9th Avenue & West 55th Street

The four-way crossing of 9th Avenue and West 55th Street is in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, and is also named Alvin Ailey Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Our Saviour NY Church is 700 feet away, and Midtown North Precinct is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about five minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 137 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St-Columbus Circle
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
9 Av/W 55 St · M11
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
9th Avenue & West 55th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 59 St-Columbus Circle 1, A, B, C, D
    0.3 miles
    1 A B C D

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. A …
  3. B …
  4. C …
  5. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 57 St-7 Av N, Q, R, W
    0.3 miles
    N Q R W
  2. 50 St C, E
    0.4 miles
    C E

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Whirls and twirls (MTA)” (2009) by Sol LeWitt at the 59 St-Columbus Circle station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 Av/W 55 St, 40 feet away, for the M11.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 Av/W 55 St M11 · Shelter
    40 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 9th Avenue and West 55th Street.

  • 74 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 54 St & 9 Ave 44 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 500 West 56th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, November 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3 and 6 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hell's Kitchen
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Alvin Ailey Place, a co-naming enacted on June 14, 2007 (Local Law 28 of 2007).

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Alvin Ailey Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 9th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 55th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of West 55th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101455, 104218 and 105093.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1883.

  1. The Windermere Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. Eleventh District Municipal Court Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 1 museum
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Maternelle West55 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Ahrc New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  3. High School for Environmental Studies School
    840 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  2. Independence High School
    840 feet
  3. Nysarc NYC - Esther Ashkenas School
    840 feet
  4. Speyer Legacy School
    1,130 feet
  5. P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs School
    1,230 feet
  6. P.S. 035 School
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 330 West 56th Street Public space
    580 feet
  2. Public space at Colonnade Public space
    980 feet
  3. Public space at Sheffield Public space
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Media Alliance Research library
    980 feet
  2. Spyscape Museum
    990 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Studio 54 Theater or concert hall
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Presbyterian Church House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Our Saviour NY Church Landmark
    700 feet
  3. St George Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    750 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Benedict Moor Church House of worship
    760 feet

Fire and police

  1. Midtown North Precinct Police station
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 137 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 9th Avenue or West 55th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.