12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 48th Street

The five-way junction of 12th Avenue, West Side Highway and West 48th Street is in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The mural “Wall Drawing #1252: Scribbles for Pier 88” is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 12 Av/W 48 St, is 70 feet away for the M12 and M50, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Lincoln Tunnel
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
12 Av/W 48 St · M12, M50
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 1 dog run and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 48th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 12 Av/W 48 St, 70 feet away, for the M12 and M50.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 12 Av/W 48 St M12, M50
    70 feet
    M12 M50

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …
  2. M50 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 46 St & 11 Ave 25 docks in all
    1,150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 605 West 42nd Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 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
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

Within 820 feet of this corner are ten homes, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 5PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND MONDAY - FRIDAY 6AM - 5PM

North side of West 48th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Bus layover only 3 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

South side of West 48th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Passenger Ship Terminal, Pier 88.

  1. Wall Drawing #1252: Scribbles for Pier 88 Mural by Sol LeWitt, 2008
    100 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 museum
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    310 feet
  2. Pier 84 Dog Run
    1,110 feet
  3. De Witt Clinton Park
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. De Witt Clinton Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Sunac Natural Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Avenue, West 48th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.