8th Avenue & West 16th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and West 16th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground is 170 feet away, and Old Chelsea Post Office is 1,140 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 30 public places, 12 of them schools, and 143 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
8 Av/W 17 St · M20
Within a walk
30 places
12 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & West 16th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 80 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
    80 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. 18 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  2. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    0.3 miles
    1 2 3 F L M

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 17 St, 370 feet away, for the M20.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/W 17 St M20
    370 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 8th Avenue and West 16th Street.

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 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
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 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, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2022 and January 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-4PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 16th Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of West 16th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105235, 106271 and 107064.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 16 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal, Neoclassical and Queen Anne. They were built between 1827 and 1931.

  1. New York Savings Bank Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. New York Public Library Jackson Square Branch Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Law Journal Paralegal Institute Trade or language school
    580 feet
  3. Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers School
    600 feet
Show all 18
  1. Royal Business School Trade or language school
    600 feet
  2. Corlears School
    670 feet
  3. N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies School
    830 feet
  4. N.Y.C. Museum School
    830 feet
  5. New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies School
    830 feet
  6. International Language Center Trade or language school
    870 feet
  7. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  8. Lorge School
    1,020 feet
  9. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  10. Hudson High School of Learning Technologies School
    1,230 feet
  11. Humanities Preparatory Academy School
    1,230 feet
  12. James Baldwin School, The: a School for Expeditionary Learning School
    1,230 feet
  13. Landmark High School
    1,230 feet
  14. Manhattan Business Academy School
    1,230 feet
  15. Quest to Learn School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    170 feet
  2. Jackson Square
    830 feet
  3. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum · landmark
    650 feet
  2. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    960 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Joyce Theatre Theater or concert hall
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Port Authority Post Office
    940 feet
  2. Old Chelsea Post Office Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    140 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 143 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or West 16th 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.