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85th Street (Manhattan)
West-east street in Manhattan, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
85th Street is a westbound-running street, running from East End Avenue to Riverside Drive in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
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85th Street Transverse | |
![]() Looking south on Second Avenue from East 85th Street in 2005 | |
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Maintained by | NYCDOT |
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Length | 2.2 mi (3.5 km)[1] |
Width | 60 feet (18.29 m) (west of Central Park West and east of Madison Avenue) |
Location | Manhattan |
Postal code | 10024 (west), 10028 (east)[2] |
Coordinates | 40.7806°N 73.9604°W / 40.7806; -73.9604 |
West end | Riverside Drive in Upper West Side |
East end | East End Avenue in Yorkville |
North | 86th Street |
South | 84th Street |
Construction | |
Commissioned | 1811 |
Construction start | 1837 (1837) |
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At Fifth Avenue, the street feeds into the 86th Street transverse, which runs east–west through Central Park and heads from the Upper East Side (where it is known as East 85th Street) to West 86th Street on the Upper West Side. West 85th Street resumes one block south of the transverse's western end.[3] It includes landmarks such as the Lewis Gouverneur and Nathalie Bailey Morris House at 100 East 85th Street, the sidewalk clock at East 85th Street and Third Avenue, the Yorkville Bank Building at 201–203 East 85th Street, Red House at 350 West 85th Street, and Regis High School.