8th Avenue & West 17th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and West 17th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 770 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies is 580 feet away, and Jackson Square is 1,070 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 33 public places, 13 of them schools, and 99 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
290 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
8 Av/W 17 St · M20
Within a walk
33 places
13 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & West 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 290 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
    290 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
    1,110 feet
    1
  2. 23 St C, E
    0.3 miles
    C E

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, 120 feet away, for the M20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 8th Avenue.

  • 53 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 17 St & 8 Ave 74 docks in all
    110 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
    0.3 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 770 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 925th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 339 more were issued.

Every corner with speed 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
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chelsea-Hudson Yards
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 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 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and October 2024; 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-4PM
  • No parking 3 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 17th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West 17th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105462, 105463, 105491 and 106271.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 13 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1837 and 1858.

  1. New York Savings Bank Designated landmark
    700 feet
  2. St. Peter's Church Parish Hall Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers School
    360 feet
  2. Royal Business School Trade or language school
    360 feet
  3. N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies School
    580 feet
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  1. N.Y.C. Museum School
    580 feet
  2. New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies School
    580 feet
  3. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
  4. Lorge School
    780 feet
  5. Law Journal Paralegal Institute Trade or language school
    830 feet
  6. Corlears School
    910 feet
  7. Hudson High School of Learning Technologies School
    990 feet
  8. Humanities Preparatory Academy School
    990 feet
  9. James Baldwin School, The: a School for Expeditionary Learning School
    990 feet
  10. Landmark High School
    990 feet
  11. Manhattan Business Academy School
    990 feet
  12. Quest to Learn School
    990 feet
  13. International Language Center Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  14. P.S. 011: the Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School
    1,210 feet
  15. Bright Horizons at West 14th Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  16. Pusteblume International Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    170 feet
  2. Jackson Square
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Illusions Museum
    890 feet
  2. Andrew S. Norwood House Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. Women's Liberation Center Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
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  1. Substation #235 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Joyce Theatre Theater or concert hall
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Bernards Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Old Chelsea Post Office Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Older adult center at 119 9th Avenue Older adult center
    1,140 feet
  3. Port Authority Post Office
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. 10th Precinct Police station
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    390 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 99 places to eat and 11 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 17th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.