12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 29th Street

The five-way junction of 12th Avenue, West Side Highway and West 29th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 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 subway, 34 St-Hudson Yards, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them listed historic places, and three places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 2020, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
34 St-Hudson Yards
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
12 Av/W 30 St · M12
Within a walk
5 places
2 listed historic places, 1 ambulance station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 29th 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 nine 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 12 Av/W 30 St, 510 feet away, for the M12.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 12 Av/W 30 St M12
    510 feet
    M12

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 29th Street.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 30 St & 10 Ave 56 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, March 2019

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 in 2020.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

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

North side of West 29th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 29th Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Round Arch, and built between 1890 and 1891.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    70 feet
  2. The High Line Zone 2 Playground
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 7 Ambulance station
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Frying Pan Shoals Lightship No. 115 Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  2. John J. Harvey, Fireboat Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

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 three places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 12th Avenue, West 29th Street or West Side Highway.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYC Finance and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.