54th Street (Manhattan)

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54th Street
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54th and Broadway
54th Street (Manhattan)
Maintained byCity of New York
Length2.0 mi (3.2 km)
Location Manhattan
West endNY-9A.svg NY 9A West Side Highway
East end Sutton Place

54th Street is a two-mile-long (3.2 km), one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan in the U.S. state of New York.

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Notable places, west to east

Twelfth Avenue

Eleventh Avenue

Tenth Avenue

Ninth Avenue

Eighth Avenue

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Motorcycle parade on West 54th

Broadway

Seventh Avenue

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The London NYC

Sixth Avenue

Fifth Avenue

Madison Avenue

Park Avenue

Lexington Avenue

Third Avenue

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909 Third Avenue

Second Avenue

First Avenue

Sutton Place South

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