TheNew York CityboroughofManhattancontains 214 numbered east–west streets ranging from 1st to 228th, the majority of them designated in theCommissioners' Plan of 1811.These streets do not run exactly east–west, because thegrid planis aligned with theHudson River,rather than with thecardinal directions.Thus, the majority of the Manhattan grid's "west" is approximately 29 degrees north of true west; the angle differs above 155th Street, where the grid initially ended. The grid now covers the length of the island from14th Streetnorth.
All numbered streets carry an East or West prefix – for example, East 10th Street or West 10th Street – which is demarcated atBroadwaybelow8th Street,and atFifth Avenueat 8th Street and above. The numbered streets carry crosstown traffic. In general, but with numerous exceptions, even-numbered streets are one-way eastbound and odd-numbered streets are one-way westbound. Most wider streets, and a few of the narrow ones, carry two-way traffic.
Although the numbered streets begin just north of EastHouston Streetin theEast Village,they generally do not extend west intoGreenwich Village,which already had established, named streets when the grid plan was laid out by theCommissioners' Plan of 1811.Some streets in that area that do continue farther west change direction before reaching the Hudson River.
The highest numbered street on Manhattan Island is 220th Street, butMarble Hillis also within the borough of Manhattan, so the highest street number in the borough is 228th Street. The numbering system continues inthe Bronx,up to 263rd Street, though east ofVan Cortlandt Parkthe system ends at 243rd Street.[1]The lowest numbered street in Manhattan is East 1st Street, which runs throughAlphabet Citynear EastHouston Street.There are also three streets numbered as First, Second and Third Place inBattery Park City.
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edit1st to 7th Streets
editEast 1st Street begins just north of EastHouston StreetatAvenue Aand continues to theBowery.PeretzSquare, a small triangular sliver park where Houston Street, First Street and First Avenue meet marks the spot where the grid takes hold.[2]
East 2nd Street begins just north of East Houston Street atAvenue Cand also continues to the Bowery. The east end of East 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th streets isAvenue D,with East 6th Street continuing further eastward and connecting to theFDR Drive.
The west end of most of these streets is the Bowery andThird Avenue,except for 3rd Street (formerly Amity Place), which continues toSixth Avenue;and 4th Street, which extends west and then north to 13th Street inGreenwich Village.Great Jones Streetconnects East 3rd to West 3rd.
East 5th Street goes west to Cooper Square, but is interrupted between Avenues B and C by The Earth School and Public School 364, and between First Avenue and Avenue A by the Village View Apartments.
East 6th Street contains manyIndian restaurantsbetweenFirstandSecond Avenues[3]and is sometimes known asCurry Row.
Lengths of streets
editStreet | Start | End | Length |
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1st Street | Avenue A/E Houston Street | Bowery | 0.37 mi (0.6 km) |
2nd Street | Avenue D/E Houston Street | Bowery | 0.81 mi (1.3 km) |
3rd Street | Avenue D | Bowery | 0.81 mi (1.3 km) |
4th Street | Avenue D | W 13th Street | 1.9 mi (3.1 km) |
5th Street | Avenue D | Cooper Square/Third Avenue | 0.62 mi (1 km) |
6th Street | FDR Drive | Cooper Square/Third Avenue | 0.93 mi (1.5 km) |
7th Street | Avenue D | Third Avenue | 0.81 mi (1.3 km) |
8th and 9th streets
edit8th and 9th streets run parallel to each other, beginning at Avenue D, interrupted byTompkins Square ParkatAvenue B,resuming at Avenue A and continuing to Sixth Avenue. West 8th Street is an important local shopping street. 8th Street between Avenue A and Third Avenue is called St Mark's Place, but it is counted in the length below.
TheM8bus route operates eastbound on 8th Street and westbound on 9th Street between Avenue A and Sixth Avenue. 8th Street has one subway station:Eighth Street–New York University,served by theN,RandWTrains. (Nlate nights and weekends,Rall times except late nights, andWall times except late nights and weekends.)
Lengths of streets
editStreet | Start | End | Length |
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8th Street | Avenue D | Sixth Avenue | 1.2 mi (2 km) |
9th Street | Avenue D | Sixth Avenue | 1.2 mi (2 km) |
10th to 13th streets
editAmos, Hammond, and Troy Streets were in the Greenwich Village street grid before 1811. In the middle 19th century they were renamed as the western parts of West 10th, 11th and 12th Streets, respectively.[4]
10th Street(40°44′03″N74°00′11″W/ 40.7342580°N 74.0029670°W) begins at theFDR DriveandAvenue C.West ofSixth Avenue,it turns southward about 40 degrees to join theGreenwich Villagestreet grid and continue toWest Streeton theHudson River.BecauseWest 4th Streetturns northward at Sixth Avenue, it intersects 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th streets in theWest Village.TheM8bus operates on 10th Street in both directions betweenAvenue DandAvenue A,and eastbound between West Street and Sixth Avenue. 10th Street has an eastbound bike lane from West Street to theEast River.In 2009, the two-way section of 10th Street between Avenue A and the East River had bicycle markings andsharrowsinstalled, but it still has no dedicated bike lane. West 10th Street was previously namedAmos Streetfor Charles Christopher Amos, who is also the namesake ofCharles StreetandChristopher Street.[5]The end of West 10th Street toward the Hudson River was once the home of Newgate Prison, New York City's first prison and the United States' second.
11th Streetis in two parts. It is interrupted by the block containingGrace ChurchbetweenBroadwayandFourth Avenue.East 11th Street runs from Fourth Avenue to Avenue C and runs pastWebster Hall.West 11th Street runs from Broadway to West Street. 11th Street and Sixth Avenue was the location of theOld Grapevinetavern from the 1700s to its demolition in the early 20th century. 12th Streetis in two parts. Traffic on most of 12th Street runs from west to east. The first segment of West 12th Street runs southwest to northeast from West Street to Greenwich Street, then turns straight west to east. At Fifth Avenue, West 12th Street becomes East 12th Street, and ends at Avenue C. One block of 12th Street is for pedestrians only and resumes at Szold Place, which runs from north to south toward 10th Street as a continuation of the flow of traffic from East 12th Street which runs east to west from Avenue D to Szold Place.
Additionally,Little West 12th Streetruns parallel to West 13th Street from West Street to the northeast corner of Ninth Avenue and Gansevoort Street.
13th Streetis in three parts. The first runs from Avenue C to Avenue D. The second starts at a dead end, just before Avenue B, and runs to Greenwich Avenue, and the third part is fromEighth AvenuetoTenth Avenue.
Lengths of 10th to 13th streets
editStreet | Start | End | Length |
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10th Street | FDR Drive | West Street | 2.1 mi (3.4 km) |
11th Street | Avenue C | West Street | 1.7 mi (2.8 km) |
12th Street | Avenue C | West Street | 1.9 mi (3.1 km) |
13th Street | Avenue C | Avenue D | 0.19 mi (0.3 km) |
13th Street | dead end (Av B) | Tenth Avenue | 1.9 mi (3 km) |
14th Street
edit14th Street is a main numbered street in Manhattan. It begins at Avenue C and ends at West Street. Its length is 3.4 km (2.1 mi). It has six subway stations:
- First Avenue(Ltrain)
- Third Avenue(Ltrain)
- 14th Street – Union Square(4,5,6,<6>,L,N,Q,R,and Wtrains)
- 14th Street / Sixth Avenue(1,2,3,Fand<F>,L, andM trains)
- 14th Street – Eighth Avenue(A,C,E, andLtrains)
From Avenue A or Avenue C to West Street there is serviceM14A/Dbus. At 6th Avenue, there is aPATHstop with service toMidtown ManhattanandNew Jersey.
15th Street
editTraffic on 15th Street moves from east to west. The street formerly started at theFDR Drive,but most of the street between the Drive andAvenue Cwas permanently closed, as was the 15th Street exit from the Drive, after theSeptember 11 attacks,due to the presence of theCon EdisonEast River Generating Station there. Only Con Edison personnel have access to the closed portion.
The street is then interrupted byStuyvesant Townfrom Avenue C toFirst Avenue.It then continues toUnion Square East(Park Avenue South) where it is interrupted byUnion SquareIt picks up again at Union Square West, and continues unimpeded toEleventh Avenueat the Hudson River.
Sights along 15th Street include: the southern border ofStuyvesant Square;the landmarked Friends Meeting House and Seminary at Rutherford Place;Irving PlazaatIrving Place;theDaryl Roth Theatrein the landmarked Union Square Savings Bank Building, across the street from theZeckendorf Towersat Union Square East; theGoogle BuildingbetweenEighthandNinthAvenues;Chelsea Market,between Ninth andTenthAvenues; and theHigh Linenear Tenth Avenue.
15th Street is 1.9 mi (3 km) in length.
16th Street
editTraffic on 16th Street moves from west to east. It starts atEleventh Avenueat the Hudson River, and runs until it is interrupted at Union Square West (Broadway) byUnion Square.It picks up again on the other side of the park atUnion Square East(Park Avenue South), but is shortly stopped again byStuyvesant Squarefrom between Second andThirdAvenues (Rutherford Place) to between First andSecondAvenues (Perlman Place). At First Avenue, it is interrupted byStuyvesant Town,and starts up again atAvenue C.It then dead ends between that avenue and theFDR Drive.
Sights on 16th Street include: theHigh LinenearTenth Avenue;Chelsea MarketbetweenNinthand Tenth Avenues; theGoogle BuildingbetweenEighthand Ninth Avenues; the row houses at 5, 7, 9, 17, 19, 21 & 23 West 16th Street betweenFifthandSixthAvenues; theBank of the Metropolisat Union Square West; andSt. George's Churchat Rutherford Place.
16th Street is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) long.
17th to 19th streets
edit17th, 18th and 19th streets start at First Avenue and finish at Eleventh Avenue.
On17th Street(40°44′08″N73°59′12″W/ 40.735532°N 73.986575°W), traffic runs one way along the street, from east to west excepting the stretch between Broadway and Park Avenue South, where traffic runs in both directions.[6]It forms the northern borders of bothUnion Square(betweenBroadwayandPark Avenue South) andStuyvesant Square.ComposerAntonín Dvořák's New York home was located at 327 East 17th Street, near Perlman Place. The house was razed byBeth Israel Medical Centerafter it received approval of a 1991 application to demolish the house and replace it with an AIDS hospice with financing from the photographerRobert Mapplethorpe.[7]TimeMagazine was started at 141 East 17th Street.[8]
18th Street has a local subway stationat the crossing with Seventh Avenue,served by the1(and the2at late nights) on theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.There used to be an18th Streetstation on theIRT Le xing ton Avenue Lineat the crossing withPark Avenue South.This street is home to theIAC Building,designed byFrank Gehry.
19th Street travels west for most of its length, except between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues the travel direction is reversed and traffic flows east.
Lengths of streets
editStreet | Start | End | Length |
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17th Street | First Avenue | Eleventh Avenue | 1.6 mi (2.6 km) |
18th Street | First Avenue | Eleventh Avenue | 1.6 mi (2.6 km) |
19th Street | First Avenue | Eleventh Avenue | 1.6 mi (2.6 km) |
20th to 22nd streets
edit20th Street starts at Avenue C, and 21st and 22nd Streets begin at First Avenue. They all end at Eleventh Avenue. Travel on the last block of the 20th, 21st, and 22nd streets, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, is in the opposite direction than it is on the rest of the respective street. 20th Street is very wide from the Avenue C to First Avenue.
Along the southern perimeter ofGramercy Park,between Gramercy Park East and Gramercy Park West, 20th Street is known as Gramercy Park South.
Between Second and Third Avenues, 21st Street is alternatively known as Police Officer Anthony Sanchez Way.[9]Along the northern perimeter of Gramercy Park, between Gramercy Park East and Gramercy Park West, 21st Street is known as Gramercy Park North.
Lengths of streets
editStreet | Start | End | Length |
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20th Street | FDR Drive | Eleventh Avenue | 1.9 mi (3.1 km) |
21st Street | First Avenue | Eleventh Avenue | 1.7 mi (2.7 km) |
22nd Street | First Avenue | Eleventh Avenue | 1.7 mi (2.7 km) |
23rd Street
edit23rd Street is another main numbered street in Manhattan. It begins at Avenue C/FDR Drive and ends at Eleventh Avenue. Its length is 3.1 km/1.9m. It has two-way travel. On 23rd Street there are five local subway stations providing uptown and downtown service only:
- 23rd Streetat the crossing with Park Avenue South (4,6,and<6>trains) on theIRT Le xing ton Avenue Line
- 23rd Streetat the crossing with Fifth Avenue (N,Q,R,and Wtrains) on theBMT Broadway Line
- 23rd Streetat the crossing with Sixth Avenue (F,<F>,and Mtrains) on theIND Sixth Avenue Line
- 23rd Streetat the crossing with Seventh Avenue (1and 2trains) on theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
- 23rd Streetat the crossing with Eighth Avenue (A,C,and Etrains) on theIND Eighth Avenue Line
Additionally, there is theM23Select Bus Service,running through the length of 23rd Street.
24th to 26th streets
edit24th Street is in three parts. A small portion of 24th Street exists betweenFirst Avenueand East Midtown Plaza ending at a dead end before Second Avenue, a second portion is between East Midtown Plaza andMadison Avenue,ending because ofMadison Square Park.25th Street, which is in three parts, starts atFDR Drive,is a pedestrian plaza betweenThird AvenueandLe xing ton Avenue,and ends at Madison. Then West 24th and 25th streets continue fromFifth AvenuetoEleventh Avenue(25th) orTwelfth Avenue(24th).
26th Street is all in one part and after reaching FDR Drive bends and runs parallel to FDR Drive up to 30th Street.
27th Street
edit27th Streetis a one-way street that runs fromSecond Avenueto theWest Side Highwaywith an interruption betweenEighth AvenueandTenth Avenue.It is most noted for its strip betweenTenthandEleventh Avenues,known asClub Rowbecause it features numerousnightclubsand lounges.[10]
Some of the most notable venues areBungalow 8,Marquee, Suzie Wong, Cain, and Pink Elephant. Since 2011, starting at 530 W. 27th and continuing down almost the entire rest of the block, the former warehouse spaces of clubsTwilo,Guesthouse, Home, Bed, and more have been repurposed by British immersive theater groupPunchdrunkas The McKittrick Hotel, the site of their theatrical experienceSleep No More.
Heading east, 27th Street passes throughChelsea ParkbetweenTenthandNinth Avenues,with theFashion Institute of Technology(FIT) on the corner ofEighth.OnMadison Avenuebetween 26th and 27th streets, on the site of the oldMadison Square Garden,is theNew York Life Building,built in 1928 and designed byCass Gilbert,with a square tower topped by a striking gilded pyramid. Twenty-Seventh Street passes one block north ofMadison Square Parkand culminates atBellevue HospitalonFirst Avenue.The segment of 27th Street east of Second Avenue is apedestrian malland passes throughBellevue South Park.
Lengths of streets
editStreet | Start | End | Length |
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24th Street | First Avenue | Madison Avenue | 0.56 mi (0.9 km) |
24th Street | Fifth Avenue | Twelfth Avenue | 1.2 mi (1.9 km) |
25th Street | FDR Drive | Madison Avenue | 0.75 mi (1.2 km) |
25th Street | Fifth Avenue | Eleventh Avenue | 1.1 mi (1.7 km) |
26th Street | 30th Street/FDR Drive | Twelfth Avenue | 2.2 mi (3.5 km) |
27th Street | Second Avenue | Eighth Avenue | 1.1 mi (1.7 km) |
27th Street | Ninth Avenue | Twelfth Avenue | 0.50 mi (0.8 km) |
28th Street
editThere are three local subway stations on 28th Street:
- 28th Street(4,6,and<6>trains) on theIRT Le xing ton Avenue LineatPark Avenue South
- 28th Street(N,R,andWtrains) theBMT Broadway LineatBroadway
- 28th Street(1and 2trains) on theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue LineatSeventh Avenue
Also:
- The former 28th Street station onPATHatSixth Avenue
30th Street
edit30th Street runs uninterrupted across the island from 12th Avenue to FDR Drive. It is the southern terminus ofDyer Avenueand thus also of theLincoln Tunnel's eastern approach. There is also an elevator with access to theHigh Lineon the West Side.Tisch Hospitalis bounded on the south by 30th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive.
31st and 32nd streets
edit31st Street begins on theWest Sideat theWest Side Yard,while 32nd Street, which includes a segment officially known asKorea WaybetweenFifth AvenueandBroadwayinManhattan's Koreatown,begins at the entrance toPenn StationandMadison Square Garden.On theEast Side,both streets end atSecond AvenueatKips Bay TowersandNYU Medical Centerwhich occupy the area between 30th and 34th streets. The Catholic church ofSt. Francis of Assisiis situated at 135–139 West 31st Street. At 210 West is the Capuchin Monastery of St. John the Baptist, part ofSt. John the Baptist Churchon 30th Street. At the corner of Broadway and West 31st Street is theGrand Hotel.The formerHotel Pierrepontwas located at 43 West 32nd Street,The Continental NYCtower is at the corner ofSixth Avenueand 32nd Street.29 East 32nd Streetwas the location of the first building owned by theGrolier Clubbetween 1890 and 1917.
33rd Street
edit33rd Street runs uninterrupted from First Avenue to Seventh Avenue where it turns into a pedestrian road for a quarter of a block and turns back into a street. Then it runs the rest of the way to 12th Avenue. It runs on the north side ofHudson Yardsand the south side of theEmpire State Building.
34th Street
edit35th Street
edit35th Street runs from FDR Drive to Eleventh Avenue. Notable locations includeEast River Ferry,Mercy UniversityManhattan Campus, and theJacob K. Javits Convention Center.
36th to 39th streets
edit36th Street runs from the FDR Drive to Eleventh Avenue. It runs on the south side of theQueens–Midtown Tunnel'sManhattan entrance/exit and over theLincoln Tunnel'sManhattan entrance/exit. Notable locations on 36th Street are theAmerican Copper Buildings,Sniffen Court,The Morgan Library & Museum,Gotham Hall, and theJavits Center.
37th Street runs from the FDR Drive to Eleventh Avenue. It runs on the north side of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel's Manhattan entrance/exit and over the Lincoln Tunnel's Manhattan entrance/exit. Notable locations on 37th Street are the Corinthian, theMorgan Library & Museum,Gotham Hall, and theJavits Center.
38th Street runs from FDR Drive to Eleventh Avenue. It runs on the south side of theLincoln Tunnel'sManhattan entrance/exit. Notable Locations on 38th Street areThe Corinthian,The Town House Hotel,425 Fifth Avenue,and the Javits Center.
39th Street runs from First Avenue to Eleventh Avenue. It runs over the Lincoln Tunnel's Manhattan entrance/exit. A notable location on 39th Street is the Astro's Dog Run.
40th to 57th streets
editA portion of West 46th Street betweenEighthandNinthAvenues is nicknamedRestaurant Row,after the number of restaurants located along its length.[11]MayorJohn Lindsayhad designated the street as Restaurant Row in 1973, honoring 16 restaurants on the block.[12]
58th Street
editA section of East 58th Street (40°45′40.3″N73°57′56.9″W/ 40.761194°N 73.965806°W) between Le xing ton and Second Avenues is known asDesigners' Wayand features a number of high-end interior design and decoration establishments.
59th Street
edit61st Street
editTheMount Vernon Hotel Museum,one of only eight surviving pre-1800 buildings in Manhattan, is located at 421 East 61st Street.The Pierre,a luxury hotel opened in 1930, is at 2 East 61st Street, at the intersection withFifth Avenue.The Gateway School,an independent school for children aged 5 to 14 with learning disabilities, is located at 211 West 61st Street. TheConsulate-General of Russia in New York Citywas opened at 7–9 East 61st Street in 1933 and closed in 1948.
66th Street
edit72nd Street
edit73rd Street
edit74th Street
edit77th and 78th streets
editEast 77th and 78th streets run normally west ofYork Avenue,but east of York Avenue, 77th runs east, and 78th runs west, to accommodate the Pavilion at 500 East 77th. TheFDR Drivehas an exit at 78th and an entrance at 79th. At the corner of 77th and York, on which sitsPS 158,pedestrians cross 77th on red and wait on the green on the east side of York.
79th Street
edit80th Street
editAs with all of Manhattan's numbered streets from 60th to 109th Street, 80th Street is divided by Central Park into eastern and western sections. Traffic on 80th Street, on both sides of the park, runs west to east.
West 80th Street begins atRiverside Driveon theUpper West Side,then passesWest End Avenue,Broadway,andAmsterdam Avenue,then stops atColumbus Avenuewhen it reaches the grounds on theAmerican Museum of Natural History.
Significant buildings on West 80th Street include those in the Riverside Drive–West 80th–81st Street Historic District, on both sides of the street's block between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue, such as the "Gothicesque" row houses at 307–317 West 80th Street designed by Charles H. Israels, and those at 319–323 West 80th Street designed byClarence F. True.True also designed the "vaguely Georgian" 328 West 80th Street on the same block, which also contains George F. Pelham II's 411 West End Avenue, anArt Decoapartment building.[13]
East 80th Street begins atFifth Avenueon theUpper East Sideand continues pastMadison,Park,Le xing ton,andThird,where it enters the section of the Upper East Side calledYorkville.It then continues pastSecond,First,YorkandEast EndAvenues before dead-ending at theFDR Drive.
Significant buildings on East 80th Street include theAmerican Irish Historical Societyat 991 Fifth Avenue; the houses of Franklyn and Edna Woolworth and her two sisters at 2, 4, and 6 East 80th Street, built byF. W. Woolworthand designed byC. P. H. Gilbert;thepostmodern45 East 80th Street at Madison Avenue, designed by Liebman Liebman & Associates; the raw concrete 1967 Manhattan Church of Christ byEggers & Higgins;52 East 80th Street between Madison and Park, built in the 1890s.[14]
Also on East 80th Street are a number of houses between Park and Le xing ton, collectively referred to as theEast 80th Street Houses,which are listed as such on theNational Register of Historic Places,although they are separately designated as landmarks by theNew York City Landmarks Preservation Commission:the Lewis Spencer and Emily Coster Morris House at 116 East 80th Street built in 1922–23 and designed byCross & Cross;the George and Martha Whitney House at #120, built in 1929–30 and designed by the same firm; 124 East 80th Street, the neo-Georgian Clarence and Anne Douglas Dillon House of 1930, designed byMott B. Schmidt;and the same designer'sVincentand Helen Astor House at #130, built in 1927–28 and now theJunior League of the City of New York.At 1157 Le xing ton Avenue is the 1932Unitarian Church of All Souls,designed by Robert Upjohn.
In Yorktown, the c.1890 Hungarian Baptist Church is located at 225 East 80th between Second and Third Avenues; and theCity University of New Yorkadministration building, which was originally theWelfare IslandDispensary, and then theNew York City Board of Higher Education,is at 535 East 80th Street at East End Avenue, built in 1940.[14]
85th Street
edit86th Street
edit89th Street
edit90th Street
edit90th Street is split into two segments. The first segment, West 90th Street begins atRiverside Driveand ends atCentral Park Westor West Drive, when it is open, inCentral Parkon theUpper West Side.The second segment of East 90th Street begins at East Drive, at Engineers Gate ofCentral Park.When East Drive is closed, East 90th Street begins atFifth Avenueon the Upper East Side and curves to the right at theFDR DrivebecomingEast End Avenue.Our Lady of Good Counsel Church,is located on East 90th Street betweenThird AvenueandSecond Avenue,across the street from Ruppert Towers (1601 and 1619 Third Avenue) and Ruppert Park. Asphalt Green, which is located on East 90th Street betweenYork AvenueandEast End Avenue.
93rd Street
edit96th Street
edit97th Street
edit97th Streetis the site of thePark Avenue Tunneland the northernmost transverse ofCentral Park.Metropolitan Hospital Centeris located atFirst Avenue,and theIslamic Cultural Center of New York,the oldest mosque in New York City, is located atThird Avenue.The street hosts a year-round farmer's market Fridays mornings betweenColumbus AvenueandAmsterdam Avenue.
110th Street
edit112th Street
edit112th Streetstarts inMorningside Heightsand runs fromRiverside DrivetoAmsterdam Avenue,where it meets the steps of theCathedral of St. John the Divine.The street resumes at the eastern edge ofMorningside Parkand extends throughHarlembefore ending atFirst AvenueadjacentThomas Jefferson ParkinEast Harlem.Notable locations include:
- The exterior ofTom's Restaurant,located at the corner of 112th Street andBroadwayinMorningside Heights,was routinely used for transitions in the popular 1990s sitcomSeinfeld.The building, which is owned byColumbia University,is also calledArmstrong Hall.Its upper floors houseNASA'sGoddard Institute for Space Studies,theCenter for Climate Systems Research,and offices for theColumbia Business Schoolexecutive education program. PhilosopherJohn Deweyalso lived there.
- Theaxisof theCathedral of St. John the Divineis aligned with 112th Street. The street is interrupted by the cathedral'swest frontat Amsterdam Avenue, and the iconiceast endof the cathedral looms over the street's path where it continues through central Harlem at a lower elevation, east of Morningside Park.
- A monument toSamuel J. Tilden,the 25th New York governor and Democratic presidential candidate in 1876, stands at the foot of 112th Street along Riverside Drive.
114th Street
edit114th Streetmarks the southern boundary ofColumbia University's Morningside Heights Campus and is the location ofButler Library,which is the university's largest.
Above 114th Street betweenAmsterdam AvenueandMorningside Drive,there is a private indoor pedestrian bridge connecting two buildings on the campus ofMount Sinai Morningside.
116th Street
edit120th Street
edit120th Street(40°48′27″N73°57′18″W/ 40.8076°N 73.9549°W) traverses the neighborhoods ofMorningside Heights,Harlem,andSpanish Harlem.It begins on Riverside Drive at theInterchurch Center.It then runs east between the campuses ofBarnard Collegeand theUnion Theological Seminary,then crossesBroadwayand runs between the campuses ofColumbia UniversityandTeacher's College.The street is interrupted byMorningside Park.It then continues east, eventually running along the southern edge ofMarcus Garvey Park,passing by 58West, the former residence ofMaya Angelou.[15]It then continues through Spanish Harlem; when it crossesPleasant Avenueit becomes a two‑way street and continues nearly to theEast River,where for automobiles, it turns north and becomes Paladino Avenue, and for pedestrians, continues as a bridge acrossFDR Drive.[16]
122nd Street
edit122nd Street(40°48′32″N73°57′14″W/ 40.8088°N 73.9540°W) is divided into three noncontiguous segments,E 122nd Street,W 122nd Street,andW 122nd Street Seminary Row,byMarcus Garvey Memorial ParkandMorningside Park.
E 122nd Streetruns four blocks (2,250 feet (690 m)) west from the intersection ofSecond Avenueand terminates at the intersection ofMadison Avenueat Marcus Garvey Memorial Park. This segment runs inEast Harlemand crosses portions ofThird Avenue,Le xing ton,andPark(Fourth Avenue).
W 122nd Streetruns six blocks (3,280 feet (1,000 m)) west from the intersection of Mount Morris Park West at Marcus Garvey Memorial Park and terminates at the intersection of Morningside Avenue at Morningside Park. This segment runs in the Mount Morris Historical District and crosses portions ofLenox Avenue(Sixth Avenue),Seventh Avenue,Frederick Douglass Boulevard(Eighth Avenue), andManhattan Avenue.
W 122nd Street Seminary Rowruns three blocks (1,500 feet (460 m)) west from the intersection ofAmsterdam Avenue(Tenth Avenue) and terminates at the intersection ofRiverside Drive.East of Amsterdam, Seminary Row bends south along Morningside Park and is resigned asMorningside Drive(Ninth Avenue). Seminary row runs inMorningside Heights,the district surroundingColumbia University,and crosses portions ofBroadwayandClaremont Avenue.
Seminary Rowis named for theUnion Theological Seminaryand theJewish Theological Seminarywhich it touches. Seminary Row also runs by theManhattan School of Music,Riverside Church,Sakura Park,Grant's Tomb,and Morningside Park.
122nd Streetis mentioned in the movieTaxi Driverby main character Travis Bickle as the location where a fellow cab driver is assaulted with a knife. The street and the surrounding neighborhood ofHarlemis then referred to as "Mau MauLand "by another character named Wizard, slang indicating it is a majority black area.
125th Street
editLa Salle Street
editLa Salle Street(40°48′47″N73°57′27″W/ 40.813°N 73.9575°W) is a street inWest Harlemthat runs just two blocks betweenAmsterdam AvenueandClaremont Avenue.West of Convent Avenue, 125th Street was re-routed onto the old Manhattan Avenue. The original 125th Street west of Convent Avenue was swallowed up to make the super-blocks where the low income housing projects now exist. La Salle Street is the only vestige of the original routing.
126th Street
edit17 East 126th Street was the location ofArt Kane's 1958 photograph of contemporary jazz musicians, now known asA Great Day in Harlem,which featured in the 2004Steven SpielbergfilmThe Terminal.[17]
127th Street
editPublic School 154 "Harriet Tubman"andPublic School 157
130th Street
edit132nd Street
edit132nd Street(40°48′52″N73°56′53″W/ 40.814583°N 73.947944°W) runs east–west aboveCentral Parkand is located inHarlemjust south ofHamilton Heights.The main portion of 132nd Street runs eastbound fromFrederick Douglass Boulevardto the northern end ofPark Avenue,where there is a southbound exit from/entrance to theHarlem River Drive.After an interruption fromSt. Nicholas ParkandCity College,there is another small stretch of West 132nd Street betweenBroadwayandTwelfth Avenue
The 132nd StreetCommunity Gardenis located on 132nd Street betweenAdam Clayton Powell Jr. BoulevardandMalcolm X Boulevard.In 1997, the lot received a garden makeover; theBorough President's office funded the installation of a $100,000 water distribution system that keeps the wide variety of trees green. The garden also holds a goldfish pond and several benches. The spirit of the neighborhood lives in gardens like this one, planted and tended by local residents.
TheManhattanville Bus Depot(formerly known as the132nd Street Bus Depot) is located on West 132nd and 133rd Street between Broadway andRiverside Drivein theManhattanvilleneighborhood.
133rd Street
edit135th Street
editTwo subway stations:
- 135th Streeton theIND Eighth Avenue Line(A,B,and Ctrains) atSt. Nicholas Avenue
- 135th Streeton theIRT Lenox Avenue Line(2and 3trains) atLenox Avenue
Four bus routes:
- TheBx33is the main server, running between Saint Nicholas Avenue and the Madison Avenue Bridge.
- TheM11runs between Riverside Drive and Amsterdam Avenue.
- TheM5runs between Riverside Drive and Broadway.
- The uptownM1runs from Madison to Fifth Avenues.
137th Street
editOne local subway station:
- 137th Streeton theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line(1train) atBroadway
145th Street
edit148th Street
editOne subway terminal:
155th Street
edit155th Streetis a major crosstown street considered to form the boundary betweenHarlemandWashington Heights.It is the northernmost of the 155 crosstown streets mapped out in theCommissioner's Plan of 1811that established the numbered street grid in Manhattan.[18]
155th Street starts on the West Side atRiverside Drive,crossingBroadway,Amsterdam AvenueandSt. Nicholas Avenue.At St. Nicholas Place, the terrain drops off steeply, and 155th Street is carried on a 1,600-foot (490 m) longviaduct,aCity Landmarkconstructed in 1893, that slopes down towards theHarlem River,continuing onto theMacombs Dam Bridge,crossing over (but not intersecting with) theHarlem River Drive.[19]A separate, unconnected section of 155th Street runs under the viaduct, connecting Bradhurst Avenue and the Harlem River Drive.
The New York City Subway serves 155th Street on theIND Eighth AvenueandConcourse Lines.Notable points include:
- Highbridge Park,situated on the banks of the Harlem River near the northernmost tip of Manhattan, between 155th Street andDyckman Street.[20]
- Polo Grounds,the final incarnation of the famed stadium was located at was then Eighth Avenue from 1911 to 1963. Over its life, it was home of theNew York Giants(1911–1957),New York Yankees(1913–1922) andNew York Mets(1962–1963) baseball franchises, and theNew York Giants(1925–1955) andNew York Jets(1960–1963) football teams.
- Rucker Park,located atFrederick Douglass Boulevard,Rucker Park is one of the premier havens ofstreetball,and its summer league has been the launching point for many NBA players.[21]
- Hispanic Society of America,Museum of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American art and artifacts, as well as a rare books and manuscripts and research library, located atAudubon Terrace.
- Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum,on the south side of 155th between Broadway and Riverside Drive.
157th Street
editOne local subway station:
- 157th Streeton theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line(1train) atBroadway
- TheDuke Ellington Houseis located at 157th Street andSt. Nicholas Avenue.
163rd Street
editOne local subway station:
- 163rd Streeton theIND Eighth Avenue Line(Aand Ctrains) atSt. Nicholas AvenueandAmsterdam Avenue
168th Street
editA station complex with platforms for two subway lines:
- 168th Streeton theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line(1train) atBroadway
- 168th Streeton theIND Eighth Avenue Line(Aand Ctrains) atSt. Nicholas Avenue
175th Street
editOne local subway station:
- 175th Streeton theIND Eighth Avenue Line(Atrain) atFort Washington Avenue
181st Street
edit181st Street(40°50′50″N73°55′44″W/ 40.84722°N 73.92889°W) is a major thoroughfare running through theWashington Heightsneighborhood. It runs from theWashington Bridgein the east, to theHenry Hudson Parkwayin the west, near theGeorge Washington Bridgeand theHudson River.The west end is calledPlaza Lafayette.
West ofFort Washington Avenue,181st Street is largely residential, borderingHudson Heightsand having a few shops to serve the local residents. East of Fort Washington Avenue, the street becomes increasingly commercial, becoming dominated entirely by retail stores where the street reachesBroadwayand continues as such until reaching theHarlem River.It is the area's major shopping district.
181st Street is served by twoNew York City Subwaylines; there is a181st Streetstation atFort Washington Avenueon theIND Eighth Avenue Line(Atrain) and a181st Streetstation atSt. Nicholas Avenueon theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line(1train). The stations are about 500 metres (550 yd) from each other and are not connected. TheGeorge Washington Bridge Bus Terminalis a couple of blocks south on Fort Washington Avenue. 181st Street is also the last south/west exit in New York on theTrans-Manhattan Expressway(I-95), just before crossing the George Washington Bridge toNew Jersey.[22]
187th Street
edit187th StreetcrossesWashington Heights,running from Laurel Hill Terrace in the east to Chittenden Avenue in the west near theGeorge Washington Bridgeand overlooking theWest Side Highwayand theHudson River.The street is interrupted by a long set of stairs between Overlook Terrace in theBroadwayvalley andFort Washington Avenue.West of the stairs is a one-block shopping street serving theHudson Heightsneighborhood.[23]
187th Street intersects with, from east to west, Laurel Hill Terrace,Amsterdam Avenue,Audubon Avenue,St. Nicholas Avenue,Wadsworth Avenue,Broadway,Bennett Avenue, Overlook Terrace,Fort Washington Avenue,Pinehurst Avenue,Cabrini Boulevardand Chittenden Avenue.
The many institutions on 187th Street includeMount Sinai Jewish Center,theDombrovShtiebel,and the uptown campus ofYeshiva University.The local public elementary and middle school P.S./M.S. 187 is located on Cabrini Boulevard, just north of 187th Street.[24]
190th Street
editOne local subway station:
- 190th Streeton theIND Eighth Avenue Line(Atrain) atFort Washington Avenue
191st Street
editOne local subway station:
- 191st Streeton theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line(1train) atSt. Nicholas Avenue
194th to 200th streets
editManhattanhas no streets numbered 194th, 195th, 197th, 198th, 199th, or 200th. TheDyckman Streetstation was formerly called "Dyckman Street–200th Street", but there has never been a street in Manhattan with that number.[25]
196th street
editA 196th street does exist, between Broadway and Ellwood Street. It is the only street between what would be 193rd and 201st to have numbered signage.[26]
207th Street
editTwo local subway stations:
- 207th Streetterminal on theIND Eighth Avenue Line(Atrain) atBroadway
- 207th Streeton theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line(1train) atTenth Avenue
TheUniversity Heights Bridge,a swing bridge across theHarlem River,connects the street withFordham Roadin the Bronx.[27]
208th to 210th streets
editWhile 208th Street exists as a small driveway and parking lot located just south of the207th Street Yard,Manhattan has no streets numbered 209th or 210th.
215th Street
editOne local subway station:
- 215th Streeton theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line(1train) atTenth Avenue
221st to 224th streets
editManhattan has no streets numbered 221st, 222nd, 223rd, or 224th, as their theoretical location is taken up by theSpuyten Duyvil Creek.
225th Street
editOne local subway station:
226th Street
editDespite having streets numbered 225th, 227th and 228th in theMarble Hillneighborhood, Manhattan has no street numbered 226th.
228th Street
edit228th Street, located in theMarble Hillneighborhood, is the highest numbered street in Manhattan. The street numbers continue inThe Bronx.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"NYCityMap".
- ^Peretz Square,New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.Retrieved July 12, 2007. "A sliver of Manhattan bounded by Houston Street, First Street and First Avenue, Peretz Square marks the spot where the tangled jumble of lower Manhattan meets the regularity of the Commissioners' Plan street grid."
- ^The Big Apple: Little India (East 6th Street in Manhattan)
- ^"West 12th Street".Forgotten New York.March 12, 2009.RetrievedApril 22,2018.
- ^Feirstein, Sanna (2001).Naming New York: Manhattan Places & How They Got Their Names.New York:New York University Press.p. 85.ISBN978-0-8147-2712-6.
- ^Naureckas, Jim."17th Street: A New York Songline".
- ^Horowitz, Joseph."Music; Czech Composer, American Hero",The New York Times,February 10, 2002. Retrieved November 3, 2007. "IN 1991, the New York City Council was petitioned by Beth Israel Hospital to permit the demolition of a small row house at 327 East 17th Street, once the home of Antonín Dvořák."
- ^From the Magazine | A Letter From The Publisher,April 12, 1943.
- ^"Mayor Giuliani and Police Commissioner Howard Safir Rename Street in Honor of Slain Police Officer Anthony Sanchez".Office of the Mayor of the City of New York.April 24, 1999.RetrievedJune 19,2014.
- ^Ryzik, Melena."Dance Hall Daze",The New York Times,November 5, 2006. Retrieved October 7, 2007. "On my first night out, after a cruise through club row, the area around West 27th Street that is home to cavernous venues like Crobar and dens of exclusivity like Bungalow 8, I hit the Lower East Side."
- ^New York City, Proposed Times Square Hotel UDAG: Environmental Impact Statement.1981. p. 4-7.RetrievedJanuary 26,2023.
- ^"'Restaurant Row' Makes Debut on 46th Street ".The New York Times.October 18, 1973.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedJanuary 26,2023.
- ^White, Norval;Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010).AIA Guide to New York City(5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 363–64.ISBN978-0-19538-386-7.
- ^abWhite, Norval;Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010).AIA Guide to New York City(5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 450–451, 476, 485.ISBN978-0-19538-386-7.
- ^Marino, Vivian (January 29, 2016)."Maya Angelou's Harlem Home for Sale".The New York Times.p. RE2.ISSN0362-4331.Archived from the original on February 12, 2016.
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:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Reimagining the Waterfront: Manhattan's East River Esplanade: 120th Street".New York: Civitas. 2011.Archivedfrom the original on December 13, 2011.
- ^Myers, Marc(November 2, 2018)."A Great Day in Harlem, Revisited".Wall Street Journal.New York.RetrievedDecember 30,2022.
- ^Remarks of the Commissioners for Laying out Streets and Roads in the City of New York, Under the Act of April 3, 1807.Retrieved May 2, 2007. "These streets are all sixty feet wide except fifteen, which are one hundred feet wide, viz.: Numbers fourteen, twenty-three, thirty-four, forty-two, fifty-seven, seventy-two, seventy-nine, eighty-six, ninety-six, one hundred and six, one hundred and sixteen, one hundred and twenty-five, one hundred and thirty-five, one hundred and forty-five, and one hundred and fifty-five—the block or space between them being in general about two hundred feet."
- ^Gray, Christopher."Streetscapes/The 155th Street Viaduct; An Elevated 1893 Roadway With a Lacy Elegance",The New York Times,July 9, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
- ^Highbridge ParkArchivedSeptember 26, 2007, at theWayback Machine,New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.Retrieved November 10, 2007.
- ^Directions to Rucker Park,InsideHoops. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
- ^"NYC DOT – Citywide Congested Corridor Study: West 181st Street, Manhattan".
- ^"Living in the Hudson Heights neighborhood of Manhattan"ArchivedFebruary 5, 2013, atarchive.today,Urban Edge
- ^"Welcome – P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs – M187 – New York City Department of Education".
- ^"200th Street, Manhattan-Bronx".Forgotten New York.February 10, 2016.RetrievedJune 19,2017.
Presently, Manhattan numbered streets skip from West 196th to West 201st, and both of those streets go for one block or less. Manhattan has never had a 200th Street.
- ^"200th Street, Manhattan-Bronx".Forgotten New York.February 10, 2016.RetrievedJune 19,2017.
Presently, Manhattan numbered streets skip from West 196th to West 201st, and both of those streets go for one block or less. Manhattan has never had a 200th Street.
- ^White, Norval;Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010).AIA Guide to New York City(5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 867.ISBN978-0-19538-386-7.