Avenue of the Americas & West 40th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 40th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Nikola Tesla Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bryant Park Studios, one of nine Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 110 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 38 public places and 243 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 40th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av, 70 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
    70 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
    540 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
    1,250 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, 60 feet away, for the M5, M7, M55 and BxM2.

  • 65 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 40 St M5, M7, M55, BxM2
    60 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 40th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 42 St & 6 Ave 54 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 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 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, November 2010
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 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
62 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Nikola Tesla Corner, a co-naming enacted on June 17, 1992 (Local Law 36 of 1992).

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 2001 and 2004.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Nikola Tesla Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 active meters
  • 7 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 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 West 40th Street (north side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 6am to 6pm, 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 6 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on West 40th Street (north side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm, 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 6 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on West 40th Street (south 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 40th Street (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103155, 103156, 103671, 103672, 103761, 104932 and 106984.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 16 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1894 and 1963.

  1. Bryant Park Studios Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Springs Mills Building Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Haskins & Sells Building Designated landmark
    430 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
    120 feet
  2. Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain, 1912
    300 feet
  3. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Bust by Karl Fischer and Victor Frisch, 1932
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 10 trade or language schools
  • 9 listed historic places
  • 5 public spaces
  • 4 theaters or concert halls
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York School of Design Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Comm College
    470 feet
  3. Hair Academy Trade or language school
    690 feet
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  1. Advanced Career TRNG Trade or language school
    860 feet
  2. NY School-Locksmithing 618 Trade or language school
    980 feet
  3. Nat Sch of Locksmithing & Alarms Trade or language school
    980 feet
  4. New Horizons CLC of Metropolitan NY Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  5. New Horizons Computer Learning Cente Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  6. Mti Bus Sch of Ny(tech Div)(5001) Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  7. Mti Business School-Queens (5002) Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  8. Technology and Media School Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  9. Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts School
    1,180 feet
  10. SUNY College of Optometry College
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryant Park
    70 feet
  2. Carousel in Bryant Park Park feature
    330 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bell Atlantic Public space
    450 feet
  2. Garment District Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    810 feet
  3. Public space at World Apparel Center Public space
    840 feet
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  1. Public space at Grace Public space
    1,060 feet
  2. Public space at 1133 Sixth Avenue Public space
    1,090 feet
  3. Public space at Fifth Avenue Tower Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. American Radiator Building Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Colony Arcade Building Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Engineering Societies' Building and Engineers' Club Listed historic place
    600 feet
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  1. New York Public Library and Bryant Park Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Knox Building Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Times Square - 42nd Street Subway Station Listed historic place
    970 feet
  4. Knickerbocker Hotel Listed historic place
    980 feet
  5. New York Public Library Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  6. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) Library
    1,190 feet
  7. Greenwich Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theater or concert hall
    980 feet
  2. Town Hall Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Nederlander Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,210 feet
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  1. Belasco Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Millinery Center Synagogue House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Hungarian 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Holy Innocents RC Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    570 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 243 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or West 40th 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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.