Avenue of the Americas & West 42nd Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 42nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 73 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The plaza “Andrew Heiskell Plaza” is 120 feet away, and the fountain “Josephine Shaw Lowell” is 310 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 54 public places, 14 of them listed historic places, and 195 places to eat.

Safety record
47 hurt
73 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
40 feet
6 Av/W 42 St · QM1, QM5, QM6
Within a walk
54 places
14 listed historic places, 8 public spaces and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 42nd 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
    730 feet
    1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W
  2. 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B, D, F, M
    1,280 feet
    B D F M

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 42 St, 40 feet away, for the QM1, QM5 and QM6.

  • 69 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 42 St QM1, QM5, QM6
    40 feet
    QM1 QM5 QM6

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM1 …
  2. QM5 …
  3. QM6 …

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.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 42 St & 6 Ave 54 docks in all
    120 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
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 73 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 46 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 18 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10036
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
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm 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 1 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to midnight on West 42nd Street (north side), and as 1 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on West 42nd Street (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103220, 103221, 103955 and 103956.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 18 Individual Landmarks, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1897 and 1911.

  1. Bush Tower Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Hotel Annex Designated landmark
    520 feet
  3. Knickerbocker Hotel Designated landmark
    540 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Andrew Heiskell Plaza Plaza, 1993
    120 feet
  2. Benito Juarez Statue by Moises Cabrera Orozco, 2004
    160 feet
  3. Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain, 1912
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 public places.

  • 14 listed historic places
  • 8 public spaces
  • 8 theaters or concert halls
  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 3 colleges
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Horizons CLC of Metropolitan NY Trade or language school
    520 feet
  2. Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts School
    650 feet
  3. SUNY College of Optometry College
    690 feet
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  1. New Horizons Computer Learning Cente Trade or language school
    520 feet
  2. NY School-Locksmithing 618 Trade or language school
    660 feet
  3. Nat Sch of Locksmithing & Alarms Trade or language school
    660 feet
  4. Control Data Institute Trade or language school
    800 feet
  5. New York School of Design Trade or language school
    890 feet
  6. CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Comm College
    1,000 feet
  7. Touro University College
    1,120 feet
  8. Kree Inst of Electrolysis Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  9. Hair Academy Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  10. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryant Park
    80 feet
  2. Carousel in Bryant Park Park feature
    520 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bell Atlantic Public space
    280 feet
  2. Public space at Grace Public space
    520 feet
  3. Public space at 1133 Sixth Avenue Public space
    550 feet
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  1. Public space at 1155 Sixth Avenue Public space
    850 feet
  2. Public space at 1166 Sixth Avenue Public space
    1,090 feet
  3. Public space at Millennium Broadway Public space
    1,190 feet
  4. Public space at 489 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,220 feet
  5. Public space at Stevens Tower Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Public Library and Bryant Park Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Association of the Bar of the City of New York Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Library
    1,030 feet
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  1. Lamb's Club Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Hotel Gerard Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. New York Public Library Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  4. American Radiator Building Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  5. NY Public Library Research Libraries Research library
    1,030 feet
  6. Times Square - 42nd Street Subway Station Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  7. The General Society Library Research library · listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  8. New York Yacht Club Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  9. Colony Arcade Building Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  10. Engineering Societies' Building and Engineers' Club Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  11. Century Association Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  12. Hudson Theater Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  13. Webster Hotel Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  14. Harvard Club of New York City Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    440 feet
  2. Town Hall Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    460 feet
  3. Belasco Theatre Theater or concert hall
    710 feet
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  1. New Victory Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,130 feet
  2. New Amsterdam Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  3. Lyric Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,240 feet
  4. Nederlander Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,250 feet
  5. Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Millinery Center Synagogue House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Unification Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Hungarian 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 127 West 43rd Street Older adult center
    800 feet
  2. Bryant Post Office
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 65 Fire station
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    310 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,100 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens 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 195 places to eat and eight 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 42nd 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.