72nd Street (Manhattan)
West-east street in Manhattan, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see 72nd Street (disambiguation).
72nd Street is one of the major bi-directional crosstown streets in New York City's borough of Manhattan. The street primarily runs through the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods. It is one of the few streets to go through Central Park via Women's Gate, Terrace Drive, and Inventors Gate, though Terrace Drive is often closed to vehicular traffic.
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Maintained by | NYCDOT |
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Length | 1.6 mi (2.6 km)[1] |
Width | 100 feet (30.48 m) |
Location | Manhattan |
Postal code | 10023 (west), 10021 (east) |
Coordinates | 40.7721°N 73.9662°W / 40.7721; -73.9662 |
West end | NY 9A / Henry Hudson Parkway / Riverside Boulevard in Riverside South |
East end | Dead end in Upper East Side |
North | 73rd Street |
South | 71st Street |
Construction | |
Commissioned | 1811 |
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