The Edith Fabbri House (now House of the Redeemer) in 2008, located at Fifth Avenue and East 95th Street | |
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Maintained by | NYCDOT |
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Length | 1.3 mi (2.1 km) [1] |
Width | 60 feet (18.29 m) |
Location | Manhattan |
Coordinates | 40°47′14″N73°57′21″W / 40.7871°N 73.9559°W |
West end | Riverside Drive in Upper West Side |
East end | First Avenue in Yorkville |
North | 96th Street |
South | 94th Street |
Construction | |
Commissioned | 1811 |
95th Street runs from Riverside Drive, overlooking the Hudson River, to the East River, through the New York City borough of Manhattan. It traverses the neighborhoods of Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill, and Yorkville; the street is interrupted by Central Park.
As an odd-numbered street, most of 95th Street handles westbound automotive traffic. However, it has eastbound traffic between Amsterdam Avenue and its western terminus, facilitating traffic exiting the Henry Hudson Parkway (NY 9A) at exit 11. [1]
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The Central Park West Historic District is located along Central Park West, between 61st and 97th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1982. The district encompasses a portion of the Upper West Side-Central Park West Historic District as designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and contains a number of prominent New York City designated landmarks, including the Dakota, a National Historic Landmark. The buildings date from the late 19th century to the early 1940s and exhibit a variety of architectural styles. The majority of the district's buildings are of neo-Italian Renaissance style, but Art Deco is a popular theme as well.
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