8th Avenue & West 21st Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and West 21st 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. P.S. 011: the Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School is 480 feet away, and Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about two minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 11 of them schools, and 102 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
8 Av/W 20 St · M20
Within a walk
25 places
11 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & West 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St C, E
    540 feet
    C E

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. C …
  2. E …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. C …
  2. E …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    1,260 feet
    A C E L
  2. 23 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/W 20 St, 170 feet away, for the M20.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/W 20 St M20
    170 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 8th Avenue and West 21st Street.

  • 96 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 20 St & 8 Ave 84 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. West 24th Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,100 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 1940.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and March 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 7AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-4PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West 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 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101841, 103412 and 106547.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 92 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1841 and 1858.

  1. Women's Liberation Center Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. St. Peter's Church Parish Hall Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. St. Peter's Church Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 11 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 011: the Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School
    480 feet
  2. Manhattan Jewish Student Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Royal Business School Trade or language school
    990 feet
Show all 13
  1. Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers School
    990 feet
  2. Hudson High School of Learning Technologies School
    1,250 feet
  3. Humanities Preparatory Academy School
    1,250 feet
  4. James Baldwin School, The: a School for Expeditionary Learning School
    1,250 feet
  5. Landmark High School
    1,250 feet
  6. Manhattan Business Academy School
    1,250 feet
  7. Quest to Learn School
    1,250 feet
  8. N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies School
    1,310 feet
  9. N.Y.C. Museum School
    1,310 feet
  10. New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hotel Chelsea Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Chelsea Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  3. Chelsea Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Joyce Theatre Theater or concert hall
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls German Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    410 feet
  2. Emunath Israel Congregation House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Old Chelsea Post Office Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. 10th Precinct Police station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    860 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    160 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 102 places to eat and 13 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 21st 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.