5th Avenue & 39th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 39th Street is in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lord & Taylor Building, one of 12 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 210 feet away, and Hungarian 7 Day Adventist Church is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7, B, D and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places and 207 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av
900 feet · 3 min on foot · 7, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
5 Av/W 39 St · BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4 +1
Within a walk
41 places
13 trade or language schools, 8 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 39th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 19 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av 7, B, D, F, M
    900 feet
    7 B D F M

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. 7 …
Hudson Yards
1 line
  1. 7 …
Uptown
4 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
  3. F …
  4. M …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
  3. F …
  4. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Central-42 St 4, 5, 6, 7, S
    1,220 feet
    4 5 6 7 S
  2. Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Under Bryant Park” (2002) by Samm Kunce at the 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/W 39 St, 40 feet away, for the BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4 and BM5.

  • 78 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 39 St BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4 +1 · Shelter
    40 feet
    BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4 BM5
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. BM1 …
  2. BM2 …
  3. BM3 …
  4. BM4 …
  5. BM5 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 5th Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 39th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 40 St & 5 Ave 93 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 9 West 31st Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2011

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4
Police precinct
14
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 108 signs on these blocks
  • 24 different rules
  • 13 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 5th Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 5th Avenue (west side).

North side of 39th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 7 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 7 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of 39th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 7 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 7 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102729, 103119, 104611, 106481, 300517 and 337176.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 14 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1902 and 1914.

  1. Lord & Taylor Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Knox Building Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Barbey Building Designated landmark
    390 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Bryant Park.

  1. Gertrude Stein Statue by Jo Davidson, 1992
    690 feet
  2. William Cullen Bryant Statue by Herbert Adams, 1911
    690 feet
  3. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Bust by Karl Fischer and Victor Frisch, 1932
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 13 trade or language schools
  • 8 listed historic places
  • 5 public spaces
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. National Institute of Realtime Repor Trade or language school
    420 feet
  2. Gemological Inst of America Trade or language school
    480 feet
  3. CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Comm College
    810 feet
Show all 16
  1. Advanced Career TRNG Trade or language school
    560 feet
  2. Empire Technical Sch of Bus (5002) Trade or language school
    610 feet
  3. American Hi-Tech Institute Trade or language school
    660 feet
  4. Betty Owen Secretarial Systems Trade or language school
    660 feet
  5. Robert Fiance Business Inst 628 Trade or language school
    660 feet
  6. Rennert Trade or language school
    680 feet
  7. Hair Academy Trade or language school
    730 feet
  8. American English Center Trade or language school
    790 feet
  9. Career Blazers Learning Center Trade or language school
    790 feet
  10. New York School of Design Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  11. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  12. Gsuc Child Development and Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  13. Control Data Institute Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryant Park
    310 feet
  2. Carousel in Bryant Park Park feature
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Fifth Avenue Tower Public space
    130 feet
  2. Public space at 425 Fifth Avenue Public space
    290 feet
  3. Public space at 420 Fifth Avenue Public space
    420 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 489 Fifth Avenue Public space
    770 feet
  2. Public space at Emigrant Savings Bank Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) Library
    310 feet
  2. Engineering Societies' Building and Engineers' Club Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Library
    800 feet
Show all 12
  1. Tiffany and Company Building Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. American Radiator Building Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. NY Public Library Research Libraries Research library
    800 feet
  4. New York Public Library Listed historic place
    800 feet
  5. Colony Arcade Building Listed historic place
    980 feet
  6. New York Public Library and Bryant Park Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  7. Delamar Mansion Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  8. The Morgan Library & Museum Research library
    1,170 feet
  9. Sidewalk Clock at 522 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hungarian 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Unification Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Millinery Center Synagogue House of worship
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Society Jewish Science House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bryant Post Office
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    340 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 207 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue.

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