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. Along its 5.5 mile (8.9 km), 110-block route, Lexington Avenue runs through Harlem, Carnegie Hill, the Upper East Side, Midtown, and Murray Hill to a point of origin that is centered on Gramercy Park. South of Gramercy Park, the axis continues as Irving Place to East 14th Street. 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. ... Gramercy Park is a small, fenced-in private park in the Gramercy neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, accessible only to residents of certain townhouses in the area who have keys to the park. ... This article is about the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. ... Carnegie Hill is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. ... The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, that lies between Central Park and the East River. ... View of Midtown from Empire State Building. ... The Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan derives its name from the Murray family, 18th-century Quaker merchants mainly concerned with shipping and overseas trade. ...

Parallel to Lexington Avenue lie Park Avenue to its west and Third Avenue to its east. New Yorkers often abbreviate Lexington Avenue as "Lex." The avenue is largely commercial at ground level, with offices above. There are clusters of hotels on Lexington Avenue in the "30s" and "40s" (from Lexington's intersection with 30th Street through to its intersection with 49th Street, roughly) and apartment buildings further north. Park Avenue in the Upper East Side (2004) Park Avenue (formerly Fourth Avenue) runs north and south between Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan in New York City, carrying both directions of traffic. ...

Lexington Avenue is named for the 1775 Battle of Lexington, the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War, marking the shot heard around the world. ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...

Public Transportation

Above Ground

General cab service is availble for hailing. The following buses use Lexington Avenue:

• M101: To East 6th Street via Limited
• M102: To East 6th Street
• M103: To City Hall

Underground

The IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway runs under Lexington Avenue north of 42nd Street (at Grand Central Terminal); south of Grand Central this subway line runs under Park Avenue until 14th Street. South Ferry station 125th Street station The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ... The clock in the Main Concourse © 2004 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Grand Central Terminal (often still called Grand Central Station, although technically that is the name of the nearby post office) is a train station at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York, a borough of New York City, located... Park Avenue in the Upper East Side (2004) Park Avenue (formerly Fourth Avenue) runs north and south between Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan in New York City, carrying both directions of traffic. ...

External link

• A short history of Lexington Avenue (http://www.nynewsday.com/features/custom/names/ny-namesofny-lexingtonavenue,0,4902070.htmlstory)