Avenue of the Americas & West 24th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 24th 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. Masonic Hall stands 230 feet away, and Poster House is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about a minute on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 142 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
300 feet · 1 min on foot · F, M
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
6 Av/W 23 St · M7, M55, SIM1C, SIM3 +2
Within a walk
22 places
3 listed historic places, 3 trade or language schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 300 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
    300 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 R, W
    1,120 feet
    R W
  2. 23 St 1
    1,150 feet
    1

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, 230 feet away, for the M7, M55, SIM1C, SIM3 and two more.

  • 39 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 23 St M7, M55, SIM1C, SIM3 +2
    230 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

Cycling

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

  • 142 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 25 St & 6 Ave 51 docks in all
    420 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
    1.2 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
    0.6 miles

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.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Turn calming, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
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 4,200 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 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 active meters
  • 6 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 Avenue of the Americas (west side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm on West 24th Street (both sides), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm on West 24th Street (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101380, 102341, 102342, 103974, 103978 and 105385.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 79 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1908.

  1. Masonic Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Masonic Hall Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. Ehrich Brothers Designated landmark
    430 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 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Edit Workshop Trade or language school
    380 feet
  2. Manhattan Village Academy School
    940 feet
  3. Peak Services for Children Preschool
    1,070 feet
Show all 7
  1. Institute of Culinary Education (The Trade or language school
    800 feet
  2. Focus Personal Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  3. Swedish Institute College
    1,230 feet
  4. Marie Pense Center Preschool
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Worth Square
    1,120 feet
  2. Madison Square Park
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Capitol at Chelsea Public space
    670 feet
  2. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet
  3. Worth Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Poster House Museum
    530 feet
  2. Racquet Court Club Building Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Church of the Holy Communion and Buildings Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Van Alen Institute Research library
    1,130 feet
  3. Muhlenberg Library
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Center for Book Arts Arts or cultural center
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Landmark · listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. Japanese American United Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    240 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    340 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    390 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    810 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    990 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 142 places to eat and 19 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 24th 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.