Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)

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Seventh Avenue
Seventh Avenue South (south of 11th St)
Fashion Avenue (26th–42nd Sts)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (north of 110th St)
Sixth Avenue (below 59th St)
Lenox Avenue (above 110th St)
WestEighth Avenue (below 59th St)
Douglass Boulevard (above 110th St)
Construction
CommissionedMarch 1811
39th Street in the Garment District
Pennsylvania Station
is under it.
Greater Refuge Temple on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard

Seventh Avenue—co-named Fashion Avenue in the

borough of Manhattan
in New York City. It is southbound below the park and a two-way street north of it.

Seventh Avenue originates in the

Avenue of the Americas
", long-time New Yorkers continue to use the older name.

The street has two northern termini; an upper level terminates at the western end of the

Jerome Avenue commences in the Bronx. A lower level continues a bit further north and curves into the lower level of West 155th Street
.

History

Seventh Avenue was originally laid out in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811.

The southern terminus of Seventh Avenue was Eleventh Street in Greenwich Village through the early part of the 20th century. It was extended southward, as Seventh Avenue South, to link up with

IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line[4] which opened in 1918.[5]

Extension of the avenue was under consideration for several years, and was approved by the New York City Board of Estimate in September 1911, when the first $3 million appropriation was made for the initial planning of the work. The extension had been urged by civic groups to meet the commercial needs of Greenwich Village. A significant number of old buildings were marked for demolition in the extension,[4] and the demolished buildings included the Bedford Street Methodist Church, constructed in 1840.[3]

Most of Seventh Avenue has carried traffic one-way southbound since June 6, 1954.[6] The portion north of Times Square carried two-way traffic until March 10, 1957.[7]

  • Old Dutch Farmhouse at 7th Avenue & 50th Street, 1865
    Old Dutch Farmhouse at 7th Avenue & 50th Street, 1865

Transportation

Seventh Avenue is served by the

M2 north of the park.[10]

Notable districts and buildings

South of

St. Vincent's Hospital
was a main downtown hospital on Seventh Avenue and 11th Street.

Running through the

5th Avenue and 34th Street to 39th Street), it is referred to as Fashion Avenue due to its role as a center of the garment and fashion industry and the famed fashion designers who established New York as a world fashion capital. The first, temporary signs designating the section of Seventh Avenue as "Fashion Avenue" were dual-posted in 1972, with permanent signs added over the ensuing years.[11]

Seventh Avenue intersects with Broadway and with 42nd Street at Times Square, with multiple buildings at the intersections.

Notable buildings located on Seventh Avenue include:

Notable buildings on

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, from Central Park north through Harlem
, include:

See also

  • 6½ Avenue

References

Notes

  1. ^ Google (September 13, 2015). "Seventh Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  2. ^ Google (September 13, 2015). "Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Staff (March 22, 1914) "Wreckers Busy in Old Greenwich", The New York Times
  4. ^ a b Staff (September 24, 1911) "Seventh Avenue Extension Will Create Great Business Revival in Old Greenwich" The New York Times
  5. ^ Staff (July 2, 1918) "Open New Subway to Regular Traffic", The New York Times
  6. ^ Ingraham, Joseph (June 7, 1954). "7th and 8th Aves. Shift to One-Way". The New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  7. ^ Ingraham, Joseph (March 11, 1957). "Midtown Gets New Traffic Pattern". The New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  9. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Harlem / Hamilton Heights" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  10. ^ "Manhattan Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  11. ^ Nemy, Enid.(June 8, 1972) "Everybody -- Well, Almost -- Attended A Mammoth Party on 'Fashion Ave.'" The New York Times

External links

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