West 51st Street & Rockefeller Plaza

West 51st Street and Rockefeller Plaza meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Esso Building, one of 23 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 120 feet away, and the Paley Center for Media is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr, is about three minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them listed historic places, and 165 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr
850 feet · 3 min on foot · B, D, F, M
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
5 Av/W 51 St · BxM11, SIM10, SIM31
Within a walk
26 places
9 public spaces, 7 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 51st Street & Rockefeller Plaza Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B, D, F, M
    850 feet
    B D F M

Next trains at this station

Uptown
4 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
  3. F …
  4. M …
Downtown
4 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
  3. F …
  4. M …

Also within a walk

  1. 5 Av/53 St E, F
    1,010 feet
    E F
  2. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.4 miles
    6 E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/W 51 St, 390 feet away, for the BxM11, SIM10 and SIM31.

  • 69 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 51 St BxM11, SIM10, SIM31
    390 feet
    BxM11 SIM10 SIM31

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM11 …
  2. SIM10 …
  3. SIM31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on West 51st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 51 St & Rockefeller Plaza 51 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 140 West 51st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10020
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 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 1973 and 2012.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of West 51st Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 7 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 7 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 23 Individual Landmarks, and 25 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Art Deco. They were mostly built between 1922 and 1937.

  1. Esso Building Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Associated Press Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  3. International Building Designated landmark
    200 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Volunteers of Amer - Greater NY Preschool
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Olympic Tower Public space
    580 feet
  2. Public space at 650 Fifth Avenue Public space
    700 feet
  3. Public space at Saks Tower Public space
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at New York Palace Hotel Public space
    1,000 feet
  2. Public space at Harpercollins Public space
    1,030 feet
  3. Public space at Painewebber Public space
    1,030 feet
  4. Public space at CBS Public space
    1,180 feet
  5. Public space at 1301 Sixth Avenue Public space
    1,290 feet
  6. Public space at 40 East 52nd Street Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Women's National Republican Club Listed historic place
    180 feet
  2. The Paley Center for Media Museum
    340 feet
  3. Atlas Statue Monument or memorial
    350 feet
Show all 9
  1. Houses at 647 and 651-653 Fifth Avenue, and 4 East 52nd Street Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Look Building Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Villard Houses Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  4. Charles Sons Scribner's Building Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  5. New York Bible Society Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  6. William H. Moore House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Radio City Music Hall Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Patrick's Cathedral Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. St Thomas Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rockefeller Center Post Office Listed historic place
    550 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    680 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    230 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    990 feet
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 165 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rockefeller Plaza or West 51st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.