12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 44th Street

The five-way junction of 12th Avenue, West Side Highway and West 44th Street is in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Pier 84 Dog Run is 240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 12 Av/W 43 St, is 300 feet away for the M12 and M50, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Lincoln Tunnel
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
12 Av/W 43 St · M12, M50
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 dog run and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 12 Av/W 43 St, 300 feet away, for the M12 and M50.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …
  2. M50 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 44 St & 11 Ave 79 docks in all
    850 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. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 605 West 42nd Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,320 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 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10036
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
18
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 24 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
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 44th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 6AM-11AM ALL DAYS
  • Bus layover only 4 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 11AM-6AM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 44th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 6PM-10AM ALL DAYS
  • Bus layover only 3 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 10AM-6PM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. Vivvi 6 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at River Place Public space
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Uss Edson Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Sunac Natural Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and two food stores.

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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue, West 44th 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, 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.