7th Avenue & West 48th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and West 48th Street is in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan, and is also named Firefighter David Paul De Rubbio Street by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Palace Theatre is 370 feet away, and Cort Theatre is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, 49 St, is about a minute on foot, for the N, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 59 public places, 22 of them theaters or concert halls, and 247 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
49 St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
7 Av/W 49 St · M104
Within a walk
59 places
22 theaters or concert halls, 13 public spaces and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & West 48th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 49 St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St N, R, W
    260 feet
    N R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 50 St 1
    620 feet
    1
  2. 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B, D, F, M
    850 feet
    B D F M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/W 49 St, 320 feet away, for the M104.

  • 54 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/W 49 St M104
    320 feet
    M104

Next buses at this stop

  1. M104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 7th Avenue and West 48th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 48 St 103 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 225 West 49th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • 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
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Firefighter David Paul De Rubbio Street, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • 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

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter David Paul De Rubbio Street.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 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 Friday 7am to 6pm, 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 6 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on West 48th Street (south side).

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-6PM

North side of West 48th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 6 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102147, 105290 and 107076.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Eleven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1894 and 1931.

  1. I. Miller Building Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Brill Building Designated landmark
    520 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 public places.

  • 22 theaters or concert halls
  • 13 public spaces
  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Campus Education Trade or language school
    100 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    320 feet
  3. Volunteers of Amer - Greater NY Preschool
    960 feet
Show all 13
  1. Sam Ash Music Instit Trade or language school
    240 feet
  2. A B C Training Center Trade or language school
    510 feet
  3. Robert Finance Hair DSGN Inst Trade or language school
    790 feet
  4. Star America M Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  5. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School
    1,160 feet
  6. American Acad McAllister Inst College
    1,240 feet
  7. Bluedata International Institute Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  8. Christine Valmy Intntl School Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  9. Ec New York Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  10. Kree Inst of Electrolysis Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Father Duffy Square
    320 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Morgan Stanley Building Public space
    400 feet
  2. Public space at 745 Seventh Avenue Public space
    570 feet
  3. Times Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    910 feet
Show all 14
  1. Public space at Bertelsmann Public space
    580 feet
  2. Public space at McGraw-Hill Public space
    650 feet
  3. Public space at Ritz Public space
    720 feet
  4. Public space at 1211 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    740 feet
  5. Public space at 1251 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    920 feet
  6. Public space at Marriott Marquis Public space
    920 feet
  7. Public space at United States Trust Public space
    960 feet
  8. Public space at One Astor Place Public space
    1,110 feet
  9. Public space at Stevens Tower Public space
    1,150 feet
  10. Public space at Paramount Plaza Public space
    1,170 feet
  11. Public space at Millennium Broadway Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Father Francis P. Duffy Statue and Duffy Square Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Hudson Theater Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall
    370 feet
  2. Cort Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    410 feet
  3. Walter Kerr Theatre Theater or concert hall
    520 feet
Show all 22
  1. Longacre Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    520 feet
  2. Lunt Fontanne Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    540 feet
  3. Ethel Barrymore Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    550 feet
  4. Ambassador Theatre Theater or concert hall
    610 feet
  5. Winter Garden Theatre Theater or concert hall
    620 feet
  6. Marquis Theatre Theater or concert hall
    630 feet
  7. Eugene O'Neill Theatre Theater or concert hall
    650 feet
  8. Samuel J Friedman Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    750 feet
  9. Lyceum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    780 feet
  10. Minskoff Theatre Theater or concert hall
    860 feet
  11. Richard Rodgers Theatre Theater or concert hall
    880 feet
  12. Circle in the Square Theater Theater or concert hall
    920 feet
  13. Brooks Atkinson Theatre Theater or concert hall
    970 feet
  14. Imperial Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,000 feet
  15. Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,050 feet
  16. Booth Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,100 feet
  17. Music Box Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,140 feet
  18. Gershwin Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,240 feet
  19. Shubert Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys the Virgin Church Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. St Malachys Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Times Square Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 239 West 49th Street Older adult center
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 9/Engine 54/Ladder 4 Fire station
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Amish Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    540 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,090 feet
  3. Walgreens 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 247 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue or West 48th 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, 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.