The
New York City
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borough
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History
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Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of co ...
contains 214 numbered east–west streets ranging from 1st to 228th, the majority of them designated in the
Commissioners' Plan of 1811. These streets do not run exactly east–west, because the
grid plan is aligned with the
Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between Ne ...
, rather than with the
cardinal 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 from
14th Street north.
All numbered streets carry an East or West prefix – for example, East 10th Street or West 10th Street – which is demarcated at
Broadway below
8th Street, and at
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 populatio ...
at 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 East
Houston Street in the
East Village, they generally do not extend west into
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village ( , , ) is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Greenwich Village ...
, which already had established, named streets when the grid plan was laid out by the
Commissioners' 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, but
Marble Hill is also within the borough of Manhattan, so the highest street number in the borough is 228th Street. The numbering system continues in
the Bronx
The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New ...
, up to 263rd Street, though east of
Van Cortlandt Park the system ends at 243rd Street. The lowest numbered street in Manhattan is East 1st Street, which runs through
Alphabet City near East
Houston Street. There are also three streets numbered as First, Second and Third Place in
Battery Park City.
Details
1st to 7th Streets
East 1st Street begins just north of East
Houston Street at
Avenue A and continues to the
Bowery
The Bowery () is a street and neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The street runs from Chatham Square at Park Row, Worth Street, and Mott Street in the south to Cooper Square at 4th Street in the north.Jackson, Kenneth L. ...
.
Peretz Square, a small triangular sliver park where Houston Street, First Street and First Avenue meet marks the spot where the grid takes hold.
East 2nd Street begins just north of East Houston Street at
Avenue C and also continues to the Bowery. The east end of East 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th Streets is
Avenue D, with East 6th Street continuing further eastward and connecting to the
FDR Drive.
The west end of most of these streets is the Bowery and
Third Avenue, except for 3rd Street (formerly Amity Place), which continues to
Sixth Avenue; and 4th Street, which extends west and then north to 13th Street in Greenwich Village.
Great Jones Street connects 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 many
Indian restaurants between
First and
Second Avenues and is sometimes known as "
Curry Row."
Lengths of streets
8th and 9th Streets
8th and 9th Streets run parallel to each other, beginning at Avenue D, interrupted by
Tompkins Square Park at
Avenue 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.
The
M8 bus 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 the
N,
R and
W Trains. (
N late nights and weekends,
R all times except late nights, and
W all times except late nights and weekends.)
Lengths of streets
10th to 13th Streets
Amos, 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.
10th Street () begins at the
FDR Drive and
Avenue C. West of
Sixth Avenue, it turns southward about 40 degrees to join the
Greenwich Village
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street grid and continue to
West Street on the
Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between Ne ...
. Because
West 4th Street turns northward at Sixth Avenue, it intersects 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Streets in the
West Village. The
M8 bus operates on 10th Street in both directions between
Avenue D and
Avenue A, and eastbound between West Street and Sixth Avenue. 10th Street has an eastbound bike lane from West Street to the
East River. In 2009, the two-way section of 10th Street between Avenue A and the East River had bicycle markings and
sharrows
A shared lane marking, shared-lane marking, or sharrow is a street marking installed at various locations worldwide, such as New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Spain, and the United States. This marking is placed in the travel lane to indicate where ...
installed, but it still has no dedicated bike lane. West 10th Street was previously named Amos Street for Charles Chistopher Amos, who is also the namesake of
Charles Street and
Christopher Street. 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 Street is in two parts. It is interrupted by the block containing
Grace Church between
Broadway and
Fourth Avenue. East 11th Street runs from Fourth Avenue to Avenue C and runs past
Webster Hall. West 11th Street runs from Broadway to West Street. 11th Street and Sixth Avenue was the location of the
Old Grapevine tavern from the 1700s to its demolition in the early 20th century.
12th Street is 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 Street runs parallel to West 13th Street from West Street to the northeast corner of Ninth Avenue and Gansevoort Street.
13th Street is 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 from
Eighth Avenue to
Tenth Avenue.
Lengths of 10th to 13th Streets
14th Street
14th Street is a main numbered street in Manhattan. It begins at Avenue C and ends at West Street. Its length is . It has six subway stations:
*
First Avenue ()
*
Third Avenue ()
*
14th Street – Union Square ()
*
14th Street / Sixth Avenue ()
*
14th Street – Eighth Avenue ()
From Avenue A or Avenue C to West Street there is service
M14A/D bus. At 6th Avenue there is a PATH stop with service to Midtown Manhattan and New Jersey.
15th Street
Traffic on 15th Street moves from east to west. The street formerly started at the
FDR Drive, but most of the street between the Drive and
Avenue C was permanently closed, as was the 15th Street exit from the Drive, after the
September 11 attacks
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, due to the presence of the
Con Edison East River Generating Station there. Only Con Edison personnel have access to the closed portion.
The street is then interrupted by
Stuyvesant Town from Avenue C to
First Avenue. It then continues to
Union Square East (Park Avenue South) where it is interrupted by
Union Square It picks up again at Union Square West, and continues unimpeded to
Eleventh Avenue at the Hudson River.
Sights along 15th Street include: the southern border of
Stuyvesant Square; the landmarked Friends Meeting House and Seminary at Rutherford Place;
Irving Plaza at
Irving Place; the
Daryl Roth Theatre in the landmarked Union Square Savings Bank Building, across the street from the
Zeckendorf Towers at Union Square East; the
Google Building between
Eighth and
Ninth Avenues;
Chelsea Market, between Ninth and
Tenth Avenues; and the
High Line near Tenth Avenue.
15th Street is in length.
16th Street
Traffic on 16th Street moves from west to east. It starts at
Eleventh Avenue at the Hudson River, and runs until it is interrupted at Union Square West (Broadway) by
Union Square. It picks up again on the other side of the park at
Union Square East (Park Avenue South), but is shortly stopped again by
Stuyvesant Square from between Second and
Third Avenues (Rutherford Place) to between First and
Second Avenues (Perlman Place). At First Avenue, it is interrupted by
Stuyvesant Town, and starts up again at
Avenue C. It then dead ends between that avenue and the
FDR Drive.
Sights on 16th Street include: the
High Line near
Tenth Avenue;
Chelsea Market between
Ninth and Tenth Avenues; the
Google Building between
Eighth and Ninth Avenues; the row houses at 5, 7, 9, 17, 19, 21 & 23 West 16th Street between
Fifth and
Sixth Avenues; the
Bank of the Metropolis at Union Square West; and
St. George's Church at Rutherford Place.
16th Street is long.
17th to 19th Streets
17th, 18th and 19th Streets start at First Avenue and finish at Eleventh Avenue.
On 17th Street (), 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. It forms the northern borders of both
Union Square (between
Broadway and
Park Avenue South) and
Stuyvesant Square. Composer
Antonín Dvořák
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's New York home was located at 327 East 17th Street, near Perlman Place. The house was razed by
Beth Israel Medical Center after it received approval of a 1991 application to demolish the house and replace it with an AIDS hospice with financing from the photographer
Robert Mapplethorpe. ''
Time
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'' Magazine was started at 141 East 17th Street.
18th Street has a local subway station
at the crossing with Seventh Avenue, served by the
1 (and the
2 at late nights) on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
. There used to be an
18th Street 18th Street may refer to:
Los Angeles
* 18th Street gang, an Hispanic street gang
Manhattan, New York City
* 18th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line); a subway station serving the trains
* 18th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line), a ...
station on the
IRT Lexington Avenue Line
The IRT Lexington Avenue Line (also known as the IRT East Side Line and the IRT Lexington–Fourth Avenue Line) is one of the lines of the A Division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Lower Manhattan north to 125th Street in East H ...
at the crossing with
Park Avenue South. This street is home to the
IAC Building
The IAC Building, InterActiveCorp's headquarters located at 555 West 18th Street on the northeast corner of Eleventh Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, is a Frank Gehry-designed building that was completed in 2007. ...
, designed by
Frank 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
20th to 22nd Streets
20th 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 of
Gramercy Park
Gramercy ParkSometimes misspelled as Grammercy () is the name of both a small, fenced-in private park and the surrounding neighborhood that is referred to also as Gramercy, in the New York City borough of Manhattan in New York, United States.
...
, 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. 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
23rd Street
23rd 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 Street at the crossing with Park Avenue South () on the
IRT Lexington Avenue Line
The IRT Lexington Avenue Line (also known as the IRT East Side Line and the IRT Lexington–Fourth Avenue Line) is one of the lines of the A Division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Lower Manhattan north to 125th Street in East H ...
*
23rd Street at the crossing with Fifth Avenue () on the
BMT Broadway Line
The BMT Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division (New York City Subway), B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan. , it is served by four services, all colored : the on the express tracks and the on the local tracks d ...
*
23rd Street at the crossing with Sixth Avenue () on the
IND Sixth Avenue Line
*
23rd Street at the crossing with Seventh Avenue () on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
*
23rd Street at the crossing with Eighth Avenue () on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line
Additionally, there is the
M23 Select Bus Service, running through the length of 23rd Street.
24th to 26th Streets
24th Street is in two parts. 24th Street starts at
First Avenue and it ends at
Madison Avenue, because of
Madison Square Park. 25th Street, which is in three parts, starts at
FDR Drive, is a pedestrian plaza between
Third Avenue and
Lexington Avenue, and ends at Madison. Then West 24th and 25th Streets continue from Fifth Avenue to
Eleventh Avenue (25th) or
Twelfth 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
27th Street is a one-way street that runs from
Second Avenue to the
West Side Highway with an interruption between
Eighth Avenue and
Tenth Avenue. It is most noted for its strip between
Tenth and
Eleventh Avenues, known as Club Row because it features numerous
nightclubs and lounges.
Some of the most notable venues are
Bungalow 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 clubs
Twilo, Guesthouse, Home, Bed, and more have been repurposed by British immersive theater group
Punchdrunk as The McKittrick Hotel, the site of their theatrical experience ''
Sleep No More''.
Heading east, 27th Street passes through
Chelsea Park between
Tenth and
Ninth Avenues, with the
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) on the corner of
Eighth. On
Madison Avenue between 26th and 27th streets, on the site of the old
Madison Square Garden, is the
New York Life Building, built in 1928 and designed by
Cass Gilbert, with a square tower topped by a striking gilded pyramid. Twenty-Seventh Street passes one block north of
Madison Square Park and culminates at
Bellevue Hospital on
First Avenue.
Lengths of streets
28th Street
There are three local subway stations on 28th Street:
*
28th Street () on the
IRT Lexington Avenue Line
The IRT Lexington Avenue Line (also known as the IRT East Side Line and the IRT Lexington–Fourth Avenue Line) is one of the lines of the A Division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Lower Manhattan north to 125th Street in East H ...
at
Park Avenue South
*
28th Street (
N,
R, and
W trains) the
BMT Broadway Line
The BMT Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division (New York City Subway), B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan. , it is served by four services, all colored : the on the express tracks and the on the local tracks d ...
at
Broadway
*
28th Street () on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
at
Seventh Avenue
Also:
*The former 28th Street station on
PATH at
Sixth Avenue
30th Street
30th Street runs uninterrupted across the island from 12th Avenue to FDR Drive. It is the southern terminus of
Dyer Avenue
Dyer Avenue is a short, north-south thoroughfare in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, located between Ninth Avenue and Tenth Avenue. It is primarily used by traffic exiting the Lincoln Tunnel. Dyer Avenue runs bet ...
and thus also of the
Lincoln Tunnel's eastern approach. There is also an elevator with access to the
High Line on the West Side.
Tisch Hospital is bounded on the south by 30th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive.
31st and 32nd Streets
31st Street begins on the
West Side at the
West Side Yard, while 32nd Street, which includes a segment officially known as
Korea Way
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between
Fifth Avenue
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and
Broadway in
Manhattan's Koreatown, begins at the entrance to
Penn Station and
Madison Square Garden. On the
East Side, both streets end at
Second Avenue at
Kips Bay Towers and
NYU Medical Center
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which occupy the area between 30th and 34th Streets. The Catholic church of
St. Francis of Assisi is situated at 135–139 West 31st Street. At 210 West is the Capuchin Monastery of St. John the Baptist, part of
St. John the Baptist Church on 30th Street. At the corner of Broadway and West 31st Street is the
Grand Hotel. The former
Hotel Pierrepont Hotel Pierrepont was an establishment located at 43"Hotel Strangely Robbed", ''The New York Times'', November 28, 1908, pg. 1. West 32nd Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. Completed in 1906, the building was twelv ...
was located at 43 West 32nd Street,
The Continental NYC tower is at the corner of
Sixth Avenue and 32nd Street.
29 East 32nd Street
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was the location of the first building owned by the
Grolier Club between 1890 and 1917.
33rd Street
33rd 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 Twelfth Avenue. It runs on the north side of
Hudson Yards and the south side of the
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from " Empire State", the nickname of the ...
.
34th Street
35th Street
35th Street runs from FDR Drive to Eleventh Avenue. Notable locations include
East River Ferry,
Mercy College Mercy College may refer to:
* Mercy Catholic College, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
* Mercy College (Dublin), Ireland
* Mercy College, Sligo, Ireland
* Mercy College of Detroit, Michigan, since merged with the University of Detroit
* Mer ...
Manhattan Campus, and the
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, commonly known as the Javits Center, is a large convention center on Eleventh Avenue between 34th Street and 38th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by architect James ...
.
36th to 39th Streets
36th Street runs from the FDR Drive to Eleventh Avenue. It runs on the south side of the
Queens–Midtown Tunnel's Manhattan entrance/exit and over the
Lincoln Tunnel's Manhattan entrance/exit. Notable locations on 36th Street are the
American Copper Buildings,
Sniffen Court,
The Morgan Library & Museum, Gotham Hall, and the
Javits 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‘a Manhattan entrance/exit. Notable locations on 37th Street are the Corinthian, the
Morgan Library & Museum
The Morgan Library & Museum, formerly the Pierpont Morgan Library, is a museum and research library in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is situated at 225 Madison Avenue, between 36th Street to the south and 37th ...
, Gotham Hall, and the
Javits Center.
38th Street runs from FDR Drive to Eleventh Avenue. It runs on the south side of the
Lincoln Tunnel's Manhattan entrance/exit. Notable Locations on 38th Street are
The 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
58th Street
A section of East 58th Street () between Lexington and Second Avenues is known as Designers' Way and features a number of high-end interior design and decoration establishments, including
* Architects and Designers (A & D) Building
* Urban Archeology
* Foundry Lighting
* Galerie Van den Akker
* The Brass Center
*
Holly Hunt
*
Poggenpohl
* B & B Italia
59th Street
61st Street
The
Mount 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 with
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 populatio ...
.
The Gateway School, an independent school for children aged 5 to 14 with learning disabilities, is located at 211 West 61st Street. The
Consulate-General of Russia in New York City was opened at 7–9 East 61st Street in 1933 and closed in 1948.
66th Street
72nd Street
73rd Street
74th Street
79th Street
80th Street
As 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 at
Riverside Drive Riverside Drive may refer to:
* Riverside Drive (Lake Elsinore, California)
*Riverside Drive (Los Angeles)
* Riverside Drive (Manhattan)
*Riverside Drive Historic District, Covington, Kentucky
* Riverside Drive (London, Ontario)
* Riverside Drive ( ...
on the
Upper West Side, then passes
West End Avenue,
Broadway, and
Amsterdam Avenue, then stops at
Columbus Avenue when it reaches the grounds on the
American 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 by
Clarence 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, an
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unit ...
apartment building.
East 80th Street begins at
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 populatio ...
on the
Upper East Side and continues past
Madison,
Park,
Lexington, and
Third, where it enters the section of the Upper East Side called
Yorkville. It then continues past
Second,
First,
York
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and
East End
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Avenues before dead-ending at the
FDR Drive.
Significant buildings on East 80th Street include the
American Irish Historical Society at 991 Fifth Avenue; the houses of Franklyn and Edna Woolworth and her two sisters at 2, 4, and 6 East 80th Street, built by
F. W. Woolworth
Frank Winfield Woolworth (April 13, 1852 – April 8, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, the founder of F. W. Woolworth Company, and the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes" (5- and 10-cent stores or dime stores) which feature ...
and designed by
C. P. H. Gilbert; the
postmodern
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45 East 80th Street at Madison Avenue, designed by Liebman Liebman & Associates; the raw concrete 1967 Manhattan Church of Christ by
Eggers & Higgins; 52 East 80th Street between Madison and Park, built in the 1890s.
Also on East 80th Street are a number of houses between Park and Lexington, collectively referred to as the
East 80th Street Houses, which are listed as such on the
National Register of Historic Places
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, although they are separately designated as landmarks by the
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
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: the Lewis Spencer and Emily Coster Morris House at 116 East 80th Street built in 1922–23 and designed by
Cross & 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 by
Mott B. Schmidt
Mott Brooshovft Schmidt (September 2, 1889 – July 22, 1977) was an American architect best known for his buildings in the American Georgian Classical style.
Early life
Schmidt was born in Middletown, New York, on September 2, 1889, and was na ...
; and the same designer's
Vincent
Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer'').
People with the given name Artists
*Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor
*Vincent van Gogh ...
and Helen Astor House at #130, built in 1927–28 and now the
Junior League of the City of New York. At 1157 Lexington Avenue is the 1932
Unitarian 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 the
City University of New York
The City University of New York ( CUNY; , ) is the public university system of New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven senior colleges, seven community colleges and seven pr ...
administration building, which was originally the
Welfare Island Dispensary, and then the
New York City Board of Higher Education, is at 535 East 80th Street at East End Avenue, built in 1940.
85th Street
86th Street
89th Street
90th Street
90th Street is split into two segments. The first segment, West 90th Street begins at
Riverside Drive Riverside Drive may refer to:
* Riverside Drive (Lake Elsinore, California)
*Riverside Drive (Los Angeles)
* Riverside Drive (Manhattan)
*Riverside Drive Historic District, Covington, Kentucky
* Riverside Drive (London, Ontario)
* Riverside Drive ( ...
and ends at
Central Park West or West Drive, when it is open, in
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...
on the
Upper West Side. The second segment of East 90th Street begins at East Drive, at Engineers Gate of
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...
. When East Drive is closed, East 90th Street begins at
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 populatio ...
on the Upper East Side and curves to the right at the
FDR Drive becoming
East End Avenue. Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, is located on East 90th Street between
Third Avenue and
Second Avenue, across the street from Ruppert Towers (1601 and 1619 Third Avenue) and Ruppert Park. Asphalt Green, which is located on East 90th Street between
York Avenue and
East End Avenue.
93rd Street
96th Street
97th Street
97th Street is the site of the
Park Avenue Tunnel and the northernmost transverse of
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...
.
Metropolitan Hospital Center is located at
First Avenue, and the
Islamic Cultural Center of New York, the oldest mosque in New York City, is located at
Third Avenue. The street hosts a year-round farmer's market Fridays mornings between
Columbus Avenue and
Amsterdam Avenue.
110th Street
112th Street
112th Street starts in
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west. Morningside H ...
and runs from
Riverside Drive Riverside Drive may refer to:
* Riverside Drive (Lake Elsinore, California)
*Riverside Drive (Los Angeles)
* Riverside Drive (Manhattan)
*Riverside Drive Historic District, Covington, Kentucky
* Riverside Drive (London, Ontario)
* Riverside Drive ( ...
to
Amsterdam Avenue, where it meets the steps of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine (sometimes referred to as St. John's and also nicknamed St. John the Unfinished) is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. It is at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood ...
. The street resumes at the eastern edge of
Morningside Park and extends through
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Harl ...
before ending at
First Avenue adjacent
Thomas Jefferson Park in
East Harlem
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or and historically known as Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City, roughly encompassing the area north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, F ...
. Notable locations include:
* The exterior of
Tom's Restaurant, located at the corner of 112th Street and
Broadway in
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west. Morningside H ...
, was routinely used for transitions in the popular 1990s sitcom ''
Seinfeld
''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It stars Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld ( ...
''. The building, which is owned by
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...
, is also calle
Armstrong Hall Its upper floors house NASA's
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the
Center for Climate Systems Research, and offices for the
Columbia Business School
Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and is one of the oldest busin ...
executive education program. Philosopher
John Dewey also lived there.
* The
axis of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine (sometimes referred to as St. John's and also nicknamed St. John the Unfinished) is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. It is at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood ...
is aligned with 112th Street. The street is interrupted by the cathedral's
west front at Amsterdam Avenue, and the iconic
east end
The East End of London, often referred to within the London area simply as the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It does not have uni ...
of the cathedral looms over the street's path where it continues through central Harlem at a lower elevation, east of Morningside Park.
* A monument to
Samuel 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
114th Street marks the southern boundary of
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...
's Morningside Heights Campus and is the location of
Butler Library, which is the university's largest.
Above 114th Street between
Amsterdam Avenue and
Morningside Drive, there is a private indoor pedestrian bridge connecting two buildings on the campus of
Mount Sinai Morningside.
116th Street
120th Street
120th Street () traverses the neighborhoods of
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west. Morningside H ...
,
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Harl ...
, and
Spanish Harlem. It begins on Riverside Drive at the
Interchurch Center. It then runs east between the campuses of
Barnard College and the
Union Theological Seminary, then crosses
Broadway and runs between the campuses of
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...
and
Teacher's College. The street is interrupted by
Morningside Park. It then continues east, eventually running along the southern edge of
Marcus Garvey Park, passing by 58West, the former residence of
Maya Angelou.
It then continues through Spanish Harlem; when it crosses
Pleasant Avenue it becomes a two‑way street and continues nearly to the
East River, where for automobiles, it turns north and becomes Paladino Avenue, and for pedestrians, continues as a bridge across
FDR Drive.
122nd Street
122nd Street () is divided into three noncontiguous segments, E 122nd Street, W 122nd Street, and W 122nd Street Seminary Row, by
Marcus Garvey Memorial Park and
Morningside Park.
E 122nd Street runs four blocks () west from the intersection of
Second Avenue and terminates at the intersection of
Madison Avenue at Marcus Garvey Memorial Park. This segment runs in
East Harlem
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or and historically known as Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City, roughly encompassing the area north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, F ...
and crosses portions of
Third Avenue,
Lexington, and
Park (Fourth Avenue).
W 122nd Street runs six blocks () 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 of
Lenox Avenue (Sixth Avenue),
Seventh Avenue,
Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue), and
Manhattan Avenue.
W 122nd Street Seminary Row runs three blocks () west from the intersection of
Amsterdam Avenue (Tenth Avenue) and terminates at the intersection of
Riverside Drive Riverside Drive may refer to:
* Riverside Drive (Lake Elsinore, California)
*Riverside Drive (Los Angeles)
* Riverside Drive (Manhattan)
*Riverside Drive Historic District, Covington, Kentucky
* Riverside Drive (London, Ontario)
* Riverside Drive ( ...
. East of Amsterdam, Seminary Row bends south along Morningside Park and is resigned as
Morningside Drive (Ninth Avenue). Seminary row runs in
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west. Morningside H ...
, the district surrounding
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...
, and crosses portions of
Broadway and
Claremont Avenue.
Seminary Row is named for the
Union Theological Seminary and the
Jewish Theological Seminary which it touches. Seminary Row also runs by the
Manhattan School of Music,
Riverside Church
Riverside Church is an interdenominational church in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on the block bounded by Riverside Drive, Claremont Avenue, 120th Street and 122nd Street near Columbia University's Mornin ...
,
Sakura Park,
Grant's Tomb, and Morningside Park.
122nd Street is mentioned in the movie ''
Taxi Driver'' by main character Travis Bickle as the location where a fellow cab driver is assaulted with a knife. The street and the surrounding neighborhood of
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Harl ...
is then referred to as "
Mau Mau
Mau Mau may refer to:
* The Kenya Land and Freedom Army, a Kenyan anti-colonial force
** The Mau Mau rebellion, uprising in Kenya in the 1950s
* Mau Mau Island or White Island, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City
* Mau Mau (game), a card game ...
Land" by another character named Wizard, slang indicating it is a majority black area.
125th Street
La Salle Street
La Salle Street () is a street in
West Harlem that runs just two blocks between
Amsterdam Avenue and
Claremont 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.
127th Street
Public School 154 "
Harriet Tubman" and
Public School 157
130th Street
132nd Street
132nd Street () runs east–west above
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...
and is located in
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Harl ...
just south of
Hamilton Heights. The main portion of 132nd Street runs eastbound from
Frederick Douglass Boulevard to the northern end of
Park Avenue, where there is a southbound exit from/entrance to the
Harlem River Drive. After an interruption from
St. Nicholas Park
St. Nicholas Park is a public park in Manhattan, New York City, between the neighborhoods of Harlem, Hamilton Heights and Manhattanville. The nearly park is contained by 141st Street to the north, 128th Street to the south, St. Nicholas Terr ...
and
City College City college may refer to:
In the United States
* Community college, a type of educational institution sometimes called a ''junior college'' or a ''city college'' in the United States
* City College of New York
** 137th Street – City College (IR ...
, there is another small stretch of West 132nd Street between
Broadway and
Twelfth Avenue
The 132nd Street
Community Garden is located on 132nd Street between
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
Seventh Avenue – co-named Fashion Avenue in the Garment District and known as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard north of Central Park – is a thoroughfare on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is south ...
and
Malcolm X Boulevard. In 1997, the lot received a garden makeover; the
Borough 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.
The
Manhattanville Bus Depot (formerly known as the 132nd Street Bus Depot) is located on West 132nd and 133rd Street between Broadway and
Riverside Drive Riverside Drive may refer to:
* Riverside Drive (Lake Elsinore, California)
*Riverside Drive (Los Angeles)
* Riverside Drive (Manhattan)
*Riverside Drive Historic District, Covington, Kentucky
* Riverside Drive (London, Ontario)
* Riverside Drive ( ...
in the
Manhattanville
Manhattanville (also known as West Harlem or West Central Harlem) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan bordered on the north by 135th Street; on the south by 122nd and 125th Streets; on the west by Hudson River; and ...
neighborhood.
133rd Street
135th Street
Two subway stations:
*
135th Street on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () at
St. Nicholas Avenue
*
135th Street on the
IRT Lenox Avenue Line
The Lenox Avenue Line is a line of the New York City Subway, part of the A Division, mostly built as part of the first subway line. Located in Manhattan, New York City, it consists of six stations between and , all of which are situated with ...
() at
Lenox Avenue
137th Street
One local subway station:
*
137th Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
() at
Broadway
145th Street
148th Street
One subway terminal:
*
148th Street on the
IRT Lenox Avenue Line
The Lenox Avenue Line is a line of the New York City Subway, part of the A Division, mostly built as part of the first subway line. Located in Manhattan, New York City, it consists of six stations between and , all of which are situated with ...
() at
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
Seventh Avenue – co-named Fashion Avenue in the Garment District and known as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard north of Central Park – is a thoroughfare on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is south ...
155th Street
155th Street is a major crosstown street considered to form the boundary between
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Harl ...
and
Washington Heights. It is the northernmost of the 155 crosstown streets mapped out in the
Commissioner's Plan of 1811
The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the original design for the streets of Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street, which put in place the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots that has defined Manhattan on its march uptow ...
that established the numbered street grid in Manhattan.
155th Street starts on the West Side at
Riverside Drive Riverside Drive may refer to:
* Riverside Drive (Lake Elsinore, California)
*Riverside Drive (Los Angeles)
* Riverside Drive (Manhattan)
*Riverside Drive Historic District, Covington, Kentucky
* Riverside Drive (London, Ontario)
* Riverside Drive ( ...
, crossing
Broadway,
Amsterdam Avenue and
St. Nicholas Avenue. At St. Nicholas Place, the terrain drops off steeply, and 155th Street is carried on a long
viaduct
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide va ...
, a
City Landmark constructed in 1893, that slopes down towards the
Harlem River, continuing onto the
Macombs Dam Bridge
The Macombs Dam Bridge ( ; also Macomb's Dam Bridge) is a swing bridge across the Harlem River in New York City, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. The bridge is operated and maintained by the New York City Department of Trans ...
, crossing over (but not intersecting with) the
Harlem River Drive. 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 the
IND Eighth Avenue and
Concourse Lines. Points of interest include:
*
Highbridge Park, situated on the banks of the Harlem River near the northernmost tip of Manhattan, between 155th Street and
Dyckman Street.
*
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 the
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisio ...
(1911–1957),
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one o ...
(1913–1922) and
New York Mets (1962–1963) baseball franchises, and the
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisio ...
(1925–1955) and
New York Jets (1960–1963) football teams.
*
Rucker Park, located at
Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Rucker Park is one of the premier havens of
streetball, and its summer league has been the launching point for many NBA players.
*
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 at
Audubon Terrace.
*
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, on the south side of 155th between Broadway and Riverside Drive.
157th Street
One local subway station:
*
157th Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
() at
Broadway
*The
Duke Ellington House is located at 157th Street and
St. Nicholas Avenue.
163rd Street
One local subway station:
*
163rd Street on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () at
St. Nicholas Avenue and
Amsterdam Avenue
168th Street
A station complex with platforms for two subway lines:
*
168th Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
() at
Broadway
*
168th Street on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () at
St. Nicholas Avenue
175th Street
One local subway station:
*
175th Street on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () at
Fort Washington Avenue
181st Street
181st Street () is a major thoroughfare running through the
Washington Heights neighborhood. It runs from the
Washington Bridge
The Washington Bridge is a -long arch bridge over the Harlem River in New York City between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. The crossing, opened in 1888, connects 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan, ...
in the east, to the
Henry Hudson Parkway in the west, near the
George Washington Bridge and the
Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between Ne ...
. The west end is called
Plaza Lafayette
Plaza Lafayette is a small, park and surrounding streets in the Hudson Heights neighborhood of Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City. Named after the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, the park is roughly ...
.
West of
Fort Washington Avenue, 181st Street is largely residential, bordering
Hudson Heights and 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 reaches
Broadway and continues as such until reaching the
Harlem River. It is the area's major shopping district.
181st Street is served by two
New York City Subway lines; there is a
181st Street station at
Fort Washington Avenue on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () and a
181st Street station at
St. Nicholas Avenue on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
(). The stations are about from each other and are not connected. The
George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal is a couple of blocks south on Fort Washington Avenue. 181st Street is also the last south/west exit in New York on the
Trans-Manhattan Expressway (
I-95), just before crossing the George Washington Bridge to
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
.
187th Street
187th Street crosses
Washington Heights, running from Laurel Hill Terrace in the east to Chittenden Avenue in the west near the
George Washington Bridge and overlooking the
West Side Highway and the
Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between Ne ...
. The street is interrupted by a long set of stairs between Overlook Terrace in the
Broadway valley and
Fort Washington Avenue. West of the stairs is a one-block shopping street serving the
Hudson Heights neighborhood.
187th Street intersects with, from east to west, Laurel Hill Terrace,
Amsterdam Avenue,
Audubon Avenue
The National Audubon Society (Audubon; ) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such organ ...
,
St. Nicholas Avenue, Wadsworth Avenue,
Broadway, Bennett Avenue, Overlook Terrace,
Fort Washington Avenue, Pinehurst Avenue,
Cabrini Boulevard
Cabrini Boulevard spans the Manhattan neighborhood of Hudson Heights, running from West 177th Street in the south, near the George Washington Bridge, to Fort Tryon Park in the north, along an escarpment of Manhattan schist overlooking th ...
and Chittenden Avenue.
The many institutions on 187th Street include
Mount Sinai Jewish Center
The Mount Sinai Jewish Center (MSJC) is an Orthodox Jewish Ashkenazi congregation in the Washington Heights / Hudson Heights neighborhood, in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
The building's main entrance is at 135 Bennett Avenue at the c ...
, the
Dombrov Shtiebel, and the uptown campus of
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.["About YU]
on the Yeshiva Universi ...
. The local public elementary and middle school P.S./M.S. 187 is located on Cabrini Boulevard, just north of 187th Street.
190th Street
One local subway station:
*
190th Street on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () at
Fort Washington Avenue
191st Street
One local subway station:
*
191st Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
() at
St. Nicholas Avenue
194th to 200th Streets
Manhattan has no streets numbered 194th, 195th, 197th, 198th, 199th, or 200th. The
Dyckman Street station was formerly called "Dyckman Street–200th Street", but there has never been a street in Manhattan with that number.
200th Street, Manhattan-Bronx
Forgotten New York. Retrieved June 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."
207th Street
Two local subway stations:
* 207th Street terminal on the IND Eighth Avenue Line () at Broadway
* 207th Street on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
() at Tenth Avenue
208th to 210th Streets
While 208th Street exists as a small driveway and parking lot located just south of the 207th Street Yard, Manhattan has no streets numbered 209th or 210th.
215th Street
One local subway station:
* 215th Street on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
() at Tenth Avenue
221st to 224th Streets
Manhattan has no streets numbered 221st, 222nd, 223rd, or 224th, as their theoretical location is taken up by the Spuyten Duyvil Creek.
225th Street
One local subway station:
* Marble Hill–225th Street on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatt ...
() at Broadway
226th Street
Despite having streets numbered 225th, 227th and 228th in the Marble Hill neighborhood, Manhattan has no street numbered 226th.
228th Street
228th Street, located in the Marble Hill neighborhood, is the highest numbered street in Manhattan. The street numbers continue in The Bronx
The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New ...
.
See also
*Manhattan address algorithm The Manhattan address algorithm refers to the formulas used to estimate the closest east–west cross street for building numbers on north–south avenues in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
Algorithm
To find the approximate number of the cl ...
* List of eponymous streets in New York City
References
External links
*
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Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of co ...
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of co ...
Manhattan, Numbered
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of co ...