1st to 7th Streets on
Houston Street (left) and First Street (right) East 1st Street begins just north of East
Houston Street at
Avenue A and continues to the
Bowery.
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 street grid and continue to
West Street on the
Hudson River. 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 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 () •
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, 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 has been named to the
National Register of Historic Places. 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'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 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 at the crossing with
Park Avenue South. This street is home to the
IAC Building, 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, 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–Baruch College at the crossing with Park Avenue South () on the
IRT Lexington Avenue Line •
23rd Street at the crossing with Fifth Avenue () on the
BMT Broadway Line •
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, ending 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). The two cul-de-sacs on 24th Street between First and Second avenues were created in the late 1960s to connect the northern and southern blocks of East Midtown Plaza with a mid-block pedestrian plaza having a focal point on
St. Sebastian Church. The pedestrian plaza on 25th Street between Third and Lexington avenues, named the "Clivner=Field Plaza", was completed in 2021 and provides outdoor space for the campus of
Baruch College. 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. 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 at
Park Avenue South •
28th Street (
N,
R, and
W trains) the
BMT Broadway Line at
Broadway •
28th Street () on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line 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 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. on 32nd Street, with street signage in
Hangul 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 entrances to
10 Hudson Yards and
The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards, while 32nd Street, which includes a segment officially known as
Korea Way between
Fifth Avenue 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, where the street grid is interrupted by
superblocks containing Kips Bay Towers and
NYU Medical Center. 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 and 32nd Street.
29 East 32nd Street was the location of the first building owned by the
Grolier Club between 1890 and 1917. In 2017, the segment of 32nd Street between Second and Third avenues was co-named "Ms. Magazine Way" in honor of the location where the publication was launched at
207 East 32nd Street.
33rd Street seen from 33rd Street and Park Avenue Subway Station 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 segment of 33rd Street between First and Second avenues was widened by in the 1950s when the superblock for
Kips Bay Towers was created. At Park Avenue, 33rd Street was closed to westbound through traffic beginning in 1999, when barriers were installed at the southern end of the
Park Avenue Tunnel. In 2019, the segment of 33rd Street between Tenth and Eleventh avenues was reconstructed as part of the
Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, which included raising the street elevation by up to for integration with
Hudson Boulevard.
34th Street 35th Street 35th Street runs from FDR Drive to Eleventh Avenue. Notable locations include
East River Ferry,
Mercy University 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 Avenues is nicknamed
Restaurant Row, after the number of restaurants located along its length. Mayor
John Lindsay 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 many 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, a luxury hotel opened in 1930, is at 2 East 61st Street, at the intersection with
Fifth Avenue.
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 : Astor House (on left), Whitney House (on right), and Dillon House between them. 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, 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 apartment building. East 80th Street begins at
Fifth Avenue 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 and
East End 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 and designed by
C. P. H. Gilbert; the
postmodern 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.
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 or West Drive, when it is open, in
Central Park on the
Upper West Side. The second segment of East 90th Street begins at East Drive, at Engineers Gate of
Central Park. When East Drive is closed, East 90th Street begins at
Fifth Avenue 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 is a nonprofit community center dedicated to sports, fitness, and wellness 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.
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 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 before ending at
First Avenue adjacent
Thomas Jefferson Park in
East Harlem. Notable locations include: • The exterior of
Tom's Restaurant, located at the corner of 112th Street and
Broadway in
Morningside Heights, was routinely used for transitions in the popular 1990s sitcom
Seinfeld. The building, which is owned by
Columbia University, is also called 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 executive education program. Philosopher
John Dewey also lived there. • The
axis 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 on the campus of
Columbia University 114th Street marks the southern boundary of
Columbia University'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,
Harlem, 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 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 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. East of Amsterdam, Seminary Row bends south along Morningside Park and is resigned as
Morningside Drive (Ninth Avenue). Seminary row runs in
Morningside Heights, the district surrounding
Columbia University, 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,
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 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 film
The Terminal.
127th Street Public School 154 "
Harriet Tubman" and
Public School 157 130th Street 132nd Street 132nd Street () runs east–west above
Central Park and is located in
Harlem 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 and
City College, 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 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 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 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 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
City Landmark constructed in 1893, that slopes down towards the
Harlem River, 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 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 (1911–1957),
New York Yankees (1913–1922) and
New York Mets (1962–1963) baseball franchises, and the
New York Giants (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 () 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 () 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 in the east, to the
Henry Hudson Parkway in the west, near the
George Washington Bridge and the
Hudson River. The west end is called
Plaza Lafayette. 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 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.
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 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,
St. Nicholas Avenue, Wadsworth Avenue,
Broadway, Bennett Avenue, Overlook Terrace,
Fort Washington Avenue, Pinehurst Avenue,
Cabrini Boulevard and Chittenden Avenue. The many institutions on 187th Street include
Mount Sinai Jewish Center, the
Dombrov Shtiebel, and the uptown campus of
Yeshiva University. 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 () 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.
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: •
207th Street terminal on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line () at
Broadway •
207th Street on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line () at
Tenth Avenue The
University Heights Bridge, a swing bridge across the
Harlem River, connects the street with
Fordham Road 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: •
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.
225th Street One local subway station: •
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. ==See also==