12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 55th Street
The five-way junction of 12th Avenue, West Side Highway and West 55th Street is in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. De Witt Clinton Park is 350 feet away, and Riverside Park South is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 12 Av/W 55 St, is 110 feet away for the M12, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 12 Av/W 55 St, 110 feet away, for the M12.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 12 Av/W 55 St M12110 feetM12
Next buses at this stop
- M12 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on West 55th Street.
- 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- W 54 St & 11 Ave 59 docks in all1,010 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 720 11th Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 601 West 57th Street Charging for electric cars, 24 Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.
- 16 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10019
- Community board
- Manhattan Community Board 4
- City Council district
- 6
- 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 1,800 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 2013 and 2015.
Since 2014 at least 401 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 18 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 12th Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of West 55th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
- Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
South side of West 55th Street
- Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 5AM-11PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Clinton Cove at Hudson River Park.
- Private Passage Sculpture by Malcolm Cochran, 2005410 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 parks
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5750 feet
- District 2 Pre-K Center at 606 West 57 Street Pre-K center940 feet
- The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,030 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Hudson River Park120 feet
- De Witt Clinton Park350 feet
- De Witt Clinton Park Playground600 feet
Show all 4
- Riverside Park South Park1,190 feet
Supermarkets
- D'Agostino Supermarket0.4 miles
- Morton Williams Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 54th Street 260 feet
- 12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 56th Street 280 feet
- 11th Avenue & West 55th Street 730 feet
- 12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 52nd Street 790 feet
- 11th Avenue & West 54th Street 940 feet
- 11th Avenue & West 56th Street 990 feet
- 12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 51st Street 1,050 feet
- 12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 59th Street 1,130 feet
See every intersection along 12th Avenue, West 55th Street or West Side Highway.