First Avenue (Manhattan)

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First Avenue

Looking south down 1st Avenue from the Roosevelt Island Tramway
Owner	City of New York
Maintained by	NYCDOT
Length	6.3 mi (10.1 km)[1]
Location	Manhattan, New York City
South end	Houston / Allen Streets in Lower East Side
Major junctions	FDR Drive / Willis Avenue Bridge in East Harlem
North end	East 127th Street in East Harlem
East	Avenue A (Houston–14th Sts) Sutton Place (53rd–59th Sts) York Avenue (59th–92nd Sts) Pleasant Avenue (114th–120th Sts)
West	Second Avenue
Construction
Commissioned	March 1811

First Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from Houston Street northbound to 127th Street. At 125th Street, most traffic continues onto the Willis Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River, which continues into the Bronx. South of Houston Street, the roadway continues as Allen Street south to Division Street. Traffic on First Avenue runs northbound (uptown) only.^[2]