8th Avenue & West 15th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and West 15th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Corlears School is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them schools, and 153 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
8 Av/W 14 St · M20
Within a walk
26 places
7 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & West 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    70 feet
    A C E L

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    1,130 feet
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. 18 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life Underground” (2001) by Tom Otterness at the 14 St/8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/W 14 St, 250 feet away, for the M20.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/W 14 St M20
    250 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 8th Avenue and West 15th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 8 Ave & W 16 St 36 docks in all
    230 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
    0.4 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, September 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chelsea-Hudson Yards
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,100 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 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

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

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 15th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of West 15th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102576, 104374, 106478 and 107064.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 72 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1845 and 1884.

  1. New York Savings Bank Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. New York Public Library Jackson Square Branch Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    250 feet
  2. Corlears School
    400 feet
  3. Law Journal Paralegal Institute Trade or language school
    580 feet
Show all 13
  1. International Language Center Trade or language school
    610 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  4. Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers School
    870 feet
  5. Royal Business School Trade or language school
    870 feet
  6. N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies School
    1,090 feet
  7. N.Y.C. Museum School
    1,090 feet
  8. New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies School
    1,090 feet
  9. Notre Dame School
    1,100 feet
  10. Lorge School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    430 feet
  2. Jackson Square
    560 feet
  3. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jane Street Garden
    1,100 feet
  2. NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum · landmark
    380 feet
  2. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    540 feet
  3. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    700 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Joyce Theatre Theater or concert hall
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Port Authority Post Office
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    190 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    240 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    270 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 153 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or West 15th 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.