12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 59th Street

The five-way junction of 12th Avenue, West Side Highway and West 59th Street is in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Riverside Park South is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, West End Av/W 59 St, is 1,000 feet away for the M57, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Henry Hudson Parkway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
West End Av/W 59 St · M57
Within a walk
10 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Avenue & West Side Highway at West 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/W 59 St, 1,000 feet away, for the M57.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/W 59 St M57
    1,000 feet
    M57

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 11 Ave & W 59 St 32 docks in all
    1,000 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 10 Riverside Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    320 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
6
Police precinct
18 and 20 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hell's Kitchen

The streets

  • One travel lane

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 2013 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 467 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 12th Avenue

  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 59th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 59th Street

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Neoclassical, and built between 1902 and 1905.

  1. Interborough Rapid Transit Company Powerhouse Designated landmark
    410 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at 59th Street Marine Transfer Station.

  1. Neon for the 59th Street Marine Transfer Station Light installation by Stephen Antonakos, 1990
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Star a Kidz M Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    750 feet
  2. Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  3. Collegiate School
    1,070 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Riverside School for Makers and Artists School
    1,100 feet
  2. Children's Center of John Jay College of Criminal Justice Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  4. District 2 Pre-K Center at 606 West 57 Street Pre-K center
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Riverside Park South Park
    70 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Riverside Center Public space
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Brooklyn Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 12th Avenue, West 59th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.