 103605.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in De Witt Clinton Park.

  1. Clinton War Memorial Statue by Burt William Johnson, 1929
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Facing History School, The School
    520 feet
  2. Food and Finance High School
    520 feet
  3. High School of Hospitality Management School
    520 feet
Show all 7
  1. Manhattan Bridges High School
    520 feet
  2. Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, The School
    520 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at West 53rd Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  4. Hudsonway Immersion School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. De Witt Clinton Park
    580 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    990 feet
  3. De Witt Clinton Park Playground
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Oasis Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Emerson Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Columbus Library
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 755 10th Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. NYPD Mounted Unit Police station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Amish Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Sunac Natural Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 11th Avenue or West 50th 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.