145th Street is a major crosstown street in the

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neighborhood, in the

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. It is one of the 15 crosstown streets mapped out in the

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that established the numbered street grid in Manhattan. It forms the southern border of the Sugar Hill neighborhood within Harlem.

Description

145th Street starts on the West Side at the

Henry Hudson Parkway The Henry Hudson Parkway is a controlled-access highway, controlled-access Parkways in New York, parkway in New York City. The southern terminus is in Manhattan at 72nd Street (Manhattan), 72nd Street, where the parkway continues south as the We ...

, crossing Riverside Drive,

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, Amsterdam Avenue,

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and

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. The street passes Edgecombe Avenue and Bradhurst Avenue, where 145 Street forms the southern border of

Jackie Robinson Park Jackie Robinson Park (formerly Colonial Park) is a public park in the Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, Hamilton Heights and Harlem neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. The approximately park is bounded by Bradhurst Avenue to the east, 15 ...

. The street continues, crossing

Frederick Douglass Boulevard Eighth Avenue is a major north–south avenue on the west side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic below 59th Street. It is one of the original avenues of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 to run the length of Manhattan, ...

, Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard and

Lenox Avenue Lenox Avenue – also named Malcolm X Boulevard; both names are officially recognized – is the primary north–south route through Harlem in the Upper Manhattan, upper portion of the New York City boroughs of New York City, borough ...

, before crossing over

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and then continuing east as the

145th Street Bridge The 145th Street Bridge is a four-lane swing bridge across the Harlem River in New York City, connecting West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue in Manhattan with East 149th Street and River Avenue in the Bronx. The bridge is operated and maintai ...

into

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Transportation

The Bx19 traverses 145th Street from end-to-end, starting with a loop in

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and heading back to the Bronx over the 145th Street Bridge to the

New York Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...

.Bx19 Bus Timetable
,

New York City Bus MTA Regional Bus Operations (RBO) is the bus operations division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City. The MTA operates local, limited-stop, express, and Select Bus Service ( bus rapid transit) services across the city ...

, effective September 2007. Accessed January 7, 2008. The also serves West 145th Street west of Riverside Drive, including the park. Subway stations are, west to east: * 145th Street serving the route at

* 145th Street serving the routes at

* 145th Street serving the route at

References

Notes

External links

145th STREET, Hamilton Heights
''Forgotten-NY'' Guide to 145th Street

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