5th Avenue & West 25th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and West 25th Street is in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. It lies on the edge of the Madison Square North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Madison Square Park is 60 feet away, and the statue “Admiral David Glasgow Farragut” is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places and 185 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
410 feet · 2 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
5 Av/W 26 St · M1, M2, M3, M55
Within a walk
36 places
8 listed historic places, 6 public spaces and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & West 25th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 410 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St R, W
    410 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
    1,000 feet
    R W
  2. 28 St 6
    1,290 feet
    6

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 5 Av/W 26 St, 300 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M55.

  • 48 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 26 St M1, M2, M3, M55
    300 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 5th Avenue and West 25th Street.

  • 108 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 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
    200 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
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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 four 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 130 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 11PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 25th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 25th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101974 and 106170.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Madison Square North Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 113 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1855 and 1910.

  1. Townsend Building Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Croisic Building Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. St. James Building Designated landmark
    370 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
    90 feet
  2. Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1881
    270 feet
  3. Chester Alan Arthur Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1899
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 8 listed historic places
  • 6 public spaces
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ecole International Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    90 feet
  2. The Ecole Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    90 feet
  3. The Big Deal Casino Academy Trade or language school
    900 feet
Show all 11
  1. Peak Services for Children Preschool
    310 feet
  2. The Montessori at Flatiron Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Pacific College of Health & Science College
    1,230 feet
  4. American Hi-Tech Business School Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  5. Betty Owen Secretarial Systems Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  6. General Assembly Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  7. Baruch College Campus High School
    1,300 feet
  8. Institute of Culinary Education (The Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Worth Square
    30 feet
  2. Madison Square Park
    60 feet
  3. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    780 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Worth Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    130 feet
  2. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    220 feet
  3. Public space at Madison Green Public space
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    940 feet
  2. Public space at 1185 Broadway Public space
    1,160 feet
  3. Public space at Stanford Public space
    1,200 feet
  4. Public space at The Capitol at Chelsea Public space
    1,220 feet
  5. Public space at Madison Belvedere Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. National Museum of Mathematics Museum
    390 feet
  3. Museum of Sex Museum
    580 feet
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  1. Flatiron Building Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Prince George Hotel Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Scribner Building Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  4. Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  5. New York Life Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  6. Racquet Court Club Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  7. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Center for Book Arts Arts or cultural center
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Marble Collegiate Church Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. Transfiguration Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 185 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or West 25th Street.

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, 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.