Avenue of the Americas & West 39th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 39th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Springs Mills Building, one of ten Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 230 feet away, and Haskins & Sells Building stands 390 feet away. The nearest subway, 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 7, B, D and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places and 256 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
6 Av/W 40 St · M5, M7, M55, BxM2
Within a walk
35 places
9 listed historic places, 9 trade or language schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 39th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av, 80 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
    80 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. Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
    790 feet
    1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W
  2. 34 St-Herald Sq B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, W
    990 feet
    B D F M N Q R 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 40 St, 320 feet away, for the M5, M7, M55 and BxM2.

  • 64 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 40 St M5, M7, M55, BxM2
    320 feet
    M5 M7 M55 BxM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M7 …
  3. M55 …
  4. BxM2 …

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 39th Street.

  • 30 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
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 401-471 West 42nd Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2018
  • 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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 2017.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand 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 4pm on Avenue of the Americas (east side), and 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 Saturday 7am to 7pm, 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 8am to 6pm, 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 6 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on West 39th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102141, 102728, 102729, 103156, 103670 and 103671.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 14 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1905 and 1924.

  1. Bryant Park Studios Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Springs Mills Building Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. Haskins & Sells Building Designated landmark
    390 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
    360 feet
  2. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Bust by Karl Fischer and Victor Frisch, 1932
    500 feet
  3. Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain, 1912
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New York School of Design Trade or language school
    100 feet
  2. Hair Academy Trade or language school
    440 feet
  3. CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Comm College
    500 feet
Show all 12
  1. Mti Bus Sch of Ny(tech Div)(5001) Trade or language school
    850 feet
  2. Mti Business School-Queens (5002) Trade or language school
    850 feet
  3. Advanced Career TRNG Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  4. Mercy Univ.-Manhattan Campus College
    1,220 feet
  5. Oxford International New York City Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  6. NY School-Locksmithing 618 Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  7. Nat Sch of Locksmithing & Alarms Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  8. National Institute of Realtime Repor Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  9. Winchendon School-Nyc School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryant Park
    320 feet
  2. Carousel in Bryant Park Park feature
    480 feet
  3. Herald Square
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Garment District Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet
  2. Public space at Bell Atlantic Public space
    700 feet
  3. Public space at World Apparel Center Public space
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Fifth Avenue Tower Public space
    1,150 feet
  2. Public space at 420 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,270 feet
  3. Public space at 425 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Colony Arcade Building Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. American Radiator Building Listed historic place
    540 feet
  3. Engineering Societies' Building and Engineers' Club Listed historic place
    620 feet
Show all 9
  1. New York Public Library and Bryant Park Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Greenwich Savings Bank Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Times Square - 42nd Street Subway Station Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  4. Knox Building Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  5. Knickerbocker Hotel Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  6. New York Public Library Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,230 feet
  2. Town Hall Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Millinery Center Synagogue House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Hungarian 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. Holy Innocents RC Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    820 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 256 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or West 39th 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.