Avenue of the Americas & West 57th Street

Avenue of the Americas and West 57th 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. The statue “General José de San Martín” is 640 feet away, and Central Park is 640 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 27 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 138 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
57 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
6 Av/W 57 St · M5, M7, SIM1C, SIM3 +2
Within a walk
27 places
16 public spaces, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue of the Americas & West 57th 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
    930 feet
    N Q R W
  2. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    1,070 feet
    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 57 St, 60 feet away, for the M5, M7, SIM1C, SIM3 and two more.

  • 66 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 6 Av/W 57 St M5, M7, SIM1C, SIM3 +2
    60 feet
    M5 M7 SIM1C SIM3 SIM3C SIM10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M5 …
  2. M7 …
  3. SIM1C …
  4. SIM3 …
  5. SIM3C …
  6. SIM10 …

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 9 West 57th Street Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    710 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, June 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 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 four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,400 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 1925 and 1963.

Trees

Twelve 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
  • 9 active meters
  • 5 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 (both sides) and West 57th Street (south side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm on West 57th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102913, 102914, 103596, 103597 and 106847.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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 Neoclassical. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1916.

  1. Steinway Hall Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Plaza Hotel Designated landmark
    730 feet
  3. Louis H. Chalif Normal School of Dancing Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Simón Bolívar Statue by Sally Jane Farnham, 1921
    630 feet
  2. General José de San Martín Statue by Louis-Joseph Daumas, 1951
    640 feet
  3. José Julián Martí Statue by Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington, 1965
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 16 public spaces
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 theaters or concert halls
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Cop Cot in Central Park Park feature
    1,000 feet
  3. Grand Army Plaza
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 58 West 58th Street Public space
    320 feet
  2. Public space at 1370 Avenue of the Americas Public space
    440 feet
  3. Public space at 40 West 57th Street Public space
    470 feet
Show all 16
  1. Public space at Le Parker Meridien Hotel Public space
    480 feet
  2. Public space at Metropolitan Tower Public space
    680 feet
  3. Public space at Avenue of the Americas Plaza Public space
    740 feet
  4. Public space at Men's Apparel Public space
    740 feet
  5. Public space at Park Lane Hotel Public space
    760 feet
  6. Public space at Solow Public space
    780 feet
  7. Public space at Alliance Capital Public space
    890 feet
  8. Public space at Carnegie Hall Tower Public space
    940 feet
  9. Public space at Cityspire Public space
    940 feet
  10. Public space at 1330 Sixth Avenue Public space
    970 feet
  11. Public space at 712 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,230 feet
  12. Public space at 888 Seventh Avenue Public space
    1,230 feet
  13. Public space at CBS Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Osborne Apartments Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Alwyn Court Apartments Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Coty Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    100 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 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 138 places to eat and 13 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 57th 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.