Avenue of the Americas & West 15th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 15th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Francis Xavier Church is 290 feet away, and the Salvation Army National and Territorial Headquarters stands 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/6 Av, is about a minute on foot, and 18 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, five of them schools, and 81 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
290 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Avenue of the Americas/W 16 St · M7
Within a walk
23 places
5 schools, 5 trade or language schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 290 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
    290 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. 18 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1
  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 Avenue of the Americas/W 16 St, 190 feet away, for the M7.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue of the Americas/W 16 St M7
    190 feet
    M7

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas and West 15th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 15 St & 6 Ave 75 docks in all
    20 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
2 and 3 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on Avenue of the Americas (east side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm on West 15th Street (north side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 6am to 6pm on West 15th Street (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103255, 103443 and 105642.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 16 Individual Landmarks, and 72 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1908.

  1. New York House and School of Industry Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. R. H. Macy & Company Store, 14th Street Annex Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. The Salvation Army National and Territorial Headquarters Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Xavier High School
    510 feet
  2. Fegs Trades & Business Schools Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. Sixth Avenue Elementary School
    560 feet
Show all 13
  1. Little Scholars Learning Center VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  2. Winston Preparatory School
    850 feet
  3. Harvest Collegiate High School
    870 feet
  4. Pratt Institute Manhattan Cntr College
    990 feet
  5. The New School College
    1,170 feet
  6. Fedcap Career Design Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  7. Manhattan Technical Inst 676 Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  8. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  9. Commercial Programing Unlimited Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  10. City & Country School
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 108 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Center for Jewish History Research library · arts or cultural center
    720 feet
  2. House at 20 West 16th Street Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. Margaret Sanger Clinic Listed historic place
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Historic site
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McBurney YMCA Recreation center
    370 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    960 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    920 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 81 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 Avenue of the Americas or West 15th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.