Park Avenue (Manhattan)

Park Avenue (formerly Fourth Avenue) is a wide boulevard that carries traffic north and south in Manhattan in New York City. Throughout most of its duration it runs parallel to Madison Avenue, to the west, and Lexington Avenue, to the east. The thoroughfare is noted for its perennially high real estate prices and affluent reputation, especially as it runs through the Upper East Side.

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Manhattan - New York City - Madison Avenue - Lexington Avenue - Real estate - Upper East Side

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Park Avenue originates as Lafayette Place (the border between Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side). From 14th Street to 17th Street, it is known as Union Square East, as it forms Union Square's eastern boundary. After 17th Street, it is known as Park Avenue South (or Fourth Avenue).

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Greenwich Village - Lower East Side

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The name of the avenue changes from Park Avenue South to Park Avenue at 32nd Street. The Murray Hill Tunnel carries two lanes, one in each direction, between 33rd Street and 40th Street. Immediately across from 40th Street, these center lanes rise onto an elevated structure that goes over and around Grand Central Terminal, carrying each direction on opposite sides of the building, which takes up the space formerly occupied by Park Avenue from 42nd Street to 45th Street. The bridge, one of two structures known as the Park Avenue Viaduct, returns to ground level at 46th Street.

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32nd Street - Murray Hill Tunnel - 33rd Street - 40th Street - Grand Central Terminal - 42nd Street - 45th Street - 46th Street

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As Park Avenue enters Midtown, Manhattan north of Grand Central, it is distinguished by many glass-box skyscrapers that serve as headquarters for corporations such as MorganChase, Citigroup, and MetLife.

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Midtown, Manhattan - MorganChase - Citigroup - MetLife

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From Grand Central to 97th Street, Metro-North Railroad tracks run in a tunnel underneath Park Avenue (the Park Avenue Tunnel). At 97th, the tracks come above ground, rising onto the other structure known as the Park Avenue Viaduct. The first street to pass under the viaduct is 102nd Street; from there to the Harlem River the railroad viaduct runs down the middle of Park Avenue.

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97th Street - Metro-North Railroad - Park Avenue Tunnel - 102nd Street - Harlem River

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Park Avenue ends north of 132nd Street, with connections to FDR Drive. The name is continued on the other side of the river in the Bronx by the street just east of the railroad; see Park Avenue (Bronx).

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132nd Street - FDR Drive - The Bronx - Park Avenue (Bronx)

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The following corporations are headquartered on Park Avenue:

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• Philip Morris
• JP Morgan Chase
• Lehman Brothers
• Bankers Trust
• Colgate Palmolive
• Bristol Myers Squibb
• Citigroup
• MetLife
 
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