Avenue of the Americas & West 43rd Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 43rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Town Hall Theatre is 310 feet away, and Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts is 360 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 57 public places, 12 of them listed historic places, and 193 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av
200 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
6 Av/W 43 St · QM10, QM12, QM24
Within a walk
57 places
12 listed historic places, 11 trade or language schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av, 200 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
    200 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
    980 feet
    1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W
  2. 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B, D, F, M
    1,000 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 43 St, 120 feet away, for the QM10, QM12 and QM24.

  • 65 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 43 St QM10, QM12, QM24
    120 feet
    QM10 QM12 QM24

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM10 …
  2. QM12 …
  3. QM24 …

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 43rd Street.

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 43 St & 6 Ave 63 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 140 West 51st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 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, May 2020

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
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 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 1894 and 1910.

Trees

Fourteen 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
  • 10 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 6pm on Avenue of the Americas (west side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm 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 43rd Street (both sides), 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 43rd Street (south side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101223, 103956, 104672, 105184 and 106705.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 18 Individual Landmarks, and 24 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1893 and 1905.

  1. Algonquin Hotel Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Algonquin Hotel Annex Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Association of the Bar of the City of New York Designated landmark
    400 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
    370 feet
  2. Benito Juarez Statue by Moises Cabrera Orozco, 2004
    440 feet
  3. William Earl Dodge Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1885
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 public places.

  • 12 listed historic places
  • 11 trade or language schools
  • 8 public spaces
  • 8 theaters or concert halls
  • 4 colleges
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts School
    360 feet
  2. New Horizons CLC of Metropolitan NY Trade or language school
    510 feet
  3. SUNY College of Optometry College
    660 feet
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  1. New Horizons Computer Learning Cente Trade or language school
    510 feet
  2. Control Data Institute Trade or language school
    790 feet
  3. Kree Inst of Electrolysis Trade or language school
    850 feet
  4. NY School-Locksmithing 618 Trade or language school
    940 feet
  5. Nat Sch of Locksmithing & Alarms Trade or language school
    940 feet
  6. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School
    1,030 feet
  7. Touro University College
    1,040 feet
  8. CDI Career Development Inst Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  9. New York School of Design Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  10. American Acad McAllister Inst College
    1,180 feet
  11. Bluedata International Institute Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  12. Christine Valmy Intntl School Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  13. Ec New York Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  14. CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Comm College
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryant Park
    360 feet
  2. Carousel in Bryant Park Park feature
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1133 Sixth Avenue Public space
    270 feet
  2. Public space at Grace Public space
    510 feet
  3. Times Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet
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  1. Public space at Bell Atlantic Public space
    560 feet
  2. Public space at 1155 Sixth Avenue Public space
    560 feet
  3. Public space at 1166 Sixth Avenue Public space
    800 feet
  4. Public space at Millennium Broadway Public space
    910 feet
  5. Public space at Stevens Tower Public space
    970 feet
  6. Public space at United States Trust Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lamb's Club Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Hotel Gerard Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. The General Society Library Research library · listed historic place
    800 feet
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  1. New York Yacht Club Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Century Association Building Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Hudson Theater Listed historic place
    910 feet
  4. Webster Hotel Listed historic place
    930 feet
  5. Knickerbocker Hotel Listed historic place
    940 feet
  6. Harvard Club of New York City Listed historic place
    950 feet
  7. New York Public Library and Bryant Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  8. Sidewalk Clock at 522 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  9. New York Public Library Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  10. American Radiator Building Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  11. Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Library
    1,300 feet
  12. NY Public Library Research Libraries Research library
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Town Hall Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    390 feet
  3. Belasco Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    430 feet
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  1. Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre Theater or concert hall
    970 feet
  2. New Victory Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,160 feet
  3. Lyric Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,190 feet
  4. Lyceum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,220 feet
  5. Minskoff Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Unification Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Millinery Center Synagogue House of worship
    1,250 feet
  3. St Marys the Virgin Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 65 Fire station
    570 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    30 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    190 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    420 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,180 feet
  2. CVS 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 193 places to eat and six 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 43rd 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.