Avenue of the Americas & West 25th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 25th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 2,630 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church is 640 feet away, and Worth Square is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the F and M. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them trade or language schools, and 164 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · F, M
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
6 Av/W 23 St · M7, M55, SIM1C, SIM3 +2
Within a walk
24 places
5 trade or language schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 25th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St F, M
    560 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. 28 St R, W
    1,250 feet
    R W
  2. 23 St R, W
    0.3 miles
    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, 490 feet away, for the M7, M55, SIM1C, SIM3 and two more.

  • 47 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 23 St M7, M55, SIM1C, SIM3 +2
    490 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.

  • 122 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 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
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 221 West 29th Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 12 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, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,630 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 334th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 863 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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 2003.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 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 (east side), 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 25th Street (both sides), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm on West 25th Street (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101614, 105385, 105386, 105535 and 106017.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 63 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1849 and 1991.

  1. Masonic Hall Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Masonic Building Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. Von Hoffman Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Edit Workshop Trade or language school
    630 feet
  2. Peak Services for Children Preschool
    810 feet
  3. Swedish Institute College
    970 feet
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  1. Focus Personal Training Institute Trade or language school
    870 feet
  2. Institute of Culinary Education (The Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Ecole International Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,110 feet
  4. The Ecole Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,110 feet
  5. Birch Family Services School
    1,140 feet
  6. Manhattan Village Academy School
    1,200 feet
  7. Career Education International Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  8. US Training Center Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Worth Square
    900 feet
  2. Madison Square Park
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Capitol at Chelsea Public space
    410 feet
  2. Worth Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,080 feet
  3. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet
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  1. Public space at Hotel Eventi Public space
    1,260 feet
  2. Public space at 1185 Broadway Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Racquet Court Club Building Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Poster House Museum
    780 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    590 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,130 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    70 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 164 places to eat and 18 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 25th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.