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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).

Congregation

Ramath Orah

The Africa Center

Duke Ellington Circle

Frederick Douglass Circle

Avalon Morningside Park

Cathedral of St. John the Divine

at Broadway serving the 1 train

Cathedral Parkway–110th Street

at Central Park West serving the A, ​B, and ​C trains

Cathedral Parkway–110th Street

at Lenox Avenue serving the 2 and ​3 trains

Central Park North–110th Street

at Lexington Avenue serving the 4, ​6, and <6> trains

110th Street

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]

The street is known from the song "Across 110th Street," which describes prostitution and drug dealing in the area, and from the 1972 movie of the same title (starring Yaphet Kotto and Anthony Quinn).

Bobby Womack

The released a highly regarded jazz album in 1969 entitled Central Park North.

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band

It was the billed hometown of tag team Harlem Heat.

professional wrestling

wrote Rhapsody in Blue at 501 West 110th Street where he and his brother Ira lived from 1924 to 1929.

George Gershwin

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