7th Avenue & West 44th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and West 44th Street is in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan, and is also named Sumner Redstone Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Times Square Plaza is 150 feet away, and New York Times Building stands 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, is about two minutes on foot, for the 1, 2, 3 and nine more. Within a five-minute walk are 67 public places and 234 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
7 Av/W 44 St · M7, M20, M104
Within a walk
67 places
32 theaters or concert halls, 10 trade or language schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & West 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
    520 feet
    1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
10 lines
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Downtown
10 lines
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Queens
1 line
  1. 7 …
Hudson Yards
1 line
  1. 7 …
Grand Central
1 line
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Also within a walk

  1. 49 St N, R, W
    830 feet
    N R W
  2. 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av 7, B, D, F, M
    1,230 feet
    7 B D F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists nine works at the Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term station, among them “The Commuter's Lament/A Close Shave” (1991) by Norman B Colp and “New York in Transit” (2001) by Jacob Lawrence.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/W 44 St, 60 feet away, for the M7, M20 and M104.

  • 52 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/W 44 St M7, M20, M104
    60 feet
    M7 M20 M104

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M20 …
  3. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 7th Avenue and West 44th Street.

  • 57 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 16 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 41 St 55 docks in all
    870 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 401-471 West 42nd Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2017
  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10036
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
3 and 4 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
14
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sumner Redstone Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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 in 1920.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sumner Redstone Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 7th Avenue

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 44th Street

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 44th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING 6PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101222 and 107235.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 26 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, and mostly built between 1902 and 1925.

  1. Paramount Building Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. New York Times Building Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. Hudson Theater Designated landmark
    450 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Father Duffy Square.

  1. George M. Cohan Statue by Georg John Lober, 1959
    570 feet
  2. Father Francis P. Duffy Statue by Charles Keck, 1937
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 public places.

  • 32 theaters or concert halls
  • 10 trade or language schools
  • 8 public spaces
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 2 colleges
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Acad McAllister Inst College
    200 feet
  2. Bluedata International Institute Trade or language school
    200 feet
  3. Touro University College
    400 feet
Show all 14
  1. Christine Valmy Intntl School Trade or language school
    200 feet
  2. Ec New York Trade or language school
    200 feet
  3. Kree Inst of Electrolysis Trade or language school
    310 feet
  4. A B C Training Center Trade or language school
    540 feet
  5. Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts School
    800 feet
  6. NY School-Locksmithing 618 Trade or language school
    900 feet
  7. Nat Sch of Locksmithing & Alarms Trade or language school
    900 feet
  8. Technology and Media School Trade or language school
    980 feet
  9. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School
    1,010 feet
  10. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  11. Sam Ash Music Instit Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Father Duffy Square
    620 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Times Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    150 feet
  2. Public space at One Astor Place Public space
    320 feet
  3. Public space at Millennium Broadway Public space
    420 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at Bertelsmann Public space
    470 feet
  2. Public space at Marriott Marquis Public space
    670 feet
  3. Public space at 1133 Sixth Avenue Public space
    890 feet
  4. Public space at 1155 Sixth Avenue Public space
    910 feet
  5. Public space at Morgan Stanley Building Public space
    1,140 feet
  6. Public space at United States Trust Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lamb's Club Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Hotel Gerard Listed historic place
    620 feet
  3. Father Francis P. Duffy Statue and Duffy Square Listed historic place
    760 feet
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  1. Knickerbocker Hotel Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Times Square - 42nd Street Subway Station Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. Candler Building Listed historic place
    970 feet
  4. Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
    1,070 feet
  5. Times Square Hotel Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Minskoff Theatre Theater or concert hall
    220 feet
  2. Lyric Theatre Theater or concert hall
    430 feet
  3. Lyceum Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    440 feet
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  1. Shubert Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    450 feet
  2. New Victory Theater Theater or concert hall
    490 feet
  3. Booth Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    490 feet
  4. Marquis Theatre Theater or concert hall
    500 feet
  5. Helen Hayes Theatre Theater or concert hall
    530 feet
  6. Broadhurst Theatre Theater or concert hall
    560 feet
  7. St James Theatre Theater or concert hall
    610 feet
  8. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Theater or concert hall
    640 feet
  9. Majestic Theatre Theater or concert hall
    650 feet
  10. Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall
    690 feet
  11. American Airlines Theatre Theater or concert hall
    710 feet
  12. Lunt Fontanne Theatre Theater or concert hall
    720 feet
  13. Bernard B Jacobs Theatre Theater or concert hall
    720 feet
  14. Belasco Theatre Theater or concert hall
    730 feet
  15. Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theater or concert hall
    730 feet
  16. Music Box Theatre Theater or concert hall
    740 feet
  17. Golden Theatre Theater or concert hall
    770 feet
  18. New Amsterdam Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    790 feet
  19. Town Hall Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    790 feet
  20. Richard Rodgers Theatre Theater or concert hall
    800 feet
  21. Imperial Theatre Theater or concert hall
    860 feet
  22. Nederlander Theatre Theater or concert hall
    940 feet
  23. Ethel Barrymore Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,100 feet
  24. Brooks Atkinson Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,180 feet
  25. Al Hirschfeld Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,190 feet
  26. Cort Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,220 feet
  27. Longacre Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,230 feet
  28. Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,270 feet
  29. Walter Kerr Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys the Virgin Church Listed historic place
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 127 West 43rd Street Older adult center
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    580 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    880 feet
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 234 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue or West 44th 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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.