85th Street (Manhattan)

85th Street
85th Street Transverse
Looking south on Second Avenue from East 85th Street in 2005
Map
Maintained byNYCDOT
Length2.2 mi (3.5 km)[1]
Width60 feet (18.29 m) (west of Central Park West and east of Madison Avenue)
LocationManhattan
Postal code10024 (west), 10028 (east)[2]
Coordinates40°46′50″N 73°57′37″W / 40.7806°N 73.9604°W / 40.7806; -73.9604
West endRiverside Drive in Upper West Side
East endEast End Avenue in Yorkville
North86th Street
South84th Street
Construction
Commissioned1811
Construction start1837 (1837)

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.

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.

  1. ^ "85th Street" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Zip Code Map" (PDF). www.unhp.org. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  3. ^ 85th Street, Manhattan, on Google Maps