Avenue of the Americas & West 23rd Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 23rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Ladies' Mile Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 49 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. Masonic Building stands 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about a minute on foot, for the F and M. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places and 121 places to eat.

Safety record
28 hurt
49 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · F, M
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
6 Av/W 23 St · M7, M55, SIM1C, SIM3 +2
Within a walk
21 places
4 listed historic places, 3 trade or language schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St F, M
    60 feet
    F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. M …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St 1
    870 feet
    1
  2. 23 St R, W
    1,140 feet
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Stationary Figures” (2018) by William Wegman at the 23 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 23 St, 60 feet away, for the M7, M55, SIM1C, SIM3 and two more.

  • 41 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 23 St M7, M55, SIM1C, SIM3 +2
    60 feet
    M7 M55 SIM1C SIM3 SIM3C SIM10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M7 …
  2. M55 …
  3. SIM1C …
  4. SIM3 …
  5. SIM3C …
  6. SIM10 …

Live arrivals

West 23rd Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 21 St & 6 Ave 74 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 49 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 28 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 11 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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, November 1994
  • Turn calming, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1973 and 2005.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on Avenue of the Americas (both sides), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on West 23rd Street (both sides), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm on West 23rd Street (north side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102340, 102341, 102416, 103978 and 103979.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ladies' Mile Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 94 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1854 and 1908.

  1. Masonic Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Ehrich Brothers Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Masonic Hall Designated landmark
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Edit Workshop Trade or language school
    400 feet
  2. Manhattan Village Academy School
    670 feet
  3. Marie Pense Center Preschool
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. Institute of Culinary Education (The Trade or language school
    530 feet
  2. The Montessori at Flatiron Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  3. New York Conservatory for Dramatic A College
    1,300 feet
  4. Madison Business & Data Proc Inst Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Capitol at Chelsea Public space
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Poster House Museum
    250 feet
  2. Church of the Holy Communion and Buildings Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Van Alen Institute Research library
    850 feet
Show all 8
  1. Racquet Court Club Building Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Muhlenberg Library
    1,080 feet
  3. Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
    1,140 feet
  4. Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  5. Flatiron Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Center for Book Arts Arts or cultural center
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Japanese American United Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 135 West 23rd Street Older adult center
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    130 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    660 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    720 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    530 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 121 places to eat and 21 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 23rd 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.