First Avenue (manhattan)

Information about First Avenue (manhattan)

First Avenue in Manhattan.

For other uses, see First Avenue (disambiguation).

First Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from Houston Street northbound for over 125 blocks before terminating at the Willis Avenue Bridge into The Bronx at the Harlem River near East 127th Street. South of Houston Street, the roadway continues as Allen Street south to Canal Street. Traffic on First Avenue runs northbound (uptown) only.

First Avenue passes through a variety of mostly residential neighborhoods. Between 42nd Street and 45th Street, it borders the United Nations headquarters complex.

Like all of Manhattan's major north-south Avenues, First Avenue was proposed as part of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 for Manhattan, which designated 12 broad north-south Avenues running the length of the island. The southern portions of the Avenue were cut and laid out shortly after the plan was adopted. The northern sections of the Avenue would be graded and cut through at various intervals throughout the 19th Century as the northward development of the island demanded.

The IRT Second Avenue Line ran above First Avenue from Houston Street to 23rd Street before turning left at 23rd and then right onto Second Avenue. The El was torn down in 1942.

A Trip Up First Avenue

Miss Understood stopping a bus in the middle of 1st Avenue in front of longtime eatery Lucky Cheng's

Starting in the south, First Avenue passes through the East Village, once a predominantly German then Jewish neighborhood, now a trendy area populated mostly by young professionals. Leaving the East Village First Avenue runs by a succession of large urban development projects that sit on what used to be a working industrial waterfront: Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, two middle income housing developments, the Bellevue Hospital Center complex, and then, the United Nations complex. North of the United Nations, First Avenue runs through a number of residential areas of varying character and income.

On the Upper East Side the Avenue is one of the main shopping streets of the Yorkville neighborhood, historically a German and Hungarian neighborhood, today a mix of upper middle class residents. Much of the housing in this area was built for lower income immigrants in the 19th Century, therefore compared to the rest of the Upper East Side, the older buildings along First Avenue are relatively affordable today (relatively being the key word here). In this area First Avenue is also known as "Bedpan Alley" (a pun on "Tin Pan Alley") because of the large number of hospitals located nearby.

Crossing 96th Street, First Avenue runs through Spanish Harlem, a historically Puerto Rican neighborhood. Before Puerto Rican migration in the 1950's, much of this area was populated by Italians and known as "Italian Harlem". First Avenue in Italian Harlem was the site of a major open-air pushcart market in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. There is still a small Italian enclave in the Pleasant Valley section of East Harlem, between 114th and 120th Streets. The northern reaches of First Avenue, north of roughly 110th Street have also seen a significant increase in Mexican residents.

First Avenue crosses the Harlem River at 127th Street via the Willis Avenue Bridge and becomes Willis Avenue in the Bronx.

First Avenue in the Movies

The opening scene of Ghostbusters 2 was filmed at the intersection of First Avenue and 77th Street.

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of Manhattan

North-South

Downtown	South St Essex St Orchard St Ludlow St Allen St Forsyth St Pearl St/Bowery Mott St Mulberry St Centre St Lafayette St Broad St Nassau St Broadway West Broadway Patchin Pl Varick St Hudson St Greenwich St Washington St Weehawken St
Midtown	East River Dr/FDR Dr Av D Av C/Loisaida Av Av B/East End Av Av A/Sutton Pl/York Av 1^st Av 2^nd Av 3^rd Av Lexington Av 4^th Av/Park Av Vanderbilt Av Madison Av 5^th Av/Museum Mile 6^th Av/Av of the Americas/Lenox Av/Malcolm X Blvd 7^th Av/Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd 8^th Av/Central Park West/Frederick Douglas Blvd 9^th Av/Columbus Av/Morningside Dr Dyer Av 10^th Av/Amsterdam Av 11^th Av/West End Av Riverside Dr 12^th Av/West Side Hwy 13^th Av Henry Hudson Pkwy
Uptown	Harlem River Dr Audubon Av St. Nicholas Av/Juan Pablo Duarte Blvd Ft Washington Av Cabrini Blvd

East-West

Downtown	Bridge St Wall St Liberty St Fulton St Ann St Park Row Chambers St Cherry St Henry St Worth St East Broadway N. Moore St Beach St Canal St Hester St Grand St Delancey St Rivington St Stanton St Houston St 1-14: (1^st St, Bleecker St, 2^nd St, 3^rd St/Great Jones St, West 4^th St, 6^th St, Waverly Pl/Washington Sq North, Washington Mews, Astor Pl, Gay St, 8^th St/St. Mark's Pl, Christopher St, Stuyvesant St, West 10^th St, 13^th St, 14^th St)
Midtown	15-59: (17^th St, 23-42: (23^rd St, 24^th St, 25^th St, 26^th St, 27^th St/Club Row, 28^th St, 29^th St, 30^th St, 31^st St, 32^nd St/Korea Way, 33^rd St, 34^th St, 35^th St, 36^th St, 37^th St, 38^th St, 39^th St, 40^th St, 41^st St, 42^nd St), 47^th St, 50^th St, 52^nd St, 53^rd St, 57^th St, 59^th St/Central Park South)
Uptown	66^th St 72^nd St 79^th St 85^th St 86^th St 96^th St 110^th St/Central Park North 112^th St 116^th St 118^th St 122^nd St 125^th St Astor Row 132^nd St Trans-Manhattan Expwy 181^st St 187^th St Bogardius Pl Dyckman St Beak St

First Avenue can refer to:

First Avenue, a historic landmark of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota
First Avenue (Manhattan), the major thoroughfare in Manhattan, New York City
First Avenue Records, a record label
First Avenue South Bridge, a bridge in Seattle

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1: Manhattan 2: Brooklyn 3: Queens 4: The Bronx 5: Staten Island]]
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Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, with New York County. With a 2000 population of 1,537,195^[2] living in a land area of 22.96 square miles (59.
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Houston Street

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NY 9A/West Side Highway

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Houston Street (pronounced ['haʊ.
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Willis Avenue Bridge is a swing bridge that carries northbound road traffic over the Harlem River between the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, United States. It connects First Avenue in Manhattan with Willis Avenue in the Bronx.
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The Bronx is New York City's northernmost borough, coterminous with Bronx County. The Bronx is located Northeast of Manhattan. It is the only one of the city's five boroughs situated primarily on the United States mainland rather than on an island.
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Harlem River is a navigable tidal strait in New York City, USA that flows 8 miles (13 km) between the East River and the Hudson River , separating the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.
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Allen Street is a street which runs north-south through the Lower Manhattan neighborhood of Chinatown. Because of its unique location, the majority of shops along its route cater to Asians.
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Canal Street is a major street in New York City, crossing lower Manhattan to join New Jersey in the west (via the Holland Tunnel I-78) to Brooklyn in the east (via the Manhattan Bridge). It forms the main spine of Chinatown, and separates it from Little Italy.
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42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square. It is also the name of the region of the theater district (and, at times, the red-light district) near that
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United Nations Headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City that has served as the headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1950. It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood, on the east side of Midtown Manhattan, on spacious grounds overlooking the
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The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was a proposal by the New York State Legislature adopted in 1811 for the orderly development and sale of the land of Manhattan between 14th Street and Washington Heights.
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The IRT Second Avenue Line was an elevated railway in Manhattan, New York City, United States, operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company until city takeover in 1940. It ended service on June 13, 1942.
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Houston Street

2.00 mi^[1] (0 km)

NY 9A/West Side Highway

FDR Drive
New York

Houston Street (pronounced ['haʊ.
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23rd Street is a large thoroughfare across Manhattan in New York City. It runs from river to river across Manhattan, carrying two-way traffic. As with Manhattan's other streets, West 23rd Street stretches west of Fifth Avenue (at Madison Square Park) and
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Second Avenue is an avenue on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan extending from Houston Street at its south end to the Harlem River Drive at 128th Street at its north end. A one-way street, vehicular traffic runs only downtown.
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East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It lies east of Greenwich Village, south of Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town, and north of the Lower East Side.
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Peter Cooper Village is a residential development in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which is located east of Gramercy Park, between First Avenue and Avenue C, stretching between 20th and 23rd Streets.
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Place New York City, New York, (US)

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Care System Medicaid, Medicare, Public
Hospital Type Teaching

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Official languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Membership 192 member states
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- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA, between Central Park and the East River.

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Yorkville is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Roughly speaking, it is bound by 72nd Street on the south, the East River on the east, 96th Street (i.e., Spanish Harlem) on the north, and Third Avenue on the west.
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Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
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hospital is an institution for health care, often but not always providing for longer-term patient stays. Today, hospitals are usually funded by the state, health organizations (for profit or non-profit), health insurances or charities, including direct charitable donations.
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Spanish Harlem, also known as El Barrio, is a neighborhood in the East Harlem area of New York City, in the north-eastern part of the borough of Manhattan. Spanish Harlem is one of the largest predominantly Latino communities in New York City.
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Ghostbusters II is the 1989 sequel to Ghostbusters (1984). The sci-fi comedy film is about the further adventures of a group of parapsychologists and their organization which combats paranormal
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