Avenue of the Americas & West 56th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 56th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Louis H. Chalif Normal School of Dancing, one of 15 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 57 St, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 149 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
57 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
6 Av/W 56 St · QM10, QM12, QM24
Within a walk
33 places
21 public spaces, 3 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 56th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 57 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 57 St M
    80 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. M …
Downtown
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. 57 St-7 Av N, Q, R, W
    1,100 feet
    N Q R W
  2. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    N R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Metropolitan Faces” (2019) by Alex Katz at the 57 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 6 Av/W 56 St, 60 feet away, for the QM10, QM12 and QM24.

  • 70 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 56 St QM10, QM12, QM24 · Shelter
    60 feet
    QM10 QM12 QM24
    Shelter

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.

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 56 St & 6 Ave 54 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 51 West 56th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    310 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4 and 6 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,300 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 1926 and 1963.

Trees

Thirteen 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
  • 8 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 56th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102914, 104456 and 107068.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 15 Individual Landmarks, and 17 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical. They were mostly built between 1896 and 1924.

  1. Steinway Hall Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Rockefeller Apartments Designated landmark
    650 feet
  3. Louis H. Chalif Normal School of Dancing Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 21 public spaces
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 theaters or concert halls
  • 1 museum
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lia Schorr Inst of Cosmetic (The) Trade or language school
    430 feet
  2. The Business, Finance and Managemen Trade or language school
    460 feet
  3. John Robert Powers School Trade or language school
    760 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Cop Cot in Central Park Park feature
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1370 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    160 feet
  2. Public space at Le Parker Meridien Hotel Public space
    400 feet
  3. Public space at Avenue of the Americas Plaza Public space
    460 feet
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  1. Public space at Men's Apparel Public space
    460 feet
  2. Public space at 40 West 57th Street Public space
    500 feet
  3. Public space at Alliance Capital Public space
    610 feet
  4. Public space at 58 West 58th Street Public space
    610 feet
  5. Public space at Cityspire Public space
    660 feet
  6. Public space at 1330 Sixth Avenue Public space
    690 feet
  7. Public space at Metropolitan Tower Public space
    740 feet
  8. Public space at 712 Fifth Avenue Public space
    940 feet
  9. Public space at CBS Public space
    980 feet
  10. Public space at Park Lane Hotel Public space
    1,050 feet
  11. Public space at Solow Public space
    1,060 feet
  12. Public space at London Hotel Public space
    1,070 feet
  13. Public space at 888 Seventh Avenue Public space
    1,110 feet
  14. Public space at 1301 Sixth Avenue Public space
    1,180 feet
  15. Public space at Trump Tower Public space
    1,180 feet
  16. Public space at 1325 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    1,210 feet
  17. Public space at Carnegie Hall Tower Public space
    1,220 feet
  18. Public space at Museum of Modern Art Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coty Building Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Residences at 5-15 West 54th Street Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Museum
    1,290 feet
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  1. University Club Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. NYC Center Theater Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Carnegie Hall Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 5 Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    280 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Columbus Circle Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 149 places to eat and 13 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 56th 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.