Avenue of the Americas & West 14th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 14th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 7,371 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. R. H. Macy & Company Store, 14th Street Annex, one of nine Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/6 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 1, 2, 3 and three more.

Safety record
11 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
W 14 St/6 Av · L92, M14A SBS, M14D SBS
Within a walk
23 places
6 schools, 3 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 18 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 St/6 Av 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
    60 feet
    1 2 3 F L M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
  4. F …
  5. M …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 1 …
  2. 2 …
  3. 3 …
  4. F …
  5. M …
West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. W 4 St-Wash Sq A, B, C, D, E, F, M
    0.3 miles
    A B C D E F M
  2. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    0.3 miles
    A C E L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wild Things” (2024) by Fred Tomaselli at the 14 St/6 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 14 St/6 Av, 180 feet away, for the L92, M14A SBS and M14D SBS.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 14 St/6 Av L92, M14A SBS, M14D SBS
    180 feet
    L92 M14A SBS M14D SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M14A SBS …
  3. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

West 14th Street carries a bus lane, 6am to 10pm, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas.

  • 88 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 15 St & 6 Ave 75 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 5-9 Union Square West Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 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 March 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2006
  • Turn calming, May 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 7,371 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 25th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 4,858 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
2 and 3 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
6 and 13 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Avenue of the Americas (east side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on Avenue of the Americas (west side), and as 30Min commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 6am to 10pm on West 14th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104935, 105280, 106985 and 107011.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 130 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1842 and 1878.

  1. R. H. Macy & Company Store, 14th Street Annex Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. The Salvation Army National and Territorial Headquarters Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. Evangeline Residence for Girls Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fegs Trades & Business Schools Trade or language school
    260 feet
  2. Harvest Collegiate High School
    580 feet
  3. Pratt Institute Manhattan Cntr College
    710 feet
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  1. Xavier High School
    790 feet
  2. Sixth Avenue Elementary School
    840 feet
  3. The New School College
    890 feet
  4. Little Scholars Learning Center VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  5. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    900 feet
  6. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    900 feet
  7. City & Country School
    960 feet
  8. Winston Preparatory School
    1,140 feet
  9. P.S. 041 Greenwich Village School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jefferson Market Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Center for Jewish History Research library · arts or cultural center
    1,000 feet
  2. House at 20 West 16th Street Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Margaret Sanger Clinic Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
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  1. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Historic site
    1,240 feet
  2. Jefferson Market Library Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  3. Gen. Winfield Scott House Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    490 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McBurney YMCA Recreation center
    320 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    140 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    640 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    900 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 86 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or West 14th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.