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Topic: Amsterdam Avenue (Manhattan)


  
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The waviness of the aqueduct's path between Highbridge and 150th street indicates the waviness of the terrain; in much of this area, the aqueduct was essentially built into the side of the rocky hill that slants down very sharply toward the east river.
The old 119th street gatehouse in the middle of Amsterdam, however, was considered a traffic hazard, and was replaced from 1894-1895 with a new Gatehouse on the east side of the road-- the south-east corner of 119th and Amsterdam Ave.
The gatehouse on the northwest corner of Amsterdam Ave and 113th still stands, although it in the 1990s it was sold by the city to the Amsterdam Nursing Home and Adult Daycare center, and was renovated by the Geddis Partnership Archtitects.
www.undercity.org /stories/croton/maps/maps.html   (2091 words)

  
 1907 Deaths Bklyn Standard Union June
She had a large number of friends on Manhattan and Fiske Terrace, and was a member of the Manhattan Terrace Field Club, of which her husband was president for several years.
George FRASER, of 643 Greene avenue, a school teacher, was struck and instantly killed by a Manhattan-bound Ulmer Park train of the B.R.T. at the crossing at Thirteenth avenue and Eighty-second street at 1:30 o'clock this morning.
GEIS of 470 Marcy avenue, with interment at Calvary Cemetery.
www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Newspaper/BSU/1907.Death.June.html   (23187 words)

  
 DANY | What's New | April 15, 2005
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau today announced the indictment of the four leaders of a violent drug organization that operated within the Frederick Douglass Houses on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
The Frederick Douglass Housing complex encompasses the area from Amsterdam Avenue to Manhattan Avenue, and from West 100th Street to West 104th Street.
The District Attorney's Firearms Trafficking Unit enlisted the assistance of the NYPD's Manhattan North Narcotics Major Case Team, and the support of the 24th Precinct Detective Squad and the Manhattan North Homicide Squad, in investigating the gang's narcotics trafficking and related incidents of violence.
www.manhattanda.org /whatsnew/press/2005-04-15.htm   (875 words)

  
 Amsterdam hotels, cheap hotel reservations, lodgings - accommodation
Amsterdam is home to some fascinating museums and a few of them house some of the world's oldest and most stunning art collections.
All in all Amsterdam is one of the greatest "small" cities in the world, and is the perfect place for a short ciy break or vacation getaway.
 Stadhouderskade 19-21, Amsterdam, 1054 ES Ideal for a vacation in the heart of Amsterdam, the Amsterdam Marriott is close to canals and the picturesque city center and is is a stone's throw away from the famous Van Gogh museum and Rijksmuseum.
www.all-hotels.com /amsterdam-hotels.htm   (1387 words)

  
 Morningside Heights: Appetizing on Amsterdam - New York Times
These affordable and equally diverse restaurants along Amsterdam Avenue serve the population well.
(212) 662-7600; 1018 Amsterdam Avenue (110th Street); $; $25 and Under: 9/19/01.
The tacos are made the authentic way, with two soft corn tortillas providing a gripping surface for the fillings like pork chunks and pineapple, augmented by lettuce, tomatoes, onions and cilantro.
travel2.nytimes.com /2006/02/12/dining/12rest.html   (491 words)

  
 Amsterdam (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amsterdam Island, one of the French Southern Territories in the Indian Ocean
Amsterdam Avenue (Manhattan), a thoroughfare on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Amsterdam is the name of the protagonist of the film Gangs of New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amsterdam_(disambiguation)   (180 words)

  
 John Smith 1st of his family to arrive in America
He became interested in the opening of a mission and Sunday School "far uptown" at 28th Street and 9th Avenue, and when the property was bought, it was placed in his name, as he was one of the few who had already attained his majority.
She was buried in the plot which her husband had bought far out "in the country" in the Trinity Cemetery at 156th Street, west of Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan.
Jennie Dwight Wylie, known as "Jane", was born in Manhattan on March 20, 1887, and was graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University, in 1909.
www.longislandgenealogy.com /jsmith.html   (6612 words)

  
 Trans-Manhattan Expressway (I-95, US 1 and US 9)
At present, express traffic across Manhattan to and from the George Washington Bridge is handled by means of the Port Authority's 178th Street and 179th Street Tunnels.
On the Manhattan side of the Harlem River in Highbridge Park, direct connections would be provided with Amsterdam Avenue and with the Harlem River Bridge which, when the extension south to 125th Street is completed, will be an additional north-south artery in Manhattan.
This is the first expressway to be built across Manhattan, and we hope that the Lower Manhattan and Mid-Manhattan expressways, both of which have been the victims of inordinate and inexcusable delays caused by intemperate opposition and consequent official hesitation, will follow.
www.nycroads.com /roads/trans-manhattan   (1940 words)

  
 DANY | What's New | March 15, 2006
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau today announced the indictment of RAMON PEQUERO, a/k/a “EZ”, an enforcer for a violent drug organization based at the Frederick Douglass Houses on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, for two drug-related murders and an attempt to murder members of a rival drug crew.
Williams, 19, was shot in the head and chest with a.40 caliber pistol in the lobby of 875 Columbus Avenue, a Douglass Houses building.
Detective Christopher Weston, Det. Alfred Hernandez and detectives #2717 and #6141 of the Manhattan North Narcotics Zone Major Case Squad, Lieutenant Stephen Camardese, Sergeant Craig Gardella, Detective Tony Norcia and the detectives of the Manhattan North Homicide Task Force, and Lt. James Molloy and Sergeant John Frawley of the 24th Precinct Detective Squad.
www.manhattanda.org /whatsnew/press/2006-03-15.html   (935 words)

  
 Painting the Town -- Museum of the City of New York
Bridges linking the island of Manhattan to New Jersey, Long Island, and southern New York State have been part of the iconography of New York City from the earliest days of settlement.
Managing to overcome problems of varying land levels and difficult rock formations on both sides of the river, he created a Roman aqueduct to carry the Croton Aqueduct pipes over the Harlem River from Aqueduct Avenue at 170th Street in the Bronx to High Bridge Park, east of 175th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan.
The reservoirs for Croton water were located at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, and between 79th and 86th Street and Fifth and Seventh Avenues.
www.mcny.org /collections/painting/pttcat20.htm   (767 words)

  
 Compass Roses - In Public Places
The rose, which is in the northwest corner of the playground, consists of a large baseball over a baseball bat, with the head of the bat pointing north.
This playground is on the north side of Flushing Avenue, between Humboldt Street and Bushwick Avenue, adjacent to the Bushwick Houses.
The compass rose, which is located a short distance inside the entrance at the corner of East 35th Street and First Avenue, is the same type as the one in the Gutenberg Playground.
pages.prodigy.net /pizzabagel/CompassRoses_Public.htm   (5266 words)

  
 Interchange of the Week-#54
The Borough of Manhattan is at left and the Borough of Bronx is at right, on either side of the Harlem River.
The large curving street in the Bronx is Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard (familiarly known as University Avenue) north of the expressway, and Edward L. Grant Highway south of it.
The divided roadways of this spur pass under Amsterdam Avenue before meeting the Trans-Manhattan Expressway, merging between the inner and outer roadways of the latter.
www.empirestateroads.com /week/week54.html   (838 words)

  
 Amsterdam Inn Hotel Manhattan, Amsterdam Inn Hotel New York City
The Amsterdam Inn Manhattan offers you the comforts of a home away from home and prides itself in offering a great place to stay on New York's Upper WesSide.
The Amsterdam Inn is our newest boutique hotel for the budget minded.
We offer 24-hour reception desk and helpful multi-lingual staff ready to answer your questions and get you where you need to be for that important business meeting or day of leisure.
www.nyinns.com /amsterdam.html   (214 words)

  
 Amsterdam Restaurant and Tapas Lounge
Turn right on 120th Street and proceed to Amsterdam Ave.
Turn right onto Amsterdam Avenue, and proceed to 119th Street.
Turn left on Amsterdam Avenue and proceed to 119th Street.
www.amsterdamrestaurant.com /information.aspx   (102 words)

  
 Directions to Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Columbia Law School, situated on the main campus of Columbia University, is located at the corner of West 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan.
Drive two blocks (north) to West 116th Street; Greene Hall, the main Law School building, is located on the northeast corner of West 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Public parking garages are located on the southwest corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 114th Street; on West 123rd Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue) and at Riverside Church (on the corner of Riverside Drive and West 120th Street).
www.law.columbia.edu /jd_applicants/jd_prog/visiting/directions   (466 words)

  
 Sightseeing, New York City
The world's largest cathedral, St. John the Divine is located at 112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan.
Central Park spans two and a half miles from 59th Street to 110th Street and half a mile from Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue and was the first urban landscaped park in the United States.
The Mayor's House is on East End Avenue and East 88th Street.
www.ny.com /sights/misc.html   (935 words)

  
 nyverez
Shortly after midnight on August 31, 1990, two police officers on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, near the intersection of West 156th Street, heard gunshots from across the street and saw Felix Sanchez and Ricardo Agostini firing [p.
Nicholas Avenue and entered a van driven by the defendant.
Agostini was shot by the officers during the chase.
wings.buffalo.edu /law/bclc/web/nyverez.htm   (948 words)

  
 Columbia Business School Directions
Columbia’s Morningside campus (map) runs from West 114th Street to West 120th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
The EMBA Programs are located on the fourth floor of the School’s other classroom building, Warren Hall, which is located at 1125 Amsterdam Avenue at 115th Street.
Warren Hall is located at 1125 Amsterdam, at 115th Street.
www.gsb.columbia.edu /directions/index.html   (741 words)

  
 Jonas Greenhut (Hallberg Family Data)
• In 1910 he lived at 792 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, New York, New York.
• Jonas was counted in the 1910 US census for Manhattan, New York, New York.
• In 1930 Jonas lived at 3415 31st Avenue in Queens, Queens, New York.
www.visi.com /~tth/genealogy/3607.htm   (204 words)

  
 Abraham S. Greenhut (Hallberg Family Data)
• He was counted in the 1900 US census for Manhattan, New York, New York.
• In 1910 Abraham lived at 792 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, New York, New York.
• In 1920 he lived at 822 West 2nd Avenue in Manhattan, New York, New York.
www.visi.com /~tth/genealogy/3605.htm   (288 words)

  
 Concert Venues and Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Cloisters, a building in Manhattan belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and constructed from pieces of medieval churches, monasteries, etc.
Enter campus at West 116th Street from Broadway or Amsterdam Avenue.
A series of concerts, not strictly early, at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola 980 Park Avenue (at 84th Street), New York, NY 10028.
www.ostgardr.org /music/calendar/data_files/venues.html   (901 words)

  
 The JCC in Manhattan
Copyright © 2004 - 2006 The JCC in Manhattan.
There are three ways to register for programs and events at The JCC in Manhattan.
Please be mindful of our program registration, cancellation and credit transfer policies before you register.
www.jccmanhattan.org /category.aspx?catid=1541   (243 words)

  
 village voice > nyclife
The small savory plates, mainly around $5, include baby asparagus spears wrapped in grilled piquillo peppers, french fries with three Spanish sauces, and, arriving with the bread, a fabulous garlic mayonnaise.
This quintessential Puerto Rican lunch counter is one of the few vestiges of a Latin restaurant row that once thrived along Chelsea's Eighth Avenue, incorporating many distinguished Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Cuban-Chinese spots.
When it was founded by a maid of the guy who owned Carmine's and Ollie's, it was nearly unique, but now a plethora of good Mexican spots have poured southward from Manhattan Valley, and Gabriela's is forced to compete with places half as expensive.
www.villagevoice.com /nyclife/index.php?page=top100_03_latin   (5247 words)

  
 Sugar Hill, Manhattan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sugar Hill is a neighborhood in the northern part of Harlem, in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
The neighborhood is defined by 155th Street to the north, 145th Street to the south, Edgecombe Avenue to the east, and Amsterdam Avenue to the west.
Rap group The Sugarhill Gang and rap record label Sugar Hill Records pay homage to the neighborhood in their names.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sugar_Hill,_Manhattan   (291 words)

  
 Press Release: AG Settles NYC Funeral Home Monopoly Case
Currently, SCI owns four of the five funeral homes in Manhattan that arrange Jewish funerals, and seven of 18 homes in Brooklyn.
For example, the average cost of a funeral at Riverside Chapel in Manhattan has nearly doubled in the ten years since it was acquired by SCI.
The three SCI funeral homes which are to be sold are Plaza Memorial Chapel at 630 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, and Kirschenbaum Brothers Funeral Home and Garlick Funeral Home, both at 1153 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn.
www.oag.state.ny.us /press/1999/nov/nov17a_99.html   (675 words)

  
 Children's Museum of Manhattan in The NYC Insider: an Insider's Guide to New York City
Children's Museum of Manhattan in The NYC Insider: an Insider's Guide to New York City
The first thing you will notice when you walk into the Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) is the noise.
The museum boasts that it is "bursting with unique exhibits and daily programs for family fun together" and the children we saw at play here clearly agree.
www.theinsider.com /nyc/museums/1childre.htm   (696 words)

  
 Health, Connections 2005-2006 and The Job Search (NYPL)
Operates various clinics throughout Manhattan, where free or low-cost dental services and limited medical care can be had for children up to 16 or 18 years of age.
Dedicated to providing a community-based restorative environment, throughout the five boroughs, for persons who are experiencing the disabling effects of psychiatric illness.
Applicant must be a New York City resident, be HIV positive, and have an M11Q form.
www.nypl.org /branch/services/connections/health.html   (2117 words)

  
 Filming Locations for Vanilla Sky (2001)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Bar Building - 44th Street between 5th &; 6th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Columbus Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
www.imdb.com /title/tt0259711/locations   (228 words)

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