9th Avenue & West 21st Street

The four-way crossing of 9th Avenue and West 21st Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. It lies inside the Chelsea Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 011: the Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School is 670 feet away, and the High Line is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them schools, and 63 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
9 Av/W 20 St · M11
Within a walk
26 places
11 schools, 7 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
9th Avenue & West 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St C, E
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    A C E L
  2. 23 St 1
    0.4 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 Av/W 20 St, 350 feet away, for the M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 Av/W 20 St M11
    350 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 9th Avenue and West 21st Street.

  • 100 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 9 Ave & W 22 St 84 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 444 West 19th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,120 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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

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 1900 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and February 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 9th Avenue

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

North side of West 21st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 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

South side of West 21st Street

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102261, 102262, 102992, 102993 and 103413.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Chelsea Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 274 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1845 and 1857.

  1. The General Theological Seminary: Faculty Home Designated landmark
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. General Theological Seminary College · landmark
    410 feet
  2. Gen Theo Sem-Protestant Epis CH U S College
    630 feet
  3. P.S. 011: the Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School
    670 feet
Show all 13
  1. Hudson High School of Learning Technologies School
    890 feet
  2. Humanities Preparatory Academy School
    890 feet
  3. James Baldwin School, The: a School for Expeditionary Learning School
    890 feet
  4. Landmark High School
    890 feet
  5. Manhattan Business Academy School
    890 feet
  6. Quest to Learn School
    890 feet
  7. Lorge School
    1,100 feet
  8. N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies School
    1,290 feet
  9. N.Y.C. Museum School
    1,290 feet
  10. New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clement Clarke Moore Park Playground
    860 feet
  2. Clement Clarke Moore Park
    930 feet
  3. The High Line Park
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chelsea Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. Chelsea Historic District Listed historic place
    400 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Eleftherios Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. St Pauls German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 119 9th Avenue Older adult center
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Ideal Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 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 9th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.