Avenue of the Americas & West 38th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 38th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Millinery Center Synagogue is 110 feet away, and the bust “Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe” is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av, is about a minute on foot, and 19 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them trade or language schools, and 260 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av
330 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
6 Av/W 38 St · QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18
Within a walk
29 places
9 trade or language schools, 4 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 19 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av 7, B, D, F, M
    330 feet
    7 B D F M

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. 7 …
Hudson Yards
1 line
  1. 7 …
Uptown
4 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
  3. F …
  4. M …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
  3. F …
  4. M …

Also within a walk

  1. 34 St-Herald Sq B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, W
    730 feet
    B D F M N Q R W
  2. Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
    980 feet
    1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Under Bryant Park” (2002) by Samm Kunce at the 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 38 St, 60 feet away, for the QM15, QM16, QM17 and QM18.

  • 66 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 38 St QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18
    60 feet
    QM15 QM16 QM17 QM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM15 …
  2. QM16 …
  3. QM17 …
  4. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Avenue of the Americas carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Avenue of the Americas and West 38th Street.

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & W 38 St 68 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 9 West 31st Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
10018
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4
Police precinct
14
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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 1986 and 2015.

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
  • 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, 5 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 7pm to midnight, 5 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (east side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm, 5 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on Avenue of the Americas (west side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 6 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on West 38th Street (both sides), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 6 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on West 38th Street (north side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102140, 102727, 102728, 106680 and 106845.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1900 and 1963.

  1. Springs Mills Building Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Greenwich Savings Bank Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. Bryant Park Studios Designated landmark
    470 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Bryant Park.

  1. José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva Statue by José Otavio Correia Lima, 1955
    620 feet
  2. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Bust by Karl Fischer and Victor Frisch, 1932
    710 feet
  3. Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain, 1912
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 trade or language schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York School of Design Trade or language school
    280 feet
  2. Hair Academy Trade or language school
    540 feet
  3. CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Comm College
    760 feet
Show all 12
  1. Mti Bus Sch of Ny(tech Div)(5001) Trade or language school
    590 feet
  2. Mti Business School-Queens (5002) Trade or language school
    590 feet
  3. Mercy Univ.-Manhattan Campus College
    960 feet
  4. Oxford International New York City Trade or language school
    960 feet
  5. National Institute of Realtime Repor Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  6. Winchendon School-Nyc School
    1,040 feet
  7. Caliber Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  8. Career Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  9. Sae Institute of Technology (New Yor Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryant Park
    580 feet
  2. Carousel in Bryant Park Park feature
    740 feet
  3. Herald Square
    820 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Garment District Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    630 feet
  2. Public space at Bell Atlantic Public space
    960 feet
  3. Herald & Greeley Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 420 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,010 feet
  2. Public space at World Apparel Center Public space
    1,050 feet
  3. Public space at 425 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Colony Arcade Building Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. American Radiator Building Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Engineering Societies' Building and Engineers' Club Listed historic place
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. New York Public Library and Bryant Park Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Millinery Center Synagogue House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Holy Innocents RC Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Hungarian 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midtown Station Post office
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 feet
  2. Duane Reade 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 260 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or West 38th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.