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One Jackson Square 122 Greenwich Avenue from west

Greenwich Avenue, formerly Greenwich Lane, is a southeast-northwest avenue located in the

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neighborhood of

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

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. It extends from the intersection of

6th Avenue Sixth Avenue – also known as Avenue of the Americas, although this name is seldom used by New Yorkers, p.24 – is a major thoroughfare in New York City's borough of Manhattan, on which traffic runs northbound, or "uptown". It is commercia ...

and 8th Street at its southeast end to its northwestern end at 8th Avenue between 14th Street and

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. It is sometimes confused with

Greenwich Street Greenwich Street is a north–south street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It extends from the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District at its northernmost end to its southern end at Battery ...

. Construction of West Village Park, bounded by Greenwich Avenue, 7th Avenue, and 12th Street, began in 2016.

Transportation

The subway trains stop on

Sixth Avenue Sixth Avenue – also known as Avenue of the Americas, although this name is seldom used by New Yorkers, p.24 – is a major thoroughfare in New York City's borough of Manhattan, on which traffic runs northbound, or "uptown". It is commercial ...

half a block south of Greenwich Avenue's southeastern end at the West Fourth Street – Washington Square station. The subway trains stop on Seventh Avenue one block north of Greenwich Avenue at the 14th Street station. The subway trains stop on Eighth Avenue and 14th Street half a block north of Greenwich Avenue's northwestern end at the 14th Street – Eighth Avenue station, and the

IND Eighth Avenue Line The IND Eighth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line in New York City, United States, and is part of the B Division of the New York City Subway. Opened in 1932, it was the first line of the Independent Subway System (IND), and the ''Eighth A ...

runs under Greenwich Avenue southeast from here to the next station stop at West Fourth Street – Washington Square station. The Ninth Street PATH train station is located on Ninth Street just north of Greenwich Avenue at Sixth Avenue.

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External links

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Greenwich Avenue: A New York Songline
- virtual walking tour {{Streets of Manhattan Streets in Manhattan