West Side Highway & 11th Avenue at West 17th Street

West Side Highway, 11th Avenue and West 17th Street meet at a five-way junction in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hudson River Park is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, 14 St/8 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A, C, E and L. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them parks, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
14 St/8 Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · A, C, E, L
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
11 Av/W 18 St · M14D SBS
Within a walk
10 places
3 parks, 2 public spaces and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Side Highway & 11th Avenue at West 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 14 St/8 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. 14 St/8 Av A, C, E, L
    0.5 miles
    A C E L

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. E …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life Underground” (2001) by Tom Otterness at the 14 St/8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 11 Av/W 18 St, 80 feet away, for the M14D SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 11 Av/W 18 St M14D SBS
    80 feet
    M14D SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 19 St & 11 Ave 61 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel at West 39th Street & Lincoln Tunnel, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 450 West 17th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 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.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10011
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 4
City Council district
3
Police precinct
10
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Chelsea-Hudson Yards

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 2006 and 2017.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 11th Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

North side of West 17th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 17th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 golf course
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chelsea Piers L. P. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  2. Basis Independent Manhattan School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hudson River Park
    70 feet
  2. Chelsea Piers Golf Club Golf course
    310 feet
  3. The High Line Park
    460 feet
Show all 4
  1. 14th Street Park
    740 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at HFZ Plaza Public space
    160 feet
  2. Chelsea Piers Walk Public space
    260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Merchants Refrigerating Company Warehouse Listed historic place
    390 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 11th Avenue, West 17th Street or West Side Highway.

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