Avenue of the Americas & West 26th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 26th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Von Hoffman stands 420 feet away, and Madison Square Park is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about three minutes on foot, and 15 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, six of them trade or language schools, and 175 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
810 feet · 3 min on foot · F, M
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
6 Av/W 27 St · M7, M55
Within a walk
29 places
6 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 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 15 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St F, M
    810 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
    990 feet
    R W
  2. 28 St 1
    0.3 miles
    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 27 St, 250 feet away, for the M7 and M55.

  • 49 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 27 St M7, M55
    250 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 26th Street.

  • 79 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 27 St & 6 Ave 66 docks in all
    360 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. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 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
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2019
  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10001
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
3
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
41 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

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 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 (east side) and West 26th Street (south side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on Avenue of the Americas (both sides), and as 1 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on West 26th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101612, 105535, 105679, 105715, 107144 and 107193.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 65 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1854 and 1911.

  1. Von Hoffman Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Hilmont Designated landmark
    490 feet
  3. 55 West 28th Street Building, Tin Pan Alley Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 museums
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 colleges
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Focus Personal Training Institute Trade or language school
    610 feet
  2. Swedish Institute College
    710 feet
  3. Birch Family Services School
    880 feet
Show all 13
  1. Manhattan Edit Workshop Trade or language school
    890 feet
  2. Career Education International Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  3. US Training Center Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  4. Peak Services for Children Preschool
    1,020 feet
  5. Ecole International Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,190 feet
  6. The Ecole Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,190 feet
  7. Satellite Academy High School
    1,210 feet
  8. International Career Inst 675 Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  9. Intl Career Inst-Bus DIV (5002) Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  10. Fashion Institute of Technology College
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Capitol at Chelsea Public space
    160 feet
  2. Worth Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet
  3. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,290 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Hotel Eventi Public space
    1,000 feet
  2. Public space at 1185 Broadway Public space
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Racquet Court Club Building Listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. Poster House Museum
    1,040 feet
  3. Museum of Sex Museum
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. National Museum of Mathematics Museum
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Landmark · listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Japanese American United Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 305 7th Avenue Older adult center
    1,130 feet
  2. Older adult center at 135 West 23rd Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    390 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    330 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 175 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or West 26th 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.