9th Avenue & West 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 9th Avenue and West 23rd Street is in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 734 bus-lane and 2,552 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Manor Community Church is 820 feet away, and Chelsea Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 62 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · C, E
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
9 Av/W 23 St · M11
Within a walk
25 places
9 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
9th Avenue & West 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 Av/W 23 St, 120 feet away, for the M11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 Av/W 23 St M11
    120 feet
    M11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

West 23rd Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 9th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 9 Ave & W 22 St 84 docks in all
    400 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. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 444 West 19th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2007
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2018
  • Turn calming, May 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,552 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 344th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,524 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on West 23rd Street1,6431,045
Westbound on West 23rd Street909479
Total2,5521,524

In 2025, 734 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 123rd most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 300 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets · 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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and March 2026; 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).

East side of 9th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 9th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of West 23rd Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY APR 1 - DEC 31 SATURDAY 6AM-5PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101709, 104801, 105296, 105410 and 106099.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 213 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1848 and 1857.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. General Theological Seminary College · landmark
    950 feet
  2. P.S. 033 Chelsea Prep School
    1,120 feet
  3. Gen Theo Sem-Protestant Epis CH U S College
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 011: the Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clement Clarke Moore Park Playground
    940 feet
  2. Clement Clarke Moore Park
    940 feet
  3. Penn South Playground
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chelsea Park
    1,130 feet
  2. The High Line Park
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 7 Ambulance station
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chelsea Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Chelsea Historic District Listed historic place
    930 feet
  3. Houses at 437-459 West 24th Street Listed historic place
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Eleftherios Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. Manor Community Church House of worship
    820 feet
  3. St Pauls German Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Holy Apostles Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Chelsea Recreation Center
    1,020 feet
  2. London Terrace Post Office
    1,020 feet
  3. Community center at Elliott Community center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    260 feet
  2. Ideal Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 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 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.