125th Street (Manhattan)
125th Street, co-named Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, is a two-way street that runs east–west in the New York City borough of Manhattan, from First Avenue on the east to Marginal Street, a service road for the Henry Hudson Parkway along the Hudson River in the west. It is often considered to be the "Main Street" of Harlem.
This article is about a street in Harlem, also named Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard. For other 125th Streets, see 125th Street (disambiguation). For other Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevards, see Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard.Notable buildings along 125th Street include the Apollo Theater, the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, the Hotel Theresa, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Mount Morris Bank Building, Harlem Commonwealth Council, the Harlem Children's Zone, the Church of St. Joseph of the Holy Family, and the former West End Theatre, now home to the La Gree Baptist Church.
History[edit]
The street was designated by the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 that established the Manhattan street grid as one of 15 east–west streets that would be 100 feet (30 m) in width (while other streets were designated as 60 feet (18 m) in width).[1]
The following New York City Subway stations are located at 125th Street (west to east):[9]
The following NYC Bus lines serve 125th Street:[10]
Metro-North Railroad's Harlem–125th Street station is located at the street's intersection with Park Avenue.[11]
The planned second phase of the Second Avenue Subway, continuing north from the 116th Street station, will turn westward onto 125th Street, terminating at a station at Lexington Avenue. The new station would connect to the Metro-North and preexisting Lexington Avenue subway stations there.[12]
St. Joseph of the Holy Family Church
the oldest existing church in Harlem and above 44th Street[13]
(401 West 125th St.)
![St. Joseph of the Holy Family Church the oldest existing church in Harlem and above 44th Street[13] (401 West 125th St.)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/St._Joseph_of_the_Holy_Family.jpg/225px-St._Joseph_of_the_Holy_Family.jpg)
![Sydenham Hospital Clinic formerly the Commonwealth Building[14] (215 West 125th St.)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Sydenham_Hospital_Clinic.jpg/225px-Sydenham_Hospital_Clinic.jpg)
