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Encyclopedia > Centre Street (Manhattan)

Centre Street runs north-south in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Centre Street runs from Park Row and continues north to Delancey Street where it merges with Lafayette Street. New York, NY redirects here. ... The Five Boroughs of New York City: 1: Manhattan 2: Brooklyn 3: Queens 4: Bronx 5: Staten Island In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government used to administer the five constituent counties that make up the city; it differs significantly from other borough forms of... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Park Row, circa 1900 Park Row is a street located in Lower Manhattan; during the late 1800s, it was nicknamed Newspaper Row due to most of New York Citys Newspapers located on the street. ... Delancey Street at Bowery Delancey Street is one of the main thoroughfares of Manhattans Lower East Side, running east from the Bowery to connect to the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn. ...


From Colonial times until the 1800s, it bordered the site of the Collect Pond, a body of fresh water that was the nascent city's primary supply of drinking water, covering approximately 48 acres (194,000 m²) and running as deep as 50 feet (15 m). It was located just north of today's Foley Square and just west of modern Chinatown. It has since been drained and converted into a city park. The Collect Pond was a body of fresh water near the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City, covering approximately 48 acres (194,000 m²) and running as deep as 50 feet (15 m). ... Foley Square is a city park situated in lower Manhattan on the site of the historic Five Corners neighborhood and named after a prominent Tammany Hall district leader and local saloon owner, Thomas F. “Big Tom” Foley (1852-1925). ... A Chinese lion helps usher in the 2006 Chinese New Year. ...


In colloquial usage, "Centre Street" may refer to the several courts or government offices along the street in the vicinity of Foley Square. 1 Centre Street is the Municipal Building, 40 Centre Street is the Thurgood Marshall Federal Courthouse (home of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit), 60 and 80 Centre Street are the civil division of the New York County Supreme Court, 100 Centre Street is the criminal division of the New York County Supreme Court. That courthouse leant its address to a short-lived TV show of the same name. 111 Centre Street is the New York City Civil Court. Finally, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is at 125 Worth Street, at the corner of Centre Street. Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. ... The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: District of Connecticut Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York District of Vermont The Second Circuit hears argument at the Thurgood Marshall U... The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the basic New York State trial court of general jurisidiction. ... 100 Centre Street was a short lived courtroom television drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin. ... The New York City Civil Court is the civil branch of the New York City courts system. ... This article discusses the government of New York City. ...


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Encyclopedia: Delancey Street, Manhattan (284 words)
Delancey Street is one of the main thoroughfares of Manhattan's Lower East Side, running east from the Bowery to connect to the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn.
From west to east, Delancey Street starts from the Bowery, intersects Chrystie Street, Forsyth Street, Eldridge street, Allen Street, Orchard Street, Ludlow Street, Essex Street, Norfolk Street, Suffolk Street, Clinton Street, Attorney Street, Ridge Street, Pitt Street, Columbia Street (Bialystoker Place), and Lewis Street, and ends at the East River (FDR) Drive.
The street is known as Kenmare Street west of the Bowery.
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