12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 43rd Street

The six-way junction of 12th Avenue, West Side Highway and West 43rd Street is in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum is 1,040 feet away, and West Midtown Ferry Terminal is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 12 Av/W 43 St, is 70 feet away for the M12 and M50. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Lincoln Tunnel
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
12 Av/W 43 St · M12, M50
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 ferry landings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 12 Av/W 43 St, 70 feet away, for the M12 and M50.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 12 Av/W 43 St M12, M50
    70 feet
    M12 M50

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …
  2. M50 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks 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
    1,010 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 605 West 42nd Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10036
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hell's Kitchen

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 2008.

Since 2014 at least 294 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 43rd Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8PM-8AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Bus layover only 3 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 43rd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 ferry landings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 museum
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 6 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    120 feet
  2. Pier 84 Dog Run
    330 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at River Place Public space
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Sunac Natural Market Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. West Midtown Ferry Terminal Ferry landing
    1,160 feet
  2. Midtown West 39 Street Ferry Landing
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 12th Avenue, West 43rd Street or West Side Highway.

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