Avenue of the Americas & West 17th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 17th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Sister Mary Irene Fitzgibbon Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sixth Avenue Elementary School is 150 feet away, and McCrorey Building stands 260 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 22 public places and 82 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
270 feet · 1 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
6 Av/W 18 St · M7, M55
Within a walk
22 places
3 listed historic places, 3 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 270 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
    270 feet
    1 2 3 F L M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
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  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
    1,110 feet
    1
  2. 23 St F, M
    0.3 miles
    F M

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 18 St, 190 feet away, for the M7 and M55.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 18 St M7, M55
    190 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 17th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 18 St & 6 Ave 69 docks in all
    400 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 4 West 21st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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, February 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sister Mary Irene Fitzgibbon Corner, a co-naming enacted on February 12, 1997 (Local Law 10 of 1997).

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sister Mary Irene Fitzgibbon Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on West 17th Street (east side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm on West 17th Street (north side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm on West 17th Street (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm on West 17th Street (south side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm on West 17th Street (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102717, 104170, 105144, 105334 and 107089.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 15 Individual Landmarks, and 86 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1855 and 1907.

  1. Price Building Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. McCrorey Building Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. B. Altman Store Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Learning Center VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    100 feet
  2. Sixth Avenue Elementary School
    150 feet
  3. Winston Preparatory School
    480 feet
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  1. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    700 feet
  2. Commercial Programing Unlimited Trade or language school
    700 feet
  3. Xavier High School
    710 feet
  4. New York Conservatory for Dramatic A College
    910 feet
  5. Fegs Trades & Business Schools Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  6. Marie Pense Center Preschool
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chelsea Green Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 108 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Margaret Sanger Clinic Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Historic site
    770 feet
  3. Center for Jewish History Research library · arts or cultural center
    770 feet
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  1. House at 20 West 16th Street Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Church of the Holy Communion and Buildings Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McBurney YMCA Recreation center
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 7/Engine 3/Ladder 12 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 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 ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or West 17th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.