5th Avenue & West 24th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and West 24th Street is in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. It lies on the edge of the Ladies' Mile Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Flatiron Plaza is 110 feet away, and Fifth Avenue Building stands 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about a minute on foot, for the R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, eight of them listed historic places, and 186 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
150 feet · 1 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
E 23 St/Broadway · M23 SBS
Within a walk
32 places
8 listed historic places, 6 trade or language schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & West 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 150 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St R, W
    150 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 28 St R, W
    1,190 feet
    R W
  2. 23 St F, M
    1,200 feet
    F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Memories of Twenty-Third Street” (2002) by Keith Godard at the 23 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 23 St/Broadway, 450 feet away, for the M23 SBS.

  • 43 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 23 St/Broadway M23 SBS
    450 feet
    M23 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M23 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue.

  • 140 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 25 St 109 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 4 West 21st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,130 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
3
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 6 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm on West 24th Street (north side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm on West 24th Street (south side).

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101380 and 102342.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ladies' Mile Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 97 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1911.

  1. Fifth Avenue Building Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. Western Union Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Townsend Building Designated landmark
    460 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. General William Jenkins Worth Obelisk by James Goodwin Batterson, 1857
    200 feet
  2. William Henry Seward Statue by Randolph Rogers, 1876
    270 feet
  3. Roscoe Conkling Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1893
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 8 listed historic places
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 museums
  • 2 parks
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ecole International Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    340 feet
  2. The Ecole Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    340 feet
  3. Institute of Culinary Education (The Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
Show all 12
  1. Peak Services for Children Preschool
    500 feet
  2. The Montessori at Flatiron Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Pacific College of Health & Science College
    1,080 feet
  4. American Hi-Tech Business School Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  5. Betty Owen Secretarial Systems Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  6. General Assembly Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  7. The Big Deal Casino Academy Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  8. Madison Business & Data Proc Inst Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  9. Rebecca School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Worth Square
    100 feet
  2. Madison Square Park
    110 feet
  3. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    110 feet
  2. Worth Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    170 feet
  3. Public space at Madison Green Public space
    670 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. Flatiron Building Listed historic place
    540 feet
  3. National Museum of Mathematics Museum
    650 feet
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  1. Scribner Building Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Museum of Sex Museum
    830 feet
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  4. Van Alen Institute Research library
    1,140 feet
  5. Prince George Hotel Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  6. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  7. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    1,310 feet
  8. Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Center for Book Arts Arts or cultural center
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    190 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    380 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,190 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 186 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or West 24th Street.

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