Avenue of the Americas & West 19th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 19th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Ladies' Mile Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Alexander Building stands 150 feet away, and Simpson, Crawford & Simpson Building stands 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/6 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 1, 2, 3 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places and 95 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/6 Av
750 feet · 3 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, F, L, M
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
6 Av/W 18 St · M7, M55
Within a walk
26 places
5 trade or language schools, 4 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 19th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/6 Av, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Uptown
5 lines
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  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. 23 St F, M
    1,050 feet
    F M
  2. 18 St 1
    1,110 feet
    1

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, 320 feet away, for the M7 and M55.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 18 St M7, M55
    320 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.

  • 164 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 18 St & 6 Ave 69 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 4 West 21st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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, January 2024

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)
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 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Three trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm on West 19th Street (both sides), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm on West 19th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104253, 104896, 105484 and 106313.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Ladies' Mile Historic District.

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 146 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. Alexander Building Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Simpson, Crawford & Simpson Building Designated landmark
    150 feet
  3. B. Altman Store Designated landmark
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Learning Center VII Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    390 feet
  2. New York Conservatory for Dramatic A College
    420 feet
  3. Sixth Avenue Elementary School
    640 feet
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  1. Marie Pense Center Preschool
    610 feet
  2. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    930 feet
  3. Commercial Programing Unlimited Trade or language school
    930 feet
  4. Winston Preparatory School
    970 feet
  5. Madison Business & Data Proc Inst Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  6. Manhattan Village Academy School
    1,140 feet
  7. Midtown School-Business Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  8. Xavier High School
    1,200 feet
  9. Institute of Culinary Education (The Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chelsea Green Playground
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Church of the Holy Communion and Buildings Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
    470 feet
  3. Van Alen Institute Research library
    1,180 feet
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  1. Margaret Sanger Clinic Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  2. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Historic site
    1,260 feet
  3. Center for Jewish History Research library · arts or cultural center
    1,260 feet
  4. Poster House Museum
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Old Chelsea Post Office Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  2. McBurney YMCA Recreation center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 95 places to eat and 13 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 19th 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.