Looking west from the east end of
59th
59th Street in the New York City
borough of
Manhattan
runs east-west, from York Avenue to the West Side Highway, with a discontinuity
between Ninth
Avenue/Columbus Avenue and Eighth Avenue
/Central Park West
for the Time Warner
Center
. Although it is bi-directional for most of
its length, the section of 59th Street between Ninth and
Tenth Avenues is
one-way, westbound.
At Second Avenue, 59th Street
continues onto the Queensboro Bridge
, which is often referred to as the 59th
Street Bridge.
59th Street forms the border between
Midtown Manhattan and
Uptown Manhattan.
It bisects Columbus Circle
and forms the southern boundary of Central Park
between Fifth Avenue
and Central Park
West. The portion of the street along Central Park
is signed as Central Park
South
.
North of
59th Street, the Manhattan neighborhoods of the Upper West
Side
and Upper East Side
continue on either side of Central Park.
On the
West Side, Manhattan's numbered avenues are renamed north of 59th
Street, with Eighth Avenue renamed Central Park West, Ninth Avenue becoming Columbus
Avenue, Tenth Avenue
renamed as Amsterdam Avenue and Eleventh Avenue becoming West
End Avenue.
Landmarks
External links
at Second Avenue
at Fifth Avenue
at Fifth Avenue
at Columbus Circle
to 59th Street.
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