Avenue B (Manhattan)

Avenue B (Manhattan)

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It is considered to be in the middle of Alphabet City in the East Village. It is also the eastern border of Tompkins Square Park.

Transportation

As of 2006, the M9 bus route serves Avenue B between 14th Street and Houston Street.

Trivia

*In Johnathan Larson's musical "Rent", most of the characters live on Avenue B and 11th Street.
*A 1999 Iggy Pop album is entitled "Avenue B".
* Gogol Bordello wrote a song called "Avenue B".
* An American band, Avenue B (band), named themselves after the street where they lived, in Stuyvesant Town.
* The Christodora House, a former women's Settlement House and now a condominium, is located on Avenue B at 9th Street.

Avenues of Manhattan
West = Avenue A
Avenue = Avenue B
East = Avenue C


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