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Encyclopedia > 86th Street (Manhattan)

86th Street is a major two-way street in the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York. It is served by three subway lines, on Lexington Avenue See: 86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line station), Central Park West, and Broadway. The M86 bus line serves a majority of the street. In the years following World War II, the streets on the east side were a predominantly German community, nicknamed the German Broadway until the late 1980s, as nearly all of the stores of this ethnicity have disappeared, save a couple of restaurants on Second Avenue. It was commonly considered a boundary for many public utilities (i.e. local number portability could not occur across the north and south sides of the street), though advances in technology have currently removed any technological distinction between the sides. This photo, showing the architectural mix on the Upper East Side, was taken from 87th Street and Second Avenue. ... The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ... Lexington Avenue is an avenue on the East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries southbound one-way traffic from East 131st Street to Gramercy Park at East 21st Street. ... 86th Street, located at Lexington Avenue and 86th Street, has four side platforms, two on an upper level, serving local trains, and two on a lower level, serving express trains. ... Central Park West is an avenue in New York City. ... A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, and is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. ... The rather large 100th Street Bus Depot is located at East 100th Street and Lexington Avenue, in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 8 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ... Second Avenue is an avenue in Manhattan that extends from Houston Street to the Harlem River Drive. ...


The street is separated by Central Park. Although the west side is considered west of the park, the dividing line is in the center of 5th Avenue, and thus easily (if only technically) accessible from the east side. Central Park (, ) is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ... Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New York City. ...


A street through the park, often called the 86th Street Transverse, only connects to the east side on 84th (eastbound) and 85th (westbound) streets. [1]


At one point before the subway opened on Lexington Avenue in 1917, a stop existed on Park Avenue, currently a right-of-way for the Metro North Railroad between 125th Street and Grand Central Terminal. Only an emergency exit exists currently. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Park Avenue in the Upper East Side (2004) Park Avenue (formerly Fourth Avenue) is a wide boulevard that carries traffic north and south in Manhattan in New York City. ... A right-of-way is an easement or strip of land granted to a railroad company upon which to build a railroad. ... Metro-North (officially MTA Metro-North Railroad) is a suburban commuter railroad running service from New York City to the northern suburbs in New York State and Connecticut. ... 125th Street is a two-way east-west street in Manhattan, considered the Main street of Harlem; It is also called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Grand Central Terminal, along 42nd Street, next to the Grand Hyatt New York and the Chrysler Building Grand Central Terminal (often still called Grand Central Station, although technically that is the name of the nearby post office and New York City Subway station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line) is...


On the west side, the street is entirely within the boundaries of ZIP Code 10024; on the east side, it is 10028, though it is bounded immediately northwards by ZIP Code 10128. Mr. ...

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Notable Residents

Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. ...

Trivia

  • Broadway legend Chita Rivera's 1986 car accident involving a taxi occured on West 86th Street. Rivera broke her leg in 12 places but recovered and continued to perform.

Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Broadway musical actress and dancer of Puerto Rican heritage, and the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. ...

See also

A section of Yorkville as seen from a high rise on Second Avenue and 87th Street Yorkville is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side of the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York City. ...

External links

  • Google Map

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86th Street (Manhattan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (622 words)
86th Street is a major two-way street in the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.
On the west side, the street is entirely within the boundaries of ZIP Code 10024; on the east side, it is 10028, though it is bounded immediately northwards by ZIP Code 10128.
86th Street was the north end of the Receiving Reservoir, which stored water piped down via the Croton Aqueduct from Westchester County that passed over the Harlem River and down the west side to the Receiving Reservoir, located between 79th and 86th Streets and Sixth and Seventh Avenues in an area then known as Yorkville.
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