110th Street (Manhattan)
110th Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is commonly known as the boundary between Harlem and Central Park, along which it is known as Central Park North. In the west, between Central Park West/Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Riverside Drive, it is co-signed as Cathedral Parkway.
For other places with the same name, see 110th Street (disambiguation).
The elevated IRT Ninth Avenue Line used to reach a great height at its 110th Street station, before its demolition in 1940; it was infamous as a suicide location.[9][10] Today, there are four New York City Subway stations on 110th Street:
110th Street is served by the M2, M3, and M4 New York City Bus routes.[11]
The New York Central Railroad's 110th Street station previously existed on Park Avenue, which now carries the Park Avenue main line of the Metro-North Railroad. The station opened in 1876[12][13] and closed in 1906.[14]
West 110th Street is the southern boundary of the area where boro cabs may be hailed by passengers.[15]
Notable people[edit]
George Gershwin lived in 501 West 110th Street, on the northwest corner of 110th and Amsterdam, where he composed his seminal piece Rhapsody in Blue.[16] Arthur Miller lived in 45 West 110th Street as a child.[17]
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