8th Avenue & West 27th Street

The three-way junction of 8th Avenue and West 27th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fashion Institute of Technology is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 16 of them trade or language schools, and 69 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 8th Avenue.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
8 Av/W 28 St · M20
Within a walk
35 places
16 trade or language schools, 8 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & West 27th 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
  • 8 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. 28 St 1
    1,120 feet
    1
  2. 34 St-Penn Station A, C, E
    0.3 miles
    A C E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/W 28 St, 380 feet away, for the M20.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/W 28 St M20
    380 feet
    M20

Next buses at this stop

  1. M20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 8 Ave & W 27 St 33 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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 221 West 29th Street Charging for electric cars, 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 nine crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10001
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chelsea-Hudson Yards
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 269 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 10pm on 8th Avenue (west side).

East side of 8th Avenue

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

North side of West 27th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of West 27th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101847 and 103278.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1925.

  1. 29th Street Towers Designated landmark
    680 feet
  2. Furcraft Building Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 16 trade or language schools
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Flowerschool New York Trade or language school
    460 feet
  2. Atlas School
    610 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
Show all 20
  1. A.B.I. School of Barbering and Cosme Trade or language school
    610 feet
  2. American Bartenders School of NY Trade or language school
    610 feet
  3. Career & Educational Consultant Metr Trade or language school
    610 feet
  4. Centre (The) Trade or language school
    610 feet
  5. Institute for the Study of Infection Trade or language school
    610 feet
  6. NY School of Drycleaning Trade or language school
    610 feet
  7. NYC Global Center Trade or language school
    610 feet
  8. Superior Career Institute Trade or language school
    610 feet
  9. Superior Career Institute Business Trade or language school
    610 feet
  10. Global English Academy Trade or language school
    630 feet
  11. Fashion Institute of Technology College
    800 feet
  12. Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esth Trade or language school
    840 feet
  13. Teaching House Trade or language school
    840 feet
  14. New York T.C. Trade or language school
    840 feet
  15. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  16. Concord Rusam Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  17. The High School of Fashion Industries School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Penn South Playground
    620 feet
  2. Chelsea Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 230 West 27th Street Public space
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bayard Rustin Apartment Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Lithuanian Alliance of America Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. West 28th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manor Community Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Holy Apostles Church Landmark · listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. St Eleftherios Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 305 7th Avenue Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Marketplace Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 places to eat and ten 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 27th 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.