9th Avenue & West 15th Street

The four-way crossing of 9th Avenue and West 15th Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan, and is also named Irwin B. Cohen Way by local law. It lies on the edge of the Gansevoort Market Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Port Authority Post Office is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, C, E and L. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places and 130 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
850 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
W 14 St/9 Av · M11, M12, M14D SBS
Within a walk
26 places
12 schools, 3 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
9th Avenue & West 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    850 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. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3 F L M
  2. 18 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

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 W 14 St/9 Av, 320 feet away, for the M11, M12 and M14D SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 14 St/9 Av M11, M12, M14D SBS · Shelter
    320 feet
    M11 M12 M14D SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …
  2. M12 …
  3. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 15th Street.

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hudson St & W 13 St 42 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 400 West 12th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Irwin B. Cohen Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Irwin B. Cohen Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 9th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 9th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 15th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 105236.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Gansevoort Market Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 55 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1845 and 1909.

  1. Centennial Brewery Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Gillen Building Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. Herring Building Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 12 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Law Journal Paralegal Institute Trade or language school
    580 feet
  2. Corlears School
    620 feet
  3. Lorge School
    780 feet
Show all 14
  1. Notre Dame School
    970 feet
  2. N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies School
    1,070 feet
  3. N.Y.C. Museum School
    1,070 feet
  4. New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies School
    1,070 feet
  5. Hudson High School of Learning Technologies School
    1,130 feet
  6. Humanities Preparatory Academy School
    1,130 feet
  7. James Baldwin School, The: a School for Expeditionary Learning School
    1,130 feet
  8. Landmark High School
    1,130 feet
  9. Manhattan Business Academy School
    1,130 feet
  10. Quest to Learn School
    1,130 feet
  11. Buckle My Shoe Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The High Line Park
    810 feet
  2. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground
    920 feet
  3. Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly Playground
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. 14th Street Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Hudson River Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gansevoort Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    570 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Gansevoort Market Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. Museum of Illusions Museum
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Port Authority Post Office
    160 feet
  2. Older adult center at 119 9th Avenue Older adult center
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 130 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 9th Avenue or West 15th 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 Records, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.