Avenue of the Americas & West 47th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 47th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Marys the Virgin Church is 500 feet away, and Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr, is about a minute on foot, and 16 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, ten of them theaters or concert halls, and 250 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr
70 feet · 1 min on foot · B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
6 Av/W 47 St · M5, M7
Within a walk
38 places
11 public spaces, 10 theaters or concert halls and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 16 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B, D, F, M
    70 feet
    B D F M

Next trains at this station

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. 49 St N, R, W
    840 feet
    N R W
  2. 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av 7, B, D, F, M
    1,250 feet
    7 B D F M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 47 St, 130 feet away, for the M5 and M7.

  • 65 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 47 St M5, M7
    130 feet
    M5 M7

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M7 …

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 47 St & 6 Ave 68 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 140 West 51st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 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, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10036
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Eleven 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
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted 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 Friday 7am to 6pm, 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 6 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on West 47th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103180, 105288 and 106487.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 14 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco and Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1850 and 1939.

  1. U.S. Rubber Company Building Designated landmark
    510 feet
  2. Public School 67 Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Eastern Airlines Building Designated landmark
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 public spaces
  • 10 theaters or concert halls
  • 8 listed historic places
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. ABC Bartending Schools Trade or language school
    650 feet
  2. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School
    680 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sam Ash Music Instit Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  3. A B C Training Center Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  4. Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Father Duffy Square
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Stevens Tower Public space
    270 feet
  2. Public space at 1211 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    420 feet
  3. Public space at United States Trust Public space
    450 feet
Show all 11
  1. Public space at 1166 Sixth Avenue Public space
    460 feet
  2. Public space at 1155 Sixth Avenue Public space
    710 feet
  3. Public space at McGraw-Hill Public space
    760 feet
  4. Public space at 1133 Sixth Avenue Public space
    970 feet
  5. Public space at 1251 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    1,020 feet
  6. Public space at 575 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,190 feet
  7. Public space at Bertelsmann Public space
    1,210 feet
  8. Public space at Millennium Broadway Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Father Francis P. Duffy Statue and Duffy Square Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Hotel Gerard Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. Webster Hotel Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hudson Theater Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. New York Yacht Club Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Harvard Club of New York City Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  4. Lamb's Club Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  5. Association of the Bar of the City of New York Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre Theater or concert hall
    300 feet
  2. Cort Theatre Theater or concert hall · landmark
    530 feet
  3. Belasco Theatre Theater or concert hall
    770 feet
Show all 10
  1. Radio City Music Hall Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Palace Theatre Theater or concert hall
    910 feet
  3. Lyceum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,070 feet
  4. Town Hall Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  5. Lunt Fontanne Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,250 feet
  6. Marquis Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,260 feet
  7. Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys the Virgin Church Landmark · listed historic place
    500 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    470 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 250 places to eat and six 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 47th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.