8th Avenue & West 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and West 23rd Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 870 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Emunath Israel Congregation is 450 feet away, and Joyce Theatre is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 91 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
W 23 St/8 Av · M23 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & West 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St C, E
    70 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. 23 St 1
    860 feet
    1
  2. 23 St F, M
    0.3 miles
    F M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 23 St/8 Av, 130 feet away, for the M23 SBS.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 23 St/8 Av M23 SBS
    130 feet
    M23 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M23 SBS …

Live arrivals

West 23rd Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 8 Ave & W 24 St 39 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. West 24th Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 1997
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 870 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 117th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 54 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 72 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 70 signs on these blocks
  • 23 different rules
  • 11 active meters
  • 8 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on West 23rd Street (south side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on West 23rd Street (south side).

East side of 8th Avenue

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

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-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 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of West 23rd Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101415, 101707, 102612, 104801, 106027, 106099, 106337 and 106950.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 51 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1841 and 1870.

  1. Hotel Chelsea Designated landmark
    560 feet
  2. Women's Liberation Center Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Jewish Student Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. The High School of Fashion Industries School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 011: the Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esth Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  3. Teaching House Trade or language school
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Penn South Playground
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Muhlenberg Library Landmark
    840 feet
  2. Chelsea Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Joyce Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls German Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    330 feet
  2. Emunath Israel Congregation House of worship
    450 feet
  3. St Eleftherios Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manor Community Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. 10th Precinct Police station
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    180 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    320 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 91 places to eat and 14 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 23rd 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, 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.