17th Street (Manhattan)
| 17th Street | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Length | 1.63 mi (2.62 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  NY 9A/West Side Highway |
| East end | First Avenue |
| Location | |
| Counties | New York |
17th Street is an east-west running street between First Avenue and Eleventh Avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Traffic runs one way along the street, from east to west.
17th Street forms the northern borders of both Union Square (between Broadway and Park Avenue South) and Stuyvesant Square.
Composer Antonín Dvořák's New York home was located at 327 East 17th Street, near Perlman Place. The house was razed by Beth Israel Medical Center after it received approval of a 1991 application to demolish the house and replace it with an AIDS hospice.[1]
Time Magazine was started at 141 East 17th Street.[2]
Junction list
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | Meatpacking District | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Western terminus |
| 0.08 | 0.13 | 10th Avenue | |||
| 0.24 | 0.39 | 9th Avenue; Hudson Street | |||
| Chelsea | 0.42 | 0.68 | 8th Avenue | ||
| 0.60 | 0.97 | 7th Avenue | |||
| 0.76 | 1.22 | 6th Avenue | |||
| 0.95 | 1.53 | 5th Avenue | West 14th Street becomes East 14th Street | ||
| Gramercy | 1.07 | 1.72 | Union Square West | ||
| 1.16 | 1.87 | Park Avenue South/Union Square East/Broadway | |||
| 1.26 | 2.03 | Irving Place | |||
| 1.36 | 2.19 | 3rd Avenue | |||
| 1.44 | 2.32 | Rutherford Place | |||
| 1.49 | 2.40 | 2nd Avenue | |||
| 1.54 | 2.48 | Nathen D Perlman Place | |||
| 1.63 | 2.62 | 1st Avenue | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ Horowitz, Joseph. "MUSIC; Czech Composer, American Hero", The New York Times, February 10, 2002. Accessed November 3, 2007. "IN 1991, the New York City Council was petitioned by Beth Israel Hospital to permit the demolition of a small row house at 327 East 17th Street, once the home of Antonin Dvorak."
- ^ From the Magazine | A Letter From The Publisher, April 12, 1943.
External links
- 17th Street: A New York Songline - virtual walking tour
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