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Avenue in Manhattan, New York
Avenue D is the easternmost named
avenue in the
East Village neighborhood of
Manhattan ,
New York City , east of
Avenue C and west of the
FDR Drive . It runs through East
13th and
Houston Streets , and continues south of Houston Street as Columbia Street until
Delancey Street and
Abraham E. Kazan Street until its end at
Grand Street .
Avenues A ,
B , C and D are the origin of the name of the section of the
East Village neighborhood through which they run,
Alphabet City .
History
The street was created by the
Commissioners' Plan of 1811 , as one of 16 north–south streets specified as 100 feet (30 m) in width; they include 12 numbered avenues, and four (located east of
First Avenue ) designated by letter.
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Transportation
Avenue D is served by the
M14D bus from East
10th Street to
Houston Street (southbound) and
Delancey Street (northbound) via Columbia Street.
Structures
Among the structures along this avenue are:
Dry Dock Park, located at the northern end (11th and Avenue D), a small park with a public pool—named for the neighborhood's former tradition of ship repair. The corner was formerly the site of the
Corn Exchange Bank Trust Co.
Many of the larger
Public Housing projects in Alphabet City are on Avenue D. The east side of Avenue D is flanked by the
Jacob Riis Houses (
NYCHA housing), named for photographer
Jacob Riis , who chronicled the plight of the city's poorest residents. The development was designed by
Walker & Gillette and was completed in 1949. Other projects include
Baruch Houses ,
LaGuardia Houses , and the
Lillian Wald Houses , named for
Lillian D. Wald (1867–1940), who provided aid to the
Lower East Side through the Henry Street Settlement and the Visiting Nurses Society.
Between 5th and 6th Streets, east of Avenue D, was formerly the location of the "Boys Brotherhood Republic", a self-governing youth project of the
Henry Street Settlement .
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References
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Google (September 1, 2015).
"Avenue D (Manhattan)" (Map).
Google Maps . Google. Retrieved September 1, 2015 .
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Morris, Gouverneur ;
De Witt, Simeon ; and
Rutherford, John [
sic ] (March 1811)
"Remarks of the Commissioners for Laying Out Streets and Roads in the City of New York, Under the Act of April 3, 1807" ,
Cornell University Library . Accessed June 27, 2016. "These are one hundred feet wide, and such of them as can be extended as far north as the village of Harlem are numbered (beginning with the most eastern, which passes from the west of Bellevue Hospital to the east of Harlem Church) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. This last runs from the wharf at Manhattanville nearly along the shore of the Hudson river, in which it is finally lost, as appears by the map. The avenues to the eastward of number one are marked A, B, C, and D."
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"Boys and Girls Republic" on the
Henry Street Settlement website
External links
KML is from Wikidata
Culture
Restaurants/ nightlife Theater Stores Museums and galleries Other Former
North–south
East–west
Intersections
Italics indicate streets no longer in existence.
All entries are streets, circles, or squares unless otherwise noted
See also:
Manhattan address algorithm