89th Street (Manhattan)

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Coordinates: 40°47′00″N 73°57′31″W / 40.7833°N 73.9586°W / 40.7833; -73.9586
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89th Street
Fred Lebow Place
1811
Isaac Rice Mansion
, now Yeshiva Ketana
Houses on West 89th St

89th Street is a one-way street running westbound from the

borough of Manhattan. The street is interrupted by Central Park. It runs through the Upper West Side, Carnegie Hill and Yorkville
neighborhoods.

The street's western terminal is on Riverside Drive overlooking Riverside Park and the Hudson River at the site of the Classical marble Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument.

The first building on the north side of the street at its western end is 173-175 Riverside Drive, a co-operative apartment building with entrances on both 89th and 90th Streets. On the south side of the street stands the former

Isaac Rice Mansion
, now Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan and a designated New York City Landmark.

The Dalton School, the Dwight School, and the Abraham Joshua Heschel School are all located on 89th Street.

The block between

Columbus Avenue has the old Claremont Riding Academy, now an extension of the Gaynor School, the West Side Community Garden and the restored 1890s Public School 166, a much admired Collegiate Gothic building in glazed terra cotta.[2]

The block between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West is tree-shaded and lined with beautiful restored town houses. The corner of

Central Park West is marked by The St. Urban, an apartment building "splendidly crowned by dome and cupola".[3]

To the east of Central Park, the street passes the 89th street facade of the

gothic Revival church, built by the Episcopalians in 1870, it became a Reformed Church and is now the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More.[4] The block between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue has a row of "spectacularly romantic" Queen Anne style town houses.[5]

East 89th Street is cosigned as Fred Lebow Place between Fifth and Madison Avenues, honoring the founder of the New York City Marathon. This block also contains the offices of the New York Road Runners.

The street ends at Carl Schurz Park on the East River.

References

  1. ^ Google (January 8, 2017). "89th Street" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  2. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5
    ., p.350.
  3. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5
    ., p.363.
  4. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5
    ., p.428
  5. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5
    ., p.456
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