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Park Avenue

Park Avenue is a boulevard in New York City[5] that carries north and southbound traffic in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Avenue to the east. Park Avenue's entire length was formerly called Fourth Avenue; the title still applies to the section between Cooper Square and 14th Street.[6] The avenue is called Union Square East between 14th and 17th Streets, and Park Avenue South between 17th and 32nd Streets.

This article is about the avenue in Manhattan and the Bronx. For other uses, see Park Avenue (disambiguation).

Former name(s)

Fourth Avenue

tracks between 34th and 40th Streets which were covered in grass[1]

10.9 mi (17.5 km)[2][3][4]

Arconic

at 2 Park Ave.

American Airlines

Americas Society

Asia Society

Bankers Trust

at 345 Park Ave.

The Blackstone Group

Bristol Myers Squibb

at 2 Park Ave.

British Airways

at 499 Park Ave.

Cantor Fitzgerald

at 399 Park Ave.

Citigroup

at 300 Park Ave.

Colgate-Palmolive

Council on Foreign Relations

at 324 Park Ave.

Credit Suisse

at 90 Park Ave.

C. V. Starr

Deutsche Bank

Digitas

Environmental Defense Fund

EXL Service

at 90 Park Ave.

FactSet

Ferrari

Heineken International

Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Co.

at 237 Park Ave.

Hachette Book Group USA

at 245 Park Ave.

Houlihan Lokey

Hunter College

at 270 Park Ave.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

KPMG

Leucadia National

Lenox Hill Hospital

Major League Baseball

Maserati

Mercedes-Benz

at 200 Park Ave.

MetLife

M&T Bank

at 320 Park Ave.

Mutual of America

The

National Football League

Needham & Company

New York Life

at 2 Park Ave.

Oneworld

at 345 Park Ave.

Piper Jaffray

at 320 Park Ave.

Raymond James

Reed Elsevier

Sanofi-Aventis

Seligman

Sefaria

Société Générale

Tata Consultancy Services

Twitch Interactive, Inc.

Vivendi SA

at 299 Park Ave.

UBS

at 301 Park Ave.

The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

at 230 Park Ave.

Warner Bros. Discovery

The following institutions are either headquartered or have significant business presences on Park Avenue:

Transportation[edit]

Rail transit[edit]

Metro-North Railroad's Grand Central Terminal, serving the Harlem Line, Hudson Line, and New Haven Line, is at 42nd Street and Park Avenue. The MNR's Park Avenue main line runs along Park Avenue in both boroughs between Grand Central and Fordham station, with stations in between at 125th Street, 162nd Street, and Tremont Avenue.[50]


The New York City Subway's adjacent Grand Central–42nd Street station serves the 4, ​5, ​6, <6>​, 7, <7>​​, and S trains. The IRT Lexington Avenue Line additionally runs under Park Avenue and its extensions from 41st to 8th Streets. The 33rd Street, 28th Street, 23rd Street, and Astor Place stations are served by the 6 and <6>​ trains, while the 14th Street-Union Square station is served by the 4, ​5, ​6, <6>​, L​, N, ​Q, ​R, and ​W trains.[51]

Bus service[edit]

The southbound M98 Limited runs on Park Avenue between Harlem River Drive and 120th Street, stopping at the Harlem-125th Street station. The northbound M1, M2, and M3 serve Park Avenue between 8th Street and 25th Street.[52] The southbound SIM1, SIM3, SIM4, SIM33, X27 and X28 express bus routes serve Park Avenue during off-peak hours.[53][54] No buses run along Park Avenue in the Bronx, although Fordham Plaza Bus Terminal is located at the northern end of the road.[55]

The song "", from the film Blue Skies (1946), refers to affluent people strutting "up and down Park Avenue".

Puttin' On the Ritz

The 1961 stage and film musical takes place in the fictional "Park Avenue office building of World Wide Wicket Company, Inc."

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

In the intro to the mid 1960s – early 1970s TV show , Eva Gabor's character sings "Darling I love you, but give me Park Avenue!", where she lived before moving to rural Hooterville with her husband, the lawyer-turned-farmer.[56]

Green Acres

In the TV series , Felix Unger and Oscar Madison live at 1049 Park Avenue.

The Odd Couple

In the 1971 film , the characters of Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel can be seen walking up Park Avenue, past the crossing with East 52nd Street.

Carnal Knowledge

In the TV series , Phillip Drummond, with his daughter, Kimberly and adopted sons, Willis and Arnold Jackson live at 697 Park Avenue.

Diff'rent Strokes

In the 1987 novel , WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy lives in an apartment on Park Avenue, signifying his financial success.

The Bonfire of the Vanities

In the multi-platinum 1989 hit single "Youth Gone Wild" by American band , Park Avenue is mentioned in the lyrics: "I said 'Hey man, there's something that you oughta know. / I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row.'"

Skid Row

In episode "E-I-E-I-D'oh", Homer is ridiculed by two farmers outside Sneed's Feed & Seed (Formerly Chuck's) for having a "Park Avenue manicure". Homer responds by saying "I'm sorry, I believe in good grooming".

The Simpsons

The documentary Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream sheds light on the gap between the impoverished people living on Park Avenue in the South Bronx and the extremely wealthy living at 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan.

PBS

General Motors borrowed the name of the street for the , a large luxury sedan that was produced first as the premium trim line for the Buick Electra from 1977 to 1990, and as a standalone model from 1991 to 2005.

Buick Park Avenue

In the 2017 video game , one of the main stage takes place on Park Avenue, the stage re-imagined as a war zone.

Sonic Forces

In the second season of , one of the main characters from the show, Veronica Lodge is said to have lived on Park Avenue when she was back in New York City.

Riverdale

In an episode in the second season of , "The Chinese Restaurant", one character that cuts in front of the main characters Jerry, Elaine, and George at a restaurant in Manhattan is said to live there, implying that he is incredibly wealthy and deserving of the special treatment.

Seinfeld

In the sixth season of , Don Draper's address appears on an envelope as "783 Park Avenue, apt. 17B".

Mad Men

In the 2012 film , the climax takes place on the Park Avenue Viaduct.

The Avengers

In the 2020 miniseries

The Undoing

List of most expensive streets by city

(PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. April 29, 2014.

"Park Avenue Historic District"

Explanatory notes


Citations


Further reading

a virtual walking tour

New York Songlines: Fourth Avenue with The Bowery and Park Avenue

Classic Apartments Buildings and Architecture of Park Avenue Images & History