Avenue A (Manhattan)
NYCDOT | |
Length | 1.1 mi (1.8 km)[1] |
---|---|
Location | Manhattan, New York City |
South end | Houston |
North end | 14th Street |
East | Avenue B |
West | First Avenue |
Construction | |
Commissioned | March 1811 |
Avenue A is a north–south avenue located in
It is considered to be the western border of Alphabet City in the East Village. It is also the western border of Tompkins Square Park.
Sections
Under the
While First Avenue was the easternmost avenue in most of Manhattan, several discontinuous sections were designated as Avenue A north of present-day Alphabet City.
Asser Levy Place
As late as 1943, Avenue A went as far north as 25th Street.
Asser Levy Place closed in October 2013 to become part of the Recreation Center
Beekman Place
Beekman Place, located at the headquarters of the United Nations, runs as a short street between Mitchell Place/49th Street and 51st Street. Though not part of the original Avenue A in the 1811 plan, it is named after the Beekman family (members of whom include Wilhelmus Beekman, whose namesakes also include downtown's Beekman Street and William Street), who were influential in New York City's development.[12]
Sutton Place and York Avenue
In 1928, a one-block section of Sutton Place north of East 59th Street, and all of Avenue A north of that point, was renamed
This section is the only former section of Avenue A to still use the Avenue A address system (as it only has four-digit building numbers).Pleasant Avenue
The northernmost section of Avenue A, stretching between East 114th and 120th Streets in East Harlem, was renamed Pleasant Avenue in 1879.[6][16] The addresses on Pleasant Avenue are not continuous with those on Avenue A (which would be in the 2000-series if they were continuous).
See also
On the same position on the Manhattan street grid:
- Essex Street, Lower East Side
Other lettered avenues in Alphabet City, Manhattan:
References
- ^ Google (December 1, 2015). "Avenue A (Manhattan)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ REMARKS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR LAYING OUT STREETS AND ROADS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, UNDER THE ACT OF APRIL 3, 1807 Archived June 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 2, 2007. "The avenues to the eastward of number one are marked A, B, C, and D."
- ^ Manhattan Profiles: Stuyvesant Square, New York City Market Analysis, 1943. Accessed January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Street Named For Asser Levy". New York Daily News. February 23, 1955. p. 44. Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via newspapers.com .
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ a b "De-Classified 4-A". Forgotten NY. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
- ^ "Asser Levy Recreation Center". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
- ^ "Asser Levy Recreation Center, Pool and Playground". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1., p.88
- ^ a b Holland, Heather (October 23, 2013). "Asser Levy Place to Close Permanently to Make Way for Park". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Aitken, William Benford (1912). Distinguished Families In America: Descended From Wilhelmus Beekman And Jan Thomasse Van Dyke. The Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ Senft, Bret (June 12, 1994). "If You're Thinking of Living In/Sutton Place; A Riverside Enclave for the Well-to-Do". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ a b Gray, Christopher (September 21, 2003). "Streetscapes/Sutton Place, Sutton Place South and One Sutton Place North; A Prestigious Enclave With a Name in Question". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ Pollak, Michael (August 7, 2005). "F. Y. I." The New York Times. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
In 1928, Sutton Place from 59th to 60th Street, and Avenue A north of 60th, were renamed York Avenue in honor of Sgt. Alvin C. York (1887-1964), a World War I hero from Tennessee and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
- ^ Pollak, Michael (December 12, 2004). "F.Y.I. - They Hear Dead People". The New York Times. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
External links
- New York Songlines: Avenue A, a virtual walking tour
- East Harlem Giglio Society