66th Street (Manhattan)
Location | Manhattan |
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66th Street is a crosstown street in the
Route description
The street runs westbound, even though even-numbered streets in Manhattan typically go east. Its eastern end on the Upper East Side at
East Side
Manhattan House, located at 200 East 66th Street, was designated as a New York City landmark in 2007 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission for its influential mid-century modernist architecture. Benny Goodman, Grace Kelly, architect Gordon Bunshaft and other distinguished residents lived there. The street was widened during its construction.[2]
The
45 East 66th Street is the site of a red-and-white French Gothic 10-story apartment house completed in 1908 for Charles F. Rodgers as designed by architects Harde & Short.[4][5] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[6]
West Side
The block between Columbus Avenue and
66th Street is the site of the
The
In 1972, the
Lincoln Towers is an apartment complex that consists of six buildings with eight addresses on a 20-acre (81,000 m2) campus, bounded on the south by West 66th Street, on the west by Freedom Place, on the north by West 70th Street, and on the east by Amsterdam Avenue.
A 1986 plan by
Community organizations
The West 65th and 66th Streets Block Association, founded in April 2018, seeks to promote neighborhood harmony, quality of life and safety through collaborative planning, community action, and policy advocacy. The Block Association has brought attention to larcenies at Duane Reade, lobbied for additional bike corrals for the street, and raised concern about Extell's plans for a 775 ft tower at 36 West 66th Street.
Parks and recreation
Richard Tucker Park, covering 0.05 acres (200 m2) is located at the corner of Broadway and Columbus Avenue.
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of 66th Street include:
- James Bryant Conant (1893–1978), served as President of Harvard University for 20 years, and lived at 200 East 66th Street.[18]
- Benny Goodman (1908–1986) Bandleader, 200 East 66th Street.
- Ulysses S. Grant, former President of the United States, resided at 3 East 66th Street from 1884 until his death the following year.[19]
- Henry Osborne Havemeyer (1847–1907), founder of the American Sugar Refining Company, built his Romanesque-style mansion at 1 East 66th Street.[20]
- Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978), poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, lived at 200 East 66th Street.[23]
- Edward Streeter (1891–1976), author best known for his novel Father of the Bride, lived at 200 East 66th Street.[24]
- Andy Warhol (1928–1987), central figure in the Pop art movement, lived at 57 East 66th Street.[25]
- Peter Jennings (1938–2005), journalist and longtime anchor of ABC's World News Tonight lived and worked in the area. A street that borders W 66th street at ABC News headquarters is named in his honor.
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References
- ^ Founder's Hall Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, National Park Service. Accessed August 17, 2008.
- ^ NYC Landmark Registry Archived February 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, announcement dated October 30, 2007. Accessed October 28, 2008.
- ^ "Club in Murray Hill District Buys East 66th Street Site", The New York Times, June 21, 1930. Accessed August 21, 2008.
- ^ Gray, Christopher. "STREETSCAPES: 45 East 66th Street; For a Jewel on the East Side, A Loving Facade Restoration", The New York Times, October 16, 1988. Accessed August 20, 2008.
- ^ 45 East 66th Street, New York Architecture Images. Accessed August 20, 2008.
- ^ New York – New York County, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed August 20, 2008.
- ^ "Metro Briefing", The New York Times, February 22, 2006. Accessed August 5, 2008.
- ^ "First Battery Armory | HDC". hdc.org. June 21, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
- ^ "West Side Residents Oppose Mormon Project, Charging Racism", The New York Times, December 15, 1972. Accessed August 17, 2008.
- ^ Teltsch, Kathleen. "Chinese Mission Buys a Motel on West Side; 10-Story Building to Be Used as Office and Living Site Chinese Purchase Motel on the West Side", The New York Times, March 17, 1972. Accessed August 17, 2008.
- ^ "POSTINGS: Hotel Expanding Into Old Chinese Mission; 100 Rooms On W. 66th St.", The New York Times, June 28, 1998. Accessed August 17, 2007.
- ^ Gottlieb, Martin. "TRUMP PLAN: WIDE IMPACT ON WEST SIDE", The New York Times, April 30, 1986. Accessed August 17, 2008.
- ^ Richard Tucker Square, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed August 17, 2008.
- ^ Crow, Kelly. "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: UPPER WEST SIDE – BUZZ; An Old Friend Returns, Herbs and Fruit In Hand", The New York Times, July 20, 2003. Accessed August 17, 2008.
- ^ Richard Tucker Park Highlights, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed August 17, 2008.
- ^ Richard Tucker Park Monuments, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed August 17, 2008.
- ^ Pace, Eric. "Tucker Statue for Park Studied", The New York Times, May 9, 1978. Accessed August 17, 2008.
- ^ "James B. Conant Is Dead at 84; Harvard President for 20 Years; From Chemistry to Top Post", The New York Times, February 12, 1978. Accessed August 20, 2008.
- ^ Ulysses S. Grant, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed August 17, 2008. "After serving two terms as U.S. President (1868–76), Grant retired to New York City in 1884 and lived at 3 East 66th Street until his death in 1885."
- ^ Gray, Christopher. "Streetscapes:: Sidestreet Prestige; When Cachet Was Off 5th Ave.", The New York Times, September 20, 1992. Accessed August 20, 2008. "Henry Havemeyer, the sugar refiner, took 1 East 66th Street for his Romanesque-style mansion at the northeast corner of Fifth in the 1880s, and Andrew Carnegie chose 2 East 91st Street for his mansion, now the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, at the turn of the century."
- ISBN 978-1-61423-964-2.
- ^ Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island Society Register. Brooklyn Life Publishing Company. 1920. p. 232.
- ^ "Phyllis McGinley, Essayist and Poet Who Won Pulitzer in '61, Dies at 72", The New York Times, February 23, 1978. Accessed August 20, 2008.
- ^ "Edward Streeter, Humorist, Dies at 84", The New York Times, April 2, 1976. Accessed August 20, 2008. "Edward Streeter, humorist and author of two best-selling novels, "Father of the Bride" and "Dere Mable," died Wednesday at Roosevelt Hospital. He was 84 years old and lived at 200 East 66th Street."
- ^ Strausbaugh, John. "In the Mansion Land of the ‘Fifth Avenoodles’", December 14, 2007. Accessed August 20, 2008. "By the time Brooke Astor, widow of Caroline’s grandson Vincent, died this year at the age of 105, the area had been home to generations of poor immigrants, and to the likes of Andy Warhol (57 East 66th Street, between Madison and Park Avenues)..."
- New York City Bus, effective April 2008. Accessed August 17, 2008.
- ^ "CROSSTOWN BUSES START ON 65TH ST.; La Guardia Is Cash Passenger on First One Out After Making a Brief Speech.", The New York Times, February 16, 1935. Accessed August 17, 2008.