7th Avenue & West 17th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and West 17th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. (Former) Colored School No. 4, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 450 feet away, and Winston Preparatory School is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
7 Av/W 17 St · M7, M20
Within a walk
19 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & West 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 St, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 St 1
    280 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 1 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    740 feet
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    1,100 feet
    A C E L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/W 17 St, 70 feet away, for the M7 and M20.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/W 17 St M7, M20
    70 feet
    M7 M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 7th Avenue.

  • 89 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 17 St & 7 Ave 47 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 450 West 17th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10 and 13 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chelsea-Hudson Yards
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and January 2026; 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 8am to 7pm on West 17th Street (east side).

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 17th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-6PM

South side of West 17th Street

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-10PM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102716, 102717, 105334, 105463, 107089 and 107124.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Round-arched Utilitarian. They were mostly built between 1864 and 1891.

  1. (Former) Colored School No. 4 Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. B. Altman Stable Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. New York House and School of Industry Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Winston Preparatory School
    560 feet
  2. Royal Business School Trade or language school
    880 feet
  3. Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers School
    880 feet
Show all 10
  1. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    940 feet
  2. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    940 feet
  3. Little Scholars Learning Center VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Sixth Avenue Elementary School
    1,050 feet
  5. Pratt Institute Manhattan Cntr College
    1,180 feet
  6. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  7. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chelsea Green Playground
    900 feet
  2. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Old Chelsea Post Office Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. McBurney YMCA Recreation center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 7/Engine 3/Ladder 12 Fire station
    630 feet
  2. 10th Precinct Police station
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    750 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 7th Avenue or West 17th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.