Third Avenue (Manhattan)
The Third Avenue is a thoroughfare in north-south direction on the East Side of New York City's borough Manhattan , USA .
Location and course
Third Avenue extends 120 blocks north in Manhattan from Cooper Square to 129th Street and continues into the Bronx after crossing the Harlem River on Third Avenue Bridge . It ends there on East Fordham Road at the Fordham Center . It is one of the four streets that meet at the Hub in the South Bronx . A place with very high traffic and dense development. In Manhattan, street signs say “3 Ave” while the Bronx reads “Third Ave”.
From 24th Street , Third Avenue runs north as a one-way street . Traffic flows in both directions south of 24th Street and north of the hub. However, traffic on Third Avenue Bridge flows south in the opposite direction, essentially breaking the avenue between the two districts.
The road wasn't paved from the start. In May 1861, according to a letter to the editor of the New York Times , the street was the scene of a marching exercise for ill-equipped troops of the 7th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment : “The men were not in uniform but very poorly dressed - in many cases with flip -Flops . The professional manner with which they marched quickly through the deep mud of Third Avenue was all the more remarkable. ” - (English spelling and punctuation as in the original):“ The men were not in uniform, but very poorly dressed, - in many cases with flip -flap shoes. The business-like air with which they marched rapidly through the deep mud of the Third-avenue was the more remarkable. "
Between 96th Street and 97th Street is the Islamic Cultural Center of New York - a mosque with an Islamic cultural center.
The Sparks Steak House (address: 210 East 46th Street), in front of which Mafia boss Paul Castellano was murdered in 1985, is located between Second and Third Avenue .
Local transport
The following bus routes operate on Third Avenue:
- M98 : towards West 193rd Street / Fort Tryon Park on Harlem River Drive
- M101 : towards West 193rd Street on Amsterdam Avenue
- M102 : towards West 146th Street
- M103 : towards East 125th Street
Earlier, the elevated railway was Third Avenue Elevated on Third Avenue - until 1955 in Manhattan and to 1973 in the Bronx.
Web links
- Third Avenue Elevated at forgotten-ny.com (English)
- New York Songlines: Third Avenue (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Hub in the Bronx at www.sorkinstudio.com ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "A Word in Season on an Important Subject" , Letter to the Editor, New York Times , May 16, 1861, accessed June 23, 2008 (from the subscriber archive - sometimes available to non-subscribers)
