- 122nd Street (Manhattan)
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Coordinates: 40°48′32″N 73°57′14″W / 40.8088°N 73.9540°W
122nd Street is a cross street in the New York City borough of Manhattan running thirteen blocks from east to west laterally across the island. The street is divided into three noncontiguous segments, E 122nd Street, W 122nd Street, and W 122nd Street Seminary Row, by Marcus Garvey Memorial Park and Morningside Park.
E 122nd Street runs four blocks (2250 ft or 687 m) west from the intersection of Second Avenue and terminates at the intersection of Madison Avenue at Marcus Garvey Memorial Park. This segment runs in East Harlem and crosses portions of Third Avenue, Lexington, and Park (Fourth Avenue).
W 122nd Street runs six blocks (3280 ft or 1000 m) west from the intersection of Mount Morris Park West at Marcus Garvey Memorial Park and terminates at the intersection of Morningside Avenue at Morningside Park. This segment runs in the Mount Morris Historical District and crosses portions of Lenox Avenue (Sixth Avenue), Seventh Avenue, Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue), and Manhattan Avenue.
W 122nd Street Seminary Row runs three blocks (1500 ft or 460 m) west from the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue (Tenth Avenue) and terminates at the intersection of Riverside Drive. East of Amsterdam, Seminary Row bends south along Morningside Park and is resigned as Morningside Drive (Ninth Avenue). Seminary row runs in Morningside Heights, the district surrounding Columbia University, and crosses portions of Broadway and Claremont Avenue.
Seminary Row is named for the Union Theological Seminary and the Jewish Theological Seminary which it touches. Seminary Row also runs by the Manhattan School of Music, Riverside Church, Sakura Park, Grant's Tomb, and Morningside Park.
In popular culture
122nd street is mentioned in the movie Taxi Driver by main character Travis Bickle as the location where a fellow cab driver is assaulted with a knife. The street and the surrounding neighborhood of Harlem is then referred to as "Mau Mau Land" by another character named Wizard.
External links
- Streetscapes/Manhattan School of Music, 122nd Street Between Claremont Avenue and Broadway
- NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS
Categories:- Streets in Manhattan
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