7th Avenue & West 18th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and West 18th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Old Chelsea Post Office is 320 feet away, and B. Altman Stable stands 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 St, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them schools, and 84 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 7th Avenue.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
7 Av/W 17 St · M7, M20
Within a walk
15 places
3 schools, 3 trade or language schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & West 18th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 St 1
    60 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
    980 feet
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. 23 St 1
    1,240 feet
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/W 17 St, 310 feet away, for the M7 and M20.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/W 17 St M7, M20
    310 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.

  • 101 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018

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 5,900 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 1913 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 11 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 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 18th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of West 18th Street

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102715, 102716, 103769, 106976 and 107124.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Round-arched Utilitarian. They were mostly built between 1864 and 1882.

  1. B. Altman Stable Designated landmark
    470 feet
  2. (Former) Colored School No. 4 Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. B. Altman Store Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers School
    780 feet
  2. Royal Business School Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Winston Preparatory School
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. Little Scholars Learning Center VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
  2. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  3. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  4. Sixth Avenue Elementary School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chelsea Green Playground
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Women's Liberation Center Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Joyce Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Old Chelsea Post Office Listed historic place
    320 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 7/Engine 3/Ladder 12 Fire station
    390 feet
  2. 10th Precinct Police station
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 84 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 18th 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.