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Encyclopedia > 27th Street (Manhattan)

This article covers streets in Manhattan, New York City, USA between and including 23rd Street and 42nd Street. Major streets have their own linked articles; minor streets are discussed here. Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...


In general, even-numbered streets are one-way east and odd-numbered streets are one-way west. 23rd Street, 34th Street and 42nd Street carry two-way traffic.


Broadway runs diagonally, crossing 23rd Street at Fifth Avenue, 34th Street at Sixth Avenue, and 42nd Street about 3/4 of the way from Sixth Avenue to Seventh Avenue. A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a large, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the oldest main north-south thoroughfares in the city, dating back to the first Dutch New Amsterdam settlement. ...


Streets change from west to east (for instance West 28th Street to East 28th Street) at Fifth Avenue. Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New York City. ...

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23rd Street

See 23rd Street

28th Street

Three local subway stations:

The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, also known as the IRT West Side Line, is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway. ... The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... A drawing of the northern of the two underground junctions on the New Jersey side. ...

33rd Street

For subway and PATH stations, see 34th Street

34th Street

See 34th Street

42nd Street

See 42nd Street

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Numbered avenues and streets are shown with just numbers. Twelfth Avenue is more commonly known as the West Side Highway, and Fourth Avenue is Park Avenue.
M represents Madison Avenue, L Lexington Avenue and F FDR Drive.
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  Results from FactBites:
 
Manhattan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2111 words)
From the 1960s onwards Manhattan suffered from urban flight as the middle-class fled to the outer boroughs and suburbs due to an increase in crime.
Marble Hill was originally part of Manhattan Island; but the Harlem River Ship Canal, dug in the late 19th century to improve navigation on the Harlem River, separated it from the remainder of Manhattan, and eventually the part of the original Harlem River channel separating Marble Hill from the Bronx was filled in.
Manhattan is connected by bridges and tunnels to New Jersey to the west, and three New York City boroughs: the Bronx to the northeast and Brooklyn and Queens on Long Island to the east and south.
Gramercy, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (265 words)
Gramercy, also called Gramercy Park, is a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, focused around Gramercy Park, a private park between East 20th and 21st Streets.
Roughly speaking, Gramercy is bound by 14th Street, First Avenue, 27th Street, and Broadway.
Some would consider its northern boundary to be 23rd Street, though it more likely meets the Murray Hill section of Midtown at 27th Street.
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