West 40th Street & Dyer Avenue

West 40th Street and Dyer Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Metro Baptist Church is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, is about five minutes on foot, for the 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S and W. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
W 42 St/9 Av · M42
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 3 theaters or concert halls and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 40th Street & Dyer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines at the nearest station
  1. 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

Next trains at this station

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Queens
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Hudson Yards
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Also within a walk

  1. 34 St-Hudson Yards 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 34 St-Penn Station A, C, E
    0.5 miles
    A C E

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists nine works at the Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term station, among them “The Commuter's Lament/A Close Shave” (1991) by Norman B Colp and “New York in Transit” (2001) by Jacob Lawrence.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 42 St/9 Av, 850 feet away, for the M42.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 42 St/9 Av M42 · Countdown sign
    850 feet
    M42
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 42 St & Dyer Ave 33 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 475 West 41st Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    670 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    890 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10018
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hell's Kitchen

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 6,700 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 1976 and 2011.

Since 2014 at least 257 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 40th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 40th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 theaters or concert halls
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. Training Solutions Trade or language school
    280 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Hudson Yards School
    660 feet
Show all 4
  1. Berk Trade & Business School (5001) Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Paddy's Market Historic District Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. McGraw-Hill Building Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Little Shubert Theatre Theater or concert hall
    430 feet
  2. Playwrights Horizons Theater Theater or concert hall
    460 feet
  3. Westside Theatre Theater or concert hall
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Metro Baptist Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Croatian Church NY Sts Cyril & Methodius & St Raphael RCC House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Holy Cross Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Square Post Station Post office
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    890 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Sunac Natural Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    990 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,280 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Hudson Yards Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dyer Avenue or West 40th Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.