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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Lexington Avenue Elevated   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Lexington Avenue Elevated (also called the Lexington Avenue Line) was the first standard elevated railway in Brooklyn, New York, operated in its later days by the BRT, the BMT and then the City of New York.
The portion from Alabama Avenue to short of the current Cypress Hills are the original (albeit reinforced) structure, and is the oldest such structure in the city.
Avenue of the Saints The Avenue of the Saints is a 560-mile highway that connects St. Louis, Missouri.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lexington-Avenue-Elevated   (5463 words)

  
  Lexington Avenue (Manhattan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lexington Avenue is an avenue on the East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries southbound one-way traffic from East 131st Street to Gramercy Park at East 21st Street.
Lexington Avenue was NOT one of the streets included in the 1811 street grid, and thus does not also have a numerical designation, and the addresses for cross streets do not start at an even Hundred number.
Lexington Avenue is named for the 1775 Battle of Lexington, the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lexington_Avenue   (390 words)

  
 Lexington Avenue (Manhattan) - Definition, explanation
Lexington Avenue is an avenue on the East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries southbound one-way traffic from East 131st Street to Gramercy Park at East 21st Street.
Parallel to Lexington Avenue lie Park Avenue to its west and Third Avenue to its east.
Lexington Avenue is named for the 1775 Battle of Lexington, the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/l/le/lexington_avenue__manhattan_.php   (291 words)

  
 Park Avenue (Manhattan) - Definition, explanation
Park Avenue (formerly Fourth Avenue) runs north and south between Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan in New York City, carrying both directions of traffic.
From 40th Street to 60th Street, Park Avenue runs through Midtown Manhattan and is distinguished by its glass box skyscrapers, many of which serve as corporate headquarters for corporations such as J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup, and MetLife.
Park Avenue was originally known as Fourth Avenue and carried the tracks of the New York and Harlem Railroad starting in the 1830s.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pa/park_avenue__manhattan_.php   (884 words)

  
 Fifth Avenue (Manhattan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the center of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA.
The stretch of Fifth Avenue from the 80s through the 90s (i.e., from 82nd Street to 105th Street) has enough museums to have acquired the nickname Museum Mile and includes such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Fifth Avenue is the traditional route for many celebratory parades in New York City; thus, it is closed to traffic on numerous Sundays in warm weather.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fifth_Avenue_(Manhattan)   (684 words)

  
 Borough of Manhattan - NYWiki
What now are called Manhattan Island and Long Island were then not known, described or depicted as islands but were assumed to be part of the mainland.
Today, Manhattan's skyscrapers are so iconic that Manhattan and New York City are often seen as synomous, even though not even 20% of New York City's population lives in Manhattan as of the early 21st century (the only boroughs with fewer people are The Bronx and Staten Island).
As it is coterminal New York County, Manhattan is the most densely populated county in the United States of America.
www.nywiki.com /new-york-city/index.php/Manhattan   (718 words)

  
 Madison Avenue (Manhattan) Information
Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries northbound one-way traffic.
Between 57th Street and 85th Street, Madison Avenue is identified as “the fashionable road”.
The term "Madison Avenue" serves as a symbol or metaphor for advertising, and Madison Avenue became identified with the advertising industry after the explosive growth in this area in the 1920s.
www.bookrags.com /Madison_Avenue   (245 words)

  
 The Midtown Book - Lexington Avenue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
When Olympia and York gutted and rebuilt 466 Lexington Avenue at 46th Street, for example, the new building was named Park Avenue Atrium, (which happens to have one of the most spectacular atriums in the city).
Given the fact that Park Avenue offers the glamour of a wide landscaped boulevard one block away, it is not necessary that Lexington Avenue have too large an identity crisis.
The city should ban all private automobiles from the avenue from 59th Street to 42nd Street and broaden its sidewalks, install the pylons and encourage lots of banners.
www.thecityreview.com /lex.html   (804 words)

  
 Searchlight 2002 - Manhattan Borough President
I was extremely pleased that three of Manhattan's public schools were recently removed from the list of School Under Registration Review (SURR), the state's list of failing schools.
Manhattan has the smallest waterfront of any New York City borough, but it looms largest in the public imagination.
The foot and bicycle path around Manhattan's perimeter is at least a few years off, although it received a boost when Mayor Michael Bloomberg advocated it in his State of the City address.
www.gothamgazette.com /searchlight/manhattan_president.shtml   (1833 words)

  
 Directions
The 92nd Street Y is comprised of two buildings in Manhattan: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street—our primary facility—and the Makor/Steinhardt Center, located in Tribeca on the Ground Floor of 200 Hudson Street between Desbrosses Street and Vestry Street.
The Y is located five blocks north on Lexington Avenue.
The Y is located four blocks south on Lexington Avenue.
www.92y.org /content/directions.asp   (665 words)

  
 MLS Manhattan
Manhattan Association of REALTORS® is a Not-for-Profit Corporation that was chartered by the National Association of REALTORS® on May 19, 2001.
MANAR is dedicated to assist the Manhattan real estate community in conducting their business successfully and ethically; and to provide the consumer the opportunity to choose a REALTOR® who can be relied on for competency and integrity.
The affairs of the Association are governed by a Board of Directors elected annually and is committed to enhancing the careers of its members and the service they provide to their clients and customers.
www.mlsmanhattan.com /mls_manhattan/about.asp   (194 words)

  
 AVENUE - Manhattan Media LLC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Founded in 1976, AVENUE is a glossy, lifestyle magazine that chronicles the lives of Manhattan's affluent and socially powerful.
AVENUE escorts readers to the most exclusive parties and introduces them to the most important style makers in the community.
AVENUE reaches more households in high-income zip codes (including 10021, 10022 and 10028) than top business, travel, decor, fashion and lifestyle publications.
www.manhattanmedia.com /avenue/index.htm   (182 words)

  
 2002 - 09/04/2002 - OSHA Announces Safety & Health Partnership on Major Manhattan Construction Project
The partnership is for the ongoing construction project at 731 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan that commenced on March 1, 2002.
Bovis Lend Lease is providing construction management services at 731 Lexington Avenue for the construction of the new 54 story, 1.4 million square foot, mixed use building.
Bovis Lend Lease was one of the prime contractors in that project and, as a result of their cooperation and commitment to employee safety and health, the partnership was formed.
www.osha.gov /pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=1402   (501 words)

  
 1 Lexington Avenue
he 12-story apartment house at the corner of Gramercy Park North and Lexington is the earliest of the apartment houses that line the north side of the park.
These cooperatives were planned with sizable apartments to attract an affluent and artistic group of people who were interested in living in well-designed apartment houses in a cultured and respectable neighborhood, albeit one located at some distance from the cityÕs most elite residences on the Upper East Side.
1 Lexington Avenue was a series of cooperatives erected early in the 20th century that were known as "club" buildings.
www.preserve2.org /gramercy/proposes/ext/ension/1lex.htm   (347 words)

  
 Welcome to the worlds largest on-line photographic archive covering New York. A photograph of every building in New ...
Avenue C (east side of the street) between Houston Street and 14 Street
Avenue C (west side of the street) between 14 Street and Houston Street
Areas or districts in Manhattan are not exact and, to some degree, are arbitrary.
www.nycinpictures.com   (3015 words)

  
 Lexington Avenue & East   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Citicorp provided a spur for the development of Third Avenue, though things really took off when the old elevated railway that ran here was dismantled in 1955.
After the Citicorp gave it an "official" stamp of approval, office buildings sprouted, revitalizing the flagging fortunes of midtown Manhattan in the late 1970s.
First Avenue has a certain raggy looseness that's a relief after the concrete claustrophobia of Midtown, and Beekman Place (49th to 51st streets between First Avenue and the river) is quieter still, a beguiling enclave of garbled styles.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /north_america/eastern_usa/newyork/nyc_lexingtonavenue.html   (779 words)

  
 Campus Map   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
City College was originally located at 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.
The campus occupies 35 acres along Convent Avenue from 131st Street to 141st Street.
The North Campus Quadrangle also includes four great arches on the main avenues leading to the campus: the Hudson Gate on Amsterdam Avenue, the George Washington Gate at 138th Street and Convent Avenue, the Alexander Hamilton Gate at the northern edge of Convent Avenue and the Peter Stuyvesant Gate at St. Nicholas Terrace.
home.att.net /~topann/CCNYmap.html   (233 words)

  
 1918 Fire Dept. News
William J. WHITE No.2 of 8306 3rd avenue is the 5th member to be retired.
The next victim was Henry HEIMKEN, of 1461 Bushwick avenue, attached to Hook and Ladder 110, on State street.
In spite of the handicap of the medical officers in Brooklyn and Manhattan are working cheerfully to fight the epidemic.
www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Fire/1918.FireNews.html   (630 words)

  
 New York University > About NYU > Getting to NYU
The University is located at Washington Square Park on the island and borough of Manhattan in the neighborhood called Greenwich Village.
To Ninth Street Station (Sixth Avenue and Ninth Street), then walk south to West Fourth Street and east to Washington Square.
Take the Manhattan Bridge exit, cross over the bridge, and take Canal Street west to Sixth Avenue (also called Avenue of the Americas).
www.nyu.edu /travel.nyu   (901 words)

  
 New York City Transportation: Subways and Railroads in New York
The Radisson Lexington Hotel is close to subways, railroad services and other New York City transportation links.
Just six blocks from Grand Central Station and within three blocks of the New York subway system, the Radisson Lexington is also within easy access of the MTA bus service as well as buses traveling to Downtown Manhattan.
Lexington Avenue and 51st Street: E, V, 6.
www.lexingtonhotelnyc.com /newyork/transportation.html   (222 words)

  
 Radisson Lexington Hotel New York Midtown Hotels, Book Radisson Hotel Lexington by Phone
The hotel is located on Lexington avenue on Manhattan's fashionable Eastside.
This hotel lies right in the heart of Manhattan's prestigious East Side, an enclave of old world elegance, and has offered the finest in hospitality since 1929.
The 2-storey lobby is fairly large and combines a modern style with traditional touches, such as the 3 tier chandelier, the polished brown and beige marbled floor and sprawling oriental rugs.
www.midtown-hotels.com /new_york_hotels/mid_midtown/radisson_lexington_hotel.php   (189 words)

  
 Lighthouse International - Directions to Lighthouse International
Transfer to subway (4,5, or 6 lines) uptown to 59th Street and Lexington Avenue station.
Transfer to subway (E line) uptown (toward Queens) to the Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street station.
Transfer to subway (N or R line) uptown to the Lexington Avenue and 59th Street station.
www.lighthouse.org /whatsnew/directions.htm   (257 words)

  
 B & B Lodges bed and breakfast - New York, New York. New York Bed and Breakfast Inns.
Madison Avenue is famously known as the world's premier shopping district for the finest food, opulent merchandise, luxury lodging and services available anywhere.
In this area is where most of the very well known fashion designers and upper class hair salons are located.Other areas may have their impressive retail strips, but Madison Avenue is the world's most famous retail address.
Noted below are the approximate distances from Manhattan, New York.
www.bedandbreakfast.com /new-york-manhattan-bblodges.html   (928 words)

  
 Filming Locations for Manhattan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He was as tough and romantic as the city he loved.
Manhattan landmark: the Empire Diner, Tenth Avenue – seen also in Men In Black II and Igby Goes Down
between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue, while Isaac collects his kid from ex-wife Jill (Meryl Streep) for a meal and some guy stuff, at the (since closed, then renovated, now seemingly closed again)
www.movie-locations.com /movies/m/manhattan.html   (696 words)

  
 The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society - Content
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society is located at 122-126 East 58th Street, between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.
The E and V trains to Lexington Avenue at 53rd Street, five blocks south of the G&B. A transfer to the 6 train is available at this station.
The G&B is on 58th Street (one-way east) between Park Avenue (two-way traffic) and Lexington Avenue (one-way south).
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org /modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=4   (320 words)

  
 Sushi in Manhattan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Columbus Avenue (between 81st Street and 82nd Street), Manhattan, New York City
By public transport: 45st street at 3rd avenue..
Across the street from the park in front of the 9th Precinct.
sushiref.com /listings/na/usa/ny/nyc/manhattan   (1180 words)

  
 The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . .   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Officer Lee was part of a surveillance team that was tailing a group of men who appeared to be casing stores on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan shortly before 1800 hours.
After being told by employees at one of the stores that the men might have taken a laptop computer, Officer Lee and his team moved in on the suspects, who fled on foot.
He was assigned to the Manhattan North Grand Larceny Unit.
www.odmp.org /officer.php?oid=18131&printview=1   (184 words)

  
 Sophie's Cuban Madison Avenue - Manhattan - Chowhound
Sophie's Cuban Madison Avenue - Manhattan - Chowhound
I had the cubano sandwich with the green sauce for $6.50 and saved thousands of dollars as I won't be needing to fly to Miami any longer for my cubano fix.
I bought a little bag of potato sticks before visiting Sophie's on Lexington and 41st Street, then asked them to top the Cubano with them before putting it in the press.
www.chowhound.com /topics/330951   (1343 words)

  
 Next Stop NYC: East Midtown, Manhattan
What they are probably envisioning is East Midtown, Manhattan, an energetic F line neighborhood that also adds a dose of style with a hidden gem, the Decorative Arts District.
East Midtown's Bloomingdale's (1000 Third Avenue) remains a destination for New Yorkers and tourists alike, while the nearby Waldorf Astoria (301 Park Avenue), an Art Deco hospitality legacy, continues to serve as a 'home away from home' for American presidents and visiting heads of state.
E and V trains: Lexington Avenue at East 53rd Street; and Fifth Avenue at East 53rd Street
www.nyc.gov /html/nextstopnyc/html/neighborhoods/east_midtown_main.shtml   (415 words)

  
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Above: Mark Twain and Joseph Jefferson in Tesla's South Fifth Avenue Laboratory, 1894, Tesla's image is blurred between them.
Johnson's home on Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York City during the 1890s was the place where Nikola Tesla met many of his friends.
The Johnson's home was located at 327 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.
www.teslasociety.com /famousfriends.htm   (445 words)

  
 Vintage New York - Press Release May 2003
In 1951, when he learned of the forthcoming demise of the Third Avenue El, in the shadow of which he had maintained his home and studio for over a decade; he created his final copperplate works of this and other neighborhoods and landmarks he felt might be in danger of demolition.
As New Yorkers today still mourn the savage obliteration of one of the youngest of its landmarks, itself less than a half-century old, the work he did in his own lifetime seems even more appropriate today, than it did at the time of creation of this exhibition.
The gallery is located in the Park Avenue Atrium Building Lobby at 466 Lexington Avenue (at East 46th Street).
www.newyorkartworld.com /pressrelease/pr-vintage-ny.html   (712 words)

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