7th Avenue & West 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and West 23rd Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,928 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Muhlenberg Library is 180 feet away, and Fashion Institute of Technology is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 117 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
W 23 St/7 Av · M23 SBS
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 3 trade or language schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & West 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St 1
    80 feet
    1

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St F, M
    810 feet
    F M
  2. 23 St C, E
    860 feet
    C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 23 St/7 Av, 70 feet away, for the M23 SBS.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 23 St/7 Av M23 SBS · Shelter
    70 feet
    M23 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M23 SBS …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 7th Avenue, 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 24 St & 7 Ave 79 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. West 24th Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 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, July 1992
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2011
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2011
  • Turn calming, May 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,928 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 80th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 623 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on West 23rd Street (south side).

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND

North side of West 23rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102612, 103979, 106027 and 106281.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1883 and 1928.

  1. Hotel Chelsea Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Lefcourt Clothing Center Designated landmark
    660 feet
  3. Ehrich Brothers Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Jewish Student Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Manhattan Edit Workshop Trade or language school
    800 feet
  3. The High School of Fashion Industries School
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esth Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  2. Teaching House Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. Swedish Institute College
    1,140 feet
  4. Fashion Institute of Technology College
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chelsea Green Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Muhlenberg Library Landmark
    180 feet
  2. Poster House Museum
    650 feet
  3. West 28th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Women's Liberation Center Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Japanese American United Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. Emunath Israel Congregation House of worship
    460 feet
  3. St Pauls German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 135 West 23rd Street Older adult center
    490 feet
  2. Older adult center at 305 7th Avenue Older adult center
    1,170 feet
  3. Old Chelsea Post Office Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    800 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    270 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    380 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 117 places to eat and 18 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 23rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.