12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 24th Street

The five-way junction of 12th Avenue, West Side Highway and West 24th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hudson River Park is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, W 24 St/12 Av, is 230 feet away for the M23 SBS, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Lincoln Tunnel
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
W 24 St/12 Av · M23 SBS
Within a walk
9 places
3 parks, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 24 St/12 Av, 230 feet away, for the M23 SBS.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 24 St/12 Av M23 SBS
    230 feet
    M23 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M23 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pier 61 at Chelsea Piers 43 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. West 24th Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chelsea-Hudson Yards

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 24 homes, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2007 and 2013.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 24th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 24th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, Industrial Neoclassical and Modern, one each, and built between 1910 and 1931.

  1. Starrett-Lehigh Building Designated landmark
    690 feet
  2. The Zinn Building Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 public space
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Basis Independent Manhattan School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    70 feet
  2. Chelsea Waterside Park
    550 feet
  3. Chelsea Waterside Dog Park Dog run
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. The High Line Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Chelsea Piers Walk Public space
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Frying Pan Shoals Lightship No. 115 Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. John J. Harvey, Fireboat Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Dia Art Foundation Chelsea Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 12th Avenue, West 24th Street or West Side Highway.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.