110th Street is a street in Manhattan, New York City, New York. It is commonly known as the boundary between Harlem and Central Park, along which it is known as Central Park North. In the west, it is also known as Cathedral Parkway. The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple 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     City 1,214. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Harlem is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, long known as a major black cultural and business center. ... A Central Park landscape Central Park ( ) is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ...

110th Street is an eastbound street between First Avenue and Madison Avenue. The small portion between Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue is westbound. West of Fifth Avenue, the road widens to accommodate two-way traffic. First Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, 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. ... Madison Avenue, looking north from 40th Street Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries northbound one-way traffic. ... Fifth Avenue looking south from 38th Street From The Wickedest Woman in New York: Madame Restell, the Abortionist Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the center of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA. It runs through the heart of Midtown and along the eastern side of...

A statue of Duke Ellington stands in Duke Ellington Circle, a shallow amphitheatre at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue[1], at the northeast corner of Central Park. Unveiled in 1997, the statue, by sculptor Robert Graham, is 25 feet tall, and depicts the Muses—nine nude female caryatids—supporting a grand piano and Duke Ellington on their heads. Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974), also known simply as Duke (see Jazz royalty), was an American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader. ... Robert Graham (born August 19, 1938, in Mexico City) is a sculptor based in the state of California in the United States of America. ... the Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheum, Athens A caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element such as a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on its head. ...

Where 110th Street crosses the combination of Central Park West-Frederick Douglass Avenue, at the northwest corner of Central Park, is Frederick Douglass Circle. Central Park West is an avenue in New York City. ...

The south edge of Morningside Park lies along West 110th Street between Manhattan Avenue and Morningside Drive. Morningside Park is a New York City public park located at the east edge of Morningside Heights. ...

The south edge of the campus of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is located along West 110th Street, i.e., Cathedral Parkway, between Morningside Drive and Amsterdam Avenue. The Cathedral of St. ... Tenth Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. ...

The street is also known from the Bobby Womack song Across 110th Street and from the 1972 movie of the same title. The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band released a highly regarded jazz album in 1969 entitled Central Park North. Robert Dwayne Womack (born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA on March 4, 1944), is an African-American singer, guitarist and songwriter. ... Across 110th Street is a 1972 crime-drama film, starring Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, and Tony Franciosa, and directed by Barry Shear. ... The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band was a Jazz Big band formed by trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis around 1965. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Transportation connections

The elevated IRT Ninth Avenue Line used to reach a great height at its 110th Street station and, according to Douglas (2004), was a popular site for suicide jumpers. In 1927, The New York Times reported that: The IRT Ninth Avenue Line, often called the Ninth Avenue Elevated, was the first elevated railway in New York City, first opened in 1868 as the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway, a cable-hauled line. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ...

"the number of suicides from the 110th Street Station of the Sixth Avenue elevated is ruining the business of the merchants with shops below, according to [the merchants].... According to [a spokesperson] there were eleven suicides from that station in the past year, and the effect has been such that potential customers prefer to walk a little farther rather than risk seeing a person hurtle from above."

Today, there are four New York City Subway stations at 110th Street: These are the stations on the New York City Subway system. ...

• 110th Street–Cathedral Parkway (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line), at Broadway
• 110th Street–Cathedral Parkway (IND Eighth Avenue Line), at Central Park West
• 110th Street–Central Park North (IRT Lenox Avenue Line), at Lenox Avenue
• 110th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line), at Lexington Avenue

110th St. is served by the M2, M3, and M4 NYCT Buses. 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. ... 110th Street-Cathedral Parkway is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York Subway. ... Central Park West is an avenue in New York City. ... Lenox Avenue runs north-south in Upper Manhattan. ... 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. ... The Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot Logo (Some variations dont display the part with Mother Clara Hale and the baby in color) The Mother Clara Hale bus depot is located on Lenox Avenue & West 146th Street in the neighborhood of Harlem of Manhattan, New York, though it is part... Manhattanville Bus Depot logo. ... Manhattanville Bus Depot logo. ... Passengers board a bus at Westchester Square. ...

References

• Douglas, George H. (2004): Skyscrapers: A Social History of the Very Tall Building in America. McFarland & Company, ISBN 0-7864-2030-8. (110th St station popular for suicides: p. 170).
• "Merchants Complain Suicides Hurt Business; Seek Way to Guard 110th St. Elevated Station," January 31, 1927, p. 19

January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• Duke Ellington Statue: [2], [3], [4], image