9th Avenue & West 56th Street

The four-way crossing of 9th Avenue and West 56th Street is in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Trinity Presbyterian Church is 380 feet away, and St George Greek Orthodox Church is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St-Columbus Circle, is about four 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 131 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St-Columbus Circle
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · 1, A, B, C, D
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
9 Av/W 57 St · M11
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 6 public spaces and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
9th Avenue & West 56th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St-Columbus Circle, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four 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
    1,090 feet
    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
    0.4 miles
    N Q R W
  2. 7 Av B, D, E
    0.4 miles
    B D 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 57 St, 200 feet away, for the M11.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 Av/W 57 St M11 · Shelter
    200 feet
    M11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 72 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
    590 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 500 West 56th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
6
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hell's Kitchen
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 64 signs on these blocks
  • 23 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 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 9am to 7pm on West 56th Street (south side).

East side of 9th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 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 stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 9th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 56th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104008, 104217, 104218 and 105064.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1887.

  1. The Windermere Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Roosevelt Hospital Designated landmark
    750 feet
  3. Hearst Magazine Building Designated landmark
    780 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 public spaces
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ahrc New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    360 feet
  2. La Maternelle West55 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    400 feet
  3. High School for Environmental Studies School
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Independence High School
    820 feet
  3. Nysarc NYC - Esther Ashkenas School
    820 feet
  4. Speyer Legacy School
    860 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 330 West 56th Street Public space
    490 feet
  2. Public space at Colonnade Public space
    720 feet
  3. Public space at Sheffield Public space
    720 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Symphony House Public space
    1,220 feet
  2. Public space at Regent Public space
    1,230 feet
  3. Public space at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai West Hospital
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Media Alliance Research library
    720 feet
  2. Spyscape Museum
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Presbyterian Church House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Our Saviour NY Church Landmark
    440 feet
  3. St George Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Benedict Moor Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. St Paul Apostle Church Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 131 places to eat and 11 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 56th 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.