Avenue of the Americas & West 44th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 44th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Algonquin Hotel Annex, one of 18 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 210 feet away, and the Gerard stands 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7, B, D and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 50 public places, 11 of them trade or language schools, and 194 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av
460 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
6 Av/W 44 St · QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18
Within a walk
50 places
11 trade or language schools, 10 public spaces and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes 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
    460 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. 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B, D, F, M
    740 feet
    B D F M
  2. Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
    1,240 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 44 St, 60 feet away, for the QM15, QM16, QM17 and QM18.

  • 63 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 44 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 44th Street.

  • 57 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & W 45 St 67 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 140 West 51st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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 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 1894 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted 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 44th Street (both sides).

North side of West 44th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101223, 104674 and 105558.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 18 Individual Landmarks, and 22 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1850 and 1921.

  1. Algonquin Hotel Annex Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Algonquin Hotel Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. The Gerard Designated landmark
    360 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
    630 feet
  2. Benito Juarez Statue by Moises Cabrera Orozco, 2004
    700 feet
  3. William Earl Dodge Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1885
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 public places.

  • 11 trade or language schools
  • 10 public spaces
  • 9 listed historic places
  • 6 theaters or concert halls
  • 3 colleges
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts School
    470 feet
  2. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School
    770 feet
  3. New Horizons CLC of Metropolitan NY Trade or language school
    770 feet
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  1. New Horizons Computer Learning Cente Trade or language school
    770 feet
  2. CDI Career Development Inst Trade or language school
    790 feet
  3. Kree Inst of Electrolysis Trade or language school
    840 feet
  4. SUNY College of Optometry College
    920 feet
  5. Control Data Institute Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  6. ABC Bartending Schools Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  7. American Acad McAllister Inst College
    1,100 feet
  8. Bluedata International Institute Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  9. Christine Valmy Intntl School Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  10. Ec New York Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  11. NY School-Locksmithing 618 Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  12. Nat Sch of Locksmithing & Alarms Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  13. Touro University College
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryant Park
    620 feet
  2. Carousel in Bryant Park Park feature
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1133 Sixth Avenue Public space
    190 feet
  2. Public space at 1155 Sixth Avenue Public space
    310 feet
  3. Times Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,000 feet
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  1. Public space at 1166 Sixth Avenue Public space
    540 feet
  2. Public space at Millennium Broadway Public space
    650 feet
  3. Public space at Stevens Tower Public space
    710 feet
  4. Public space at Grace Public space
    770 feet
  5. Public space at Bell Atlantic Public space
    820 feet
  6. Public space at United States Trust Public space
    980 feet
  7. Public space at 1211 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    1,200 feet
  8. Public space at One Astor Place Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lamb's Club Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Association of the Bar of the City of New York Listed historic place
    490 feet
  3. New York Yacht Club Listed historic place
    540 feet
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  1. Hudson Theater Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Webster Hotel Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. Harvard Club of New York City Listed historic place
    690 feet
  4. The General Society Library Research library · listed historic place
    700 feet
  5. Century Association Building Listed historic place
    970 feet
  6. Sidewalk Clock at 522 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  7. Knickerbocker Hotel Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Belasco Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    270 feet
  2. Town Hall Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theater or concert hall
    500 feet
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  1. Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre Theater or concert hall
    720 feet
  2. Lyceum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    960 feet
  3. Minskoff Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys the Virgin Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Unification Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 65 Fire station
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    140 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    140 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    680 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    920 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 194 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue of the Americas or West 44th 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.