12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 40th Street

The five-way junction of 12th Avenue, West Side Highway and West 40th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Midtown West 39 Street Ferry Landing is 450 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 12 Av/W 40 St, is 70 feet away for the M12, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them ferry landings, and five places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs through this corner.

Safety record
13 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Lincoln Tunnel
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
12 Av/W 40 St · M12
Within a walk
7 places
2 ferry landings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 40th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 12 Av/W 40 St, 70 feet away, for the M12.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 12 Av/W 40 St M12
    70 feet
    M12

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 12 Ave & W 40 St 76 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 505 West 37th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10018
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chelsea-Hudson Yards

Homes

About 1,300 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 1999 and 2005.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 40th Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 40th Street

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 ferry landings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 6 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    100 feet
  2. Pier 84 Dog Run
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at River Place Public space
    620 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Circle Line X (Sightseeing Vessel) Listed historic place
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Sunac Natural Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. West Midtown Ferry Terminal Ferry landing
    330 feet
  2. Midtown West 39 Street Ferry Landing
    450 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 12th Avenue, West 40th Street or West Side Highway.

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