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Lafayette Street
Street in Manhattan, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lafayette Street is a major north–south street in New York City's Lower Manhattan. It originates at the intersection of Reade Street and Centre Street, one block north of Chambers Street. The one-way street then successively runs through Chinatown, Little Italy, NoLIta, and NoHo and finally, between East 9th and East 10th streets, merges with Fourth Avenue. A buffered bike lane runs outside the left traffic lane. North of Spring Street, Lafayette Street is northbound (uptown)-only; south of Spring Street, Lafayette is southbound (downtown)-only.
![]() The Public Theater, formerly the Astor Library | |
Width | 50 feet (15 m) |
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North end | East 9th Street |
South end | Reade Street below Foley Square |
East | Centre Street |
West | Broadway |
The street is named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French hero of the American Revolutionary War.[1]