Avenue of the Americas & West 16th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 16th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York House and School of Industry, one of 17 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 330 feet away, and Xavier High School is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/6 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 1, 2, 3 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 82 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
6 Av/W 16 St · M7, M55
Within a walk
24 places
4 schools, 4 trade or language schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 16th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 50 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
    50 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-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

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 6 Av/W 16 St, 50 feet away, for the M7 and M55.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 16 St M7, M55
    50 feet
    M7 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas and West 16th Street.

  • 96 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 15 St & 6 Ave 75 docks in all
    290 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 5-9 Union Square West Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
3
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chelsea-Hudson Yards
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 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 Saturday 8am to 6pm on West 16th Street (north side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104172 and 105642.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 17 Individual Landmarks, and 67 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1908.

  1. New York House and School of Industry Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Price Building Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. McCrorey Building Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 4 schools
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sixth Avenue Elementary School
    290 feet
  2. Little Scholars Learning Center VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    350 feet
  3. Xavier High School
    470 feet
Show all 12
  1. Winston Preparatory School
    590 feet
  2. Fegs Trades & Business Schools Trade or language school
    820 feet
  3. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    940 feet
  4. Commercial Programing Unlimited Trade or language school
    940 feet
  5. Harvest Collegiate High School
    1,140 feet
  6. New York Conservatory for Dramatic A College
    1,150 feet
  7. Eastern Technical School Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  8. The East Chelsea Childrens Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  9. Pratt Institute Manhattan Cntr College
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 108 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 20 West 16th Street Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Margaret Sanger Clinic Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Center for Jewish History Research library · arts or cultural center
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Historic site
    690 feet
  2. Church of the Holy Communion and Buildings Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McBurney YMCA Recreation center
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,190 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 82 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 16th 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.