The
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
...
of
Manhattan
Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, larg ...
in New York City 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
In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid.
Two inherent characteristics of the grid plan, frequent intersections and orthogon ...
is aligned with the
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
, rather than with the
cardinal direction
The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the four main compass directions: north (N), south (S), east (E), and west (W). The corresponding azimuths ( clockwise horizontal angle from north) are 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°.
The ...
s. 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 thoroughfare in the borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue runs south from 143rd Street (Manhattan), West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The se ...
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
Houston Street ( ) is a major east–west thoroughfare in Lower Manhattan in New York City, New York. It runs the full width of the island of Manhattan, from FDR Drive along the East River in the east to the West Side Highway along the Hudson ...
in the
East Village, they generally do not extend west into
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street (Manhattan), 14th Street to the north, Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the s ...
, 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 the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...
, up to 263rd Street, though east of
Van Cortlandt Park
Van Cortlandt Park is a urban park, park located in the borough (New York City), borough of the Bronx in New York City. Owned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, it is managed with assistance from the Van Cortlandt Park Al ...
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
Battery Park City is a mainly residential planned community and neighborhood on the west side of the southern tip of the island of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by the Hudson River on the west, the Hudson River shoreline on the nor ...
.
Details
1st to 7th Streets

East 1st Street begins just north of East
Houston Street
Houston Street ( ) is a major east–west thoroughfare in Lower Manhattan in New York City, New York. It runs the full width of the island of Manhattan, from FDR Drive along the East River in the east to the West Side Highway along the Hudson ...
at
Avenue A and continues to the
Bowery
The Bowery () is a street and neighbourhood, neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, New York. The street runs from Chatham Square at Park Row (Manhattan), Park Row, Worth Street, and Mott Street in the south to Cooper Square at 4th ...
.
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
Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, as well as in the center portion of the Bronx. Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. It transitions into Cooper Square ...
, except for 3rd Street (formerly Amity Place), which continues to
Sixth Avenue
Sixth Avenue, also known as Avenue of the Americas, is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The avenue is commercial for much of its length, and traffic runs northbound, or uptown.
Sixth Avenue begins four blocks b ...
; and 4th Street, which extends west and then north to 13th Street in
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street (Manhattan), 14th Street to the north, Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the s ...
.
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
Sixth Avenue, also known as Avenue of the Americas, is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The avenue is commercial for much of its length, and traffic runs northbound, or uptown.
Sixth Avenue begins four blocks b ...
, it turns southward about 40 degrees to join the
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street (Manhattan), 14th Street to the north, Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the s ...
street grid and continue to
West Street on the
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
. Because
West 4th Street turns northward at Sixth Avenue, it intersects 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th streets in the
West Village
The West Village is a neighborhood in the western section of the larger Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The West Village is bounded by the Hudson River to the west and 14th Street (Manhattan), 14th Street to ...
. 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
The East River is a saltwater Estuary, tidal estuary or strait in New York City. The waterway, which is not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island, ...
. In 2009, the two-way section of 10th Street between Avenue A and the East River had bicycle markings and
sharrows installed, but it still has no dedicated bike lane. West 10th Street was previously named Amos Street for Charles Christopher 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
Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, as well as in the center portion of the Bronx. Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. It transitions into Cooper Square ...
()
*
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
A path is a route for physical travel – see Trail.
Path or PATH may also refer to:
Physical paths of different types
* Bicycle path
* Bridle path, used by people on horseback
* Course (navigation), the intended path of a vehicle
* Desir ...
stop with service to
Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan, serving as the city's primary central business district. Midtown is home to some of the city's most prominent buildings, including the Empire State Building, the ...
and
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
.
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
The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...
, due to the presence of the
Con Edison
Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison (stylized as conEdison) or ConEd, is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $12 billion in annual revenues as of 2017, and over $62 ...
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
In music, a ninth is a compound interval consisting of an octave plus a second.
Like the second, the interval of a ninth is classified as a dissonance in common practice tonality. Since a ninth is an octave larger than a second, its ...
Avenues;
Chelsea Market, between Ninth and
Tenth Avenues; and the
High Line
The High Line is a elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Op ...
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
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system
Places
* 3rd Street (di ...
Avenues (Rutherford Place) to between First and
Second
The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of U ...
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
The High Line is a elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Op ...
near
Tenth Avenue;
Chelsea Market between
Ninth
In music, a ninth is a compound interval consisting of an octave plus a second.
Like the second, the interval of a ninth is classified as a dissonance in common practice tonality. Since a ninth is an octave larger than a second, its ...
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
Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predec ...
'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
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( ; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female Nude (art), n ...
. ''
Time
Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...
'' 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. There used to be an
18th Street 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 (New York City Subway), A Division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Lower Manhatt ...
at the crossing with
Park Avenue South. This street is home to the
IAC Building
__NOTOC__
The IAC Building is the headquarters of the media company IAC (company), IAC at 555 18th Street (Manhattan), West 18th Street on the northeast corner of Eleventh Avenue (Manhattan), Eleventh Avenue in the Chelsea, Manhattan, Chelsea neig ...
, designed by
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry ( ; ; born February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become attractions.
Gehry rose to prominence in th ...
.
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 (which is also referred to as Gramercy), in Manhattan in New York City.
The approximately park, located ...
, 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 (New York City Subway), A Division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Lower Manhatt ...
*
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 ...
*
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
*
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 three parts. A small portion of 24th Street exists between
First Avenue and East Midtown Plaza ending at a dead end before Second Avenue, a second portion is between East Midtown Plaza and
Madison Avenue
Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, that carries northbound one-way traffic. It runs from Madison Square (at 23rd Street) to meet the southbound Harlem River Drive at 142nd Stree ...
, ending because of
Madison Square Park
Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for Founding Father James Madison, the fourth president of the United St ...
. 25th Street, which is in three parts, starts at
FDR Drive, is a pedestrian plaza between
Third Avenue
Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, as well as in the center portion of the Bronx. Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. It transitions into Cooper Square ...
and
Lexington Avenue
Lexington Avenue, often colloquially abbreviated as "Lex", is an avenue on the East Side (Manhattan), East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue carries southbound one-way traffic from East 131st Street (Manhattan), 131st Street to Gra ...
, and ends at Madison. Then West 24th and 25th streets continue from
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue runs south from 143rd Street (Manhattan), West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The se ...
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
nightclub
A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a Bar (establishment), bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighti ...
s 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
Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, that carries northbound one-way traffic. It runs from Madison Square (at 23rd Street) to meet the southbound Harlem River Drive at 142nd Stree ...
between 26th and 27th streets, on the site of the old
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh and Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eig ...
, is the
New York Life Building
The New York Life Building, also known as 51 Madison, is the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company at 51 Madison Avenue in the Rose Hill, Manhattan, Rose Hill and NoMad, Manhattan, NoMad neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York Cit ...
, built in 1928 and designed by
Cass Gilbert
Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was an American architect. An early proponent of Early skyscrapers, skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minneso ...
, with a square tower topped by a striking gilded pyramid. Twenty-Seventh Street passes one block north of
Madison Square Park
Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for Founding Father James Madison, the fourth president of the United St ...
and culminates at
Bellevue Hospital on
First Avenue. The segment of 27th Street east of Second Avenue is a
pedestrian mall and passes through
Bellevue South Park.
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 (New York City Subway), A Division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Lower Manhatt ...
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 ...
at
Broadway
*
28th Street () on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at
Seventh Avenue
Also:
*The former 28th Street station on
PATH
A path is a route for physical travel – see Trail.
Path or PATH may also refer to:
Physical paths of different types
* Bicycle path
* Bridle path, used by people on horseback
* Course (navigation), the intended path of a vehicle
* Desir ...
at
Sixth Avenue
Sixth Avenue, also known as Avenue of the Americas, is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The avenue is commercial for much of its length, and traffic runs northbound, or uptown.
Sixth Avenue begins four blocks b ...
30th Street
30th Street runs uninterrupted across the island from 12th Avenue to FDR Drive. It is the southern terminus of
Dyer Avenue and thus also of the
Lincoln Tunnel's eastern approach. There is also an elevator with access to the
High Line
The High Line is a elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Op ...
on the West Side.
Tisch Hospital is bounded on the south by 30th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive.

The segment of 30th Street between First and Second avenues was widened by in the 1950s when the
superblock for
Kips Bay Towers was created.
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 between
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue runs south from 143rd Street (Manhattan), West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The se ...
and
Broadway in
Manhattan's Koreatown, begins at the entrance to
Penn Station and
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh and Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eig ...
. On the
East Side, both streets end at
Second Avenue at Kips Bay Towers and
NYU Medical Center 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 was located at 43 West 32nd Street,
The Continental NYC tower is at the corner of
Sixth Avenue
Sixth Avenue, also known as Avenue of the Americas, is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The avenue is commercial for much of its length, and traffic runs northbound, or uptown.
Sixth Avenue begins four blocks b ...
and 32nd Street.
29 East 32nd Street was the location of the first building owned by the
Grolier Club
The Grolier Club is a private club and society of bibliophiles in New York City. Founded in January 1884, it is the oldest existing bibliophilic club in North America. The club is named after Jean Grolier de Servières, Viscount d'Aguisy, T ...
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 12th 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-style supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its n ...
.
The segment of 33rd Street between First and Second avenues was widened by in the 1950s when the superblock for
Kips Bay Towers was created.
In 2018, the same street segment was converted from one-way to two-way traffic to improve access for ambulances traveling to emergency entrance of
NYU Langone Health on First Avenue.
34th Street
35th Street
35th Street runs from FDR Drive to Eleventh Avenue. Notable locations include
East River Ferry,
Mercy University
Mercy University (Mercy NY), previously known as Mercy College, is a private research university with a main campus in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and additional locations in Manhattan and the The Bronx, Bronx. It is a federally designated minority- ...
Manhattan Campus, and the
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
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's Manhattan entrance/exit. Notable locations on 37th Street are the Corinthian, the
Morgan Library & Museum, 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
A portion of West 46th Street between
Eighth and
Ninth
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Like the second, the interval of a ninth is classified as a dissonance in common practice tonality. Since a ninth is an octave larger than a second, its ...
Avenues is nicknamed Restaurant Row, after the number of restaurants located along its length. Mayor
John Lindsay
John Vliet Lindsay (; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City, and a candidate for U.S. president. He was also a regu ...
had designated the street as Restaurant Row in 1973, honoring 16 restaurants on the block.
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.
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
The Pierre is a luxury hotel located at 2 61st Street (Manhattan), East 61st Street, at the intersection of that street with Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan, New York City, facing Central Park. Designed by Schultze and Weaver, Schultze & Weaver, th ...
, a luxury hotel opened in 1930, is at 2 East 61st Street, at the intersection with
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue runs south from 143rd Street (Manhattan), West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The se ...
.
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
77th and 78th streets
East 77th and 78th streets run normally west of
York Avenue, but east of York Avenue, 77th runs east, and 78th runs west, to accommodate the Pavilion at 500 East 77th. The
FDR Drive has an exit at 78th and an entrance at 79th. At the corner of 77th and York, on which sits
PS 158, pedestrians cross 77th on red and wait on the green on the east side of York.
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 on the
Upper West Side
The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Central Park on the east, the Hudson River on the west, West 59th Street to the south, and West 110th Street to the north. The Upper We ...
, 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
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconn ...
.
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 (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920 ...
apartment building.
East 80th Street begins at
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue runs south from 143rd Street (Manhattan), West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The se ...
on the
Upper East Side
The Upper East Side, sometimes abbreviated UES, is a neighborhood in the boroughs of New York City, borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded approximately by 96th Street (Manhattan), 96th Street to the north, the East River to the e ...
and continues past
Madison,
Park
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,
Lexington, and
Third
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system
Places
* 3rd Street (di ...
, where it enters the section of the Upper East Side called
Yorkville. It then continues past
Second
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,
First,
York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...
and
East End Avenues before dead-ending at the
FDR Drive.
Significant buildings on East 80th Street include the
American Irish Historical Society
The American Irish Historical Society (AIHS) is a historical society devoted to Irish American history that was founded in Boston in the late 19th century. Non-partisan and non-sectarian since its inception in 1897, it maintains the most compl ...
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 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
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
, although they are separately designated as landmarks by the
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the Government of New York City, New York City agency charged with administering the city's Historic preservation, Landmarks Preservation Law. The LPC is responsible for protecting Ne ...
: 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; and the same designer's
Vincent
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People with the given name Artists
*Vincent Apap (1909–2003) ...
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, pronounced , ) is the Public university, public university system of Education in New York City, New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven ...
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 and ends at
Central Park West
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, ...
or West Drive, when it is open, in
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...
on the
Upper West Side
The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Central Park on the east, the Hudson River on the west, West 59th Street to the south, and West 110th Street to the north. The Upper We ...
. The second segment of East 90th Street begins at East Drive, at Engineers Gate of
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...
. When East Drive is closed, East 90th Street begins at
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue runs south from 143rd Street (Manhattan), West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The se ...
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
Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, as well as in the center portion of the Bronx. Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. It transitions into Cooper Square ...
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
95th 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 between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...
.
Metropolitan Hospital Center
The Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC, also referred to as Metropolitan Hospital) is a hospital in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
It has been affiliated with New York Medical College since it was founded in 1875, representing ...
is located at
First Avenue, and the
Islamic Cultural Center of New York
The Islamic Cultural Center of New York is a mosque and an Islamic cultural center in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, United States. It is located at 1711 Third Avenue, between East 96th and 97th Streets. The Islamic Cultural Center was ...
, the oldest mosque in New York City, is located at
Third Avenue
Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, as well as in the center portion of the Bronx. Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. It transitions into Cooper Square ...
. 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. Morningsi ...
and runs from
Riverside Drive to
Amsterdam Avenue, where it meets the steps of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine. 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 ...
before ending at
First Avenue adjacent
Thomas Jefferson Park
Thomas Jefferson Park is a public park in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The park is on First Avenue (Manhattan), First Avenue between 111th and 114th Streets. It contains a playground as well as facilities for bas ...
in
East Harlem
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem, or , is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the eas ...
. 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. Morningsi ...
, was routinely used for transitions in the popular 1990s sitcom ''
Seinfeld
''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...
''. The building, which is owned by
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
, is also calle
Armstrong Hall Its upper floors house
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
's
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
The Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) is a laboratory in the Earth Sciences Division of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center affiliated with the Columbia University Earth Institute.
The institute is located at Columbia University in Ne ...
, 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 university, private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and one of ...
executive education program. Philosopher
John Dewey
John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and Education reform, educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.
The overridi ...
also lived there.
* The
axis
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Mathematics
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** Coordinate axis of a coordinate system
*** ''x''-axis, ''y''-axis, ''z''-axis, common names ...
of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine is aligned with 112th Street. The street is interrupted by the cathedral's
west front at Amsterdam Avenue, and the iconic
east end 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 in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
'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. Morningsi ...
,
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 ...
, and
Spanish Harlem
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem, or , is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east ...
. It begins on Riverside Drive at the
Interchurch Center. It then runs east between the campuses of
Barnard College
Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...
and the
Union Theological Seminary, then crosses
Broadway and runs between the campuses of
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
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
Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credi ...
. It then continues through Spanish Harlem; when it crosses
Pleasant Avenue it becomes a two‑way street and continues nearly to the
East River
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, 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
Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, that carries northbound one-way traffic. It runs from Madison Square (at 23rd Street) to meet the southbound Harlem River Drive at 142nd Stree ...
at Marcus Garvey Memorial Park. This segment runs in
East Harlem
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem, or , is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the eas ...
and crosses portions of
Third Avenue
Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, as well as in the center portion of the Bronx. Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. It transitions into Cooper Square ...
,
Lexington, and
Park
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(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
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 ...
(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. 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. Morningsi ...
, the district surrounding
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
, 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
The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory
A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music a ...
,
Riverside Church,
Sakura Park,
Grant's Tomb, and Morningside Park.
122nd Street is mentioned in the movie ''
Taxi Driver
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'' 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 ...
is then referred to as "
Mau Mau 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 superblocks where the low income housing projects now exist. La Salle Street is the only vestige of the original routing.
126th Street
17 East 126th Street was the location of
Art Kane's 1958 photograph of contemporary jazz musicians, now known as ''
A Great Day in Harlem'', which featured in the 2004
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg ( ; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is ...
film ''
The Terminal
''The Terminal'' is a 2004 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stanley Tucci. The film is about an Eastern European man who is stuck in New York's John F. K ...
''.
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 between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...
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 ...
just south of
Hamilton Heights. The main portion of 132nd Street runs eastbound from
Frederick Douglass Boulevard to the northern end of
Park Avenue
Park Avenue is a boulevard in New York City that carries north and southbound traffic in the borough (New York City), boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the wes ...
, where there is a southbound exit from/entrance to the
Harlem River Drive. After an interruption from
St. Nicholas Park and
City College, there is another small stretch of West 132nd Street between
Broadway and
Twelfth Avenue
The 132nd Street
Community Garden
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is located on 132nd Street between
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard 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 in the
Manhattanville
Manhattanville (also known as West Harlem or West Central Harlem, after its location near Harlem) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan. It is bordered on the north by 135th Street (Manhattan), 13 ...
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 () at
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 ...
Four bus routes:
* The is the main server, running between Saint Nicholas Avenue and the Madison Avenue Bridge.
* The runs between Riverside Drive and Amsterdam Avenue.
* The runs between Riverside Drive and Broadway.
* The uptown runs from Madison to Fifth Avenues.
137th Street
One local subway station:
*
137th Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line () at
Broadway
145th Street
148th Street
One subway terminal:
*
148th Street on the
IRT Lenox Avenue Line () at
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
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 ...
and
Washington Heights. It is the northernmost of the 155 crosstown streets mapped out in the
Commissioner's Plan of 1811 that established the numbered street grid in Manhattan.
155th Street starts on the West Side at
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 ...
, a
City Landmark constructed in 1893, that slopes down towards the
Harlem River
The Harlem River is an tidal strait in New York City, flowing between the Hudson River and the East River and separating the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the United States mainland.
The northern stretch, also called the Spuyten Duyvi ...
, continuing onto the
Macombs Dam Bridge, 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. Notable points 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 Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 to 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the ...
, 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
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(1911–1957),
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Am ...
(1913–1922) and
New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...
(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 of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The ...
(1925–1955) and
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East division. The team p ...
(1960–1963) football teams.
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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.
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Hispanic Society of America
The term Hispanic () are people, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an ethnic or meta-ethnic term.
The term commonly appl ...
, 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.
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Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, on the south side of 155th between Broadway and Riverside Drive.
157th Street
One local subway station:
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157th Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line () at
Broadway
*The
Duke Ellington House
The Duke Ellington House is a historic residence at 935 St. Nicholas Avenue, in Manhattan, New York City. Apartment 4A in this apartment house was the home of Duke Ellington (1899–1974), the noted African American composer and jazz pianist, f ...
is located at 157th Street and
St. Nicholas Avenue.
163rd Street
One local subway station:
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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:
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168th Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line () at
Broadway
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168th Street on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () at
St. Nicholas Avenue
175th Street
One local subway station:
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175th Street on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () at
Fort Washington Avenue
Fort Washington Avenue is a major north-south street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. It runs from Fort Tryon Park to 159th Street, where it intersects with Broadway. It goes past Bennett Park, the highest natural point ...
181st Street

181st Street () is a major thoroughfare running through the
Washington Heights neighborhood. It runs from the
Washington Bridge in the east, to 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 ...
in the west, near the
George Washington Bridge
The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee in Bergen County, New Jersey, with the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It is named after George W ...
and the
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
. The west end is called
Plaza Lafayette.
West of
Fort Washington Avenue
Fort Washington Avenue is a major north-south street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. It runs from Fort Tryon Park to 159th Street, where it intersects with Broadway. It goes past Bennett Park, the highest natural point ...
, 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
The Harlem River is an tidal strait in New York City, flowing between the Hudson River and the East River and separating the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the United States mainland.
The northern stretch, also called the Spuyten Duyvi ...
. It is the area's major shopping district.
181st Street is served by two
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the New York City boroughs, boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Tr ...
lines; there is a
181st Street station at
Fort Washington Avenue
Fort Washington Avenue is a major north-south street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. It runs from Fort Tryon Park to 159th Street, where it intersects with Broadway. It goes past Bennett Park, the highest natural point ...
on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () and a
181st Street station at
St. Nicholas Avenue on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (). The stations are about from each other and are not connected. The
George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
The George Washington Bridge Bus Station is a commuter Bus station, bus terminal at the east end of the George Washington Bridge in the Washington Heights, Manhattan, Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The bus stati ...
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
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the ...
), just before crossing the George Washington Bridge to
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
.
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
The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee in Bergen County, New Jersey, with the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It is named after George W ...
and overlooking the
West Side Highway and the
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
. The street is interrupted by a long set of stairs between Overlook Terrace in the
Broadway valley and
Fort Washington Avenue
Fort Washington Avenue is a major north-south street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. It runs from Fort Tryon Park to 159th Street, where it intersects with Broadway. It goes past Bennett Park, the highest natural point ...
. 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,
St. Nicholas Avenue, Wadsworth Avenue,
Broadway, Bennett Avenue, Overlook Terrace,
Fort Washington Avenue
Fort Washington Avenue is a major north-south street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. It runs from Fort Tryon Park to 159th Street, where it intersects with Broadway. It goes past Bennett Park, the highest natural point ...
, Pinehurst Avenue,
Cabrini Boulevard and Chittenden Avenue.
The many institutions on 187th Street include
Mount Sinai Jewish Center, the
Dombrov
Dombrov is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger (c. 1770-1846). Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a town in present-day Poland.
Lineage
Unger was the son of Tsvi Hersh, a disciple of Elimelech of Lizhensk and A ...
Shtiebel
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, and the uptown campus of
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a Private university, private Modern Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City. . 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:
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190th Street on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () at
Fort Washington Avenue
Fort Washington Avenue is a major north-south street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. It runs from Fort Tryon Park to 159th Street, where it intersects with Broadway. It goes past Bennett Park, the highest natural point ...
191st Street
One local subway station:
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191st Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line () at
St. Nicholas Avenue
194th to 200th streets
Manhattan
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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.
196th street
A 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.
207th Street
Two local subway stations:
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207th Street terminal on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () at
Broadway
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207th Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line () at
Tenth Avenue
The
University Heights Bridge, a swing bridge across the
Harlem River
The Harlem River is an tidal strait in New York City, flowing between the Hudson River and the East River and separating the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the United States mainland.
The northern stretch, also called the Spuyten Duyvi ...
, connects the street with
Fordham Road
Fordham Road is a major thoroughfare in the Bronx, New York City, that runs west-east from the Harlem River to Bronx Park. Fordham Road houses the borough's largest and most diverse shopping district. It geographically separates the geopoli ...
in the Bronx.
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:
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215th Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line () 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
Spuyten Duyvil Creek () is a short tidal estuary in New York City connecting the Hudson River to the Harlem River Ship Canal and then on to the Harlem River. The confluence of the three water bodies separate the island of Manhattan from ...
.
225th Street
One local subway station:
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Marble Hill–225th Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line () 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 the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...
.
See also
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List of eponymous streets in New York City
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Manhattan address algorithm
References
External links
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Manhattan
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Manhattan
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