West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue

West 40th Street and Galvin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Engine 34/Ladder 21 firehouse is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S and W. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
Nearest bus stop
1,010 feet
11 Av/W 42 St · M12
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight 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
    0.4 miles
    1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
6 lines
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Downtown
6 lines
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Queens
1 line
  1. 7 …
Hudson Yards
1 line
  1. 7 …
Grand Central
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. 34 St-Hudson Yards 7
    0.4 miles
    7

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 11 Av/W 42 St, 1,010 feet away, for the M12.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 11 Av/W 42 St M12
    1,010 feet
    M12

Next buses at this stop

  1. M12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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. 11 Ave & W 41 St 55 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

A ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel starts at this corner.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2023

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)
Chelsea-Hudson Yards

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 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 2003 and 2013.

Since 2014 at least 575 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school
  • 1 theater or concert hall
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Hudson Yards School
    400 feet
  2. Training Solutions Trade or language school
    760 feet
  3. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Little Shubert Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Croatian Church NY Sts Cyril & Methodius & St Raphael RCC House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Metro Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 34/Ladder 21 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Sunac Natural Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    850 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Hudson Yards Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Galvin Avenue, Lincoln Tunnel or West 40th Street.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.