Sixth Avenue
Sixth Avenue, also known as Avenue of the Americas, is a major thoroughfare in New York City's borough of Manhattan, on which traffic runs northbound, or "uptown". It is commercial for much of its length.
For other uses, see Sixth Avenue (disambiguation).Namesake
3.7 mi (6.0 km)[1]
Manhattan, New York City
Fifth Avenue (north of Waverly Pl)
Varick Street (south of Houston Street)
Seventh Avenue (Houston Street to 34th Street)
Broadway (between 34th and 45th Streets)
Seventh Avenue (between 45th and 59th Streets)
Sixth Avenue begins four blocks below Canal Street, at Franklin Street in Tribeca, where the northbound Church Street divides into Sixth Avenue to the left and the local continuation of Church Street to the right, which then ends at Canal Street. From this beginning, Sixth Avenue traverses SoHo and Greenwich Village, roughly divides Chelsea from the Flatiron District and NoMad, passes through the Garment District and skirts the edge of the Theater District while passing through Midtown Manhattan. Although it is officially named "Avenue of the Americas", this name is seldom used by New Yorkers.[2][3][4]
Sixth Avenue's northern end is at Central Park South, adjacent to the Artists' Gate entrance to Central Park via Center Drive. Historically, Sixth Avenue was also the name of the road that continued north of Central Park, but that segment was renamed Lenox Avenue in 1887 and co-named Malcolm X Boulevard in 1987.[5]
Mass transit[edit]
Sixth Avenue is served by the New York City Subway with the IND Sixth Avenue Line (B, D, F, <F>, and M trains) north of Houston Street, and the IND Eighth Avenue Line (A, C, and E trains) south of Greenwich Avenue. The Harlem portion of Sixth Avenue (Lenox Avenue) is served by the IRT Lenox Avenue Line (2 and 3 trains) north of Central Park North (110th Street).[43] The PATH's Uptown Hudson Tubes to New Jersey also run under Sixth Avenue (JSQ–33, HOB-33, and JSQ-33 (via HOB) trains) from 9th to 33rd Streets.[44]
In popular culture[edit]
The avenue is referenced both in the name and in the lyrics of "6th Avenue Heartache" by The Wallflowers.[45]