- Lincoln Square, New York
Lincoln Square is the
name of both a square and the surroundingneighborhood within theUpper West Side of theNew York City borough ofManhattan . Lincoln Square is centered around the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and West 66th streets. It is anchored byLincoln Center for the Performing Arts . Tourist information, sidewalk trash removal, and security patrol services are provided by the Lincoln Square BID.West of Columbus Avenue and Broadway, the area shares much of the same gritty past (as depicted inWest Side Story ) as Hell's Kitchen, to the south. The development of Lincoln Center, and more recentlyTrump Place and other upscale high-rise apartment buildings have brought a measure ofgentrification to the western end of Lincoln Square.Points of Interest
*ABC Television Center East studios, and its affiliate
WABC-TV
*Amsterdam Houses,New York City Housing Authority
*Central Park
*Church of St. Paul the Apostle
*Church of the Good Shepherd
*Dante Park
*Ethical Culture Fieldston School , Lower School
*Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
*Fordham University , Lincoln Center campus
*Holy Trinity Church
*Juilliard School
*Leonard Bernstein Way (West 65 St. between Amsterdam Ave. and Broadway)
*Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
*Lincoln Squarefarmers market (at Richard Tucker Square)
*Lincoln Square Synagogue
*Manhattan New York Temple (Mormon )
*Martin Luther King, Jr. Educational Campus
*Merkin Concert Hall
*Museum of Biblical Art (American Bible Society )
*New York Institute of Technology
*New York Society forEthical Culture
*Peter Jennings Way (West 66th St. between Columbus Ave. andCentral Park West )
*Richard Tucker Square
*Time Warner Center
*West SideYMCA See also
Adjoining neighborhoods
*Ansonia
*Columbus Circle
*Hell's KitchenExternal links
* [http://www.lincolnbid.org/ Lincoln Square BID]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/realestate/30livi.html New York Times: Grand Buildings, but Also a Sense of Community ]
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