West 42nd Street & Dyer Avenue

West 42nd Street and Dyer Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 61 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Little Shubert Theatre is 140 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 20 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 91 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
61 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Term
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
W 42 St/9 Av · M42
Within a walk
20 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 42nd 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, 1,260 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
    1,260 feet
    1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
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Queens
1 line
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Hudson Yards
1 line
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Grand Central
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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, 320 feet away, for the M42.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M42 …

Live arrivals

West 42nd Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 40th Street & Galvin Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 401-471 West 42nd Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    350 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 61 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10036
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hell's Kitchen
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 7,400 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 1976 and 2008.

Since 2014 at least 266 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 1 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on West 42nd Street (north side).

East side of Dyer Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 42nd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MIDNIGHT-7AM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY 7AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105603, 106089 and 107117.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Vernacular Greek Revival, and built in 1858.

  1. Actors Studio Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 3 theaters or concert halls
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Training Solutions Trade or language school
    620 feet
  2. The Hudson Guild Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Star A Kidz Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
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  1. Success Academy Charter School - Hudson Yards School
    980 feet
  2. De la Salle Academy School
    1,170 feet
  3. Beacon High School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCaffrey Playground
    830 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. McGraw-Hill Building Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Film Center Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Little Shubert Theatre Theater or concert hall
    140 feet
  2. Playwrights Horizons Theater Theater or concert hall
    170 feet
  3. Westside Theatre Theater or concert hall
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Metro Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Holy Cross Church House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Croatian Church NY Sts Cyril & Methodius & St Raphael RCC House of worship
    890 feet
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  1. Crossroads 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Square Post Station Post office
    730 feet
  2. Older adult center at 331 West 42nd Street Older adult center
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 1 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    350 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Sunac Natural Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Amish Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 91 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dyer Avenue or West 42nd 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.