Lenox Avenue

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Lenox Avenue
Malcolm X Boulevard
Row houses on Lenox Avenue between 122nd and 123rd Streets are part of the Mount Morris Park Historic District
Map
Former name(s)Sixth Avenue
Part ofSixth Avenue
NamesakeJames Lenox and Malcolm X
OwnerCity of New York
Maintained byNYCDOT
Length1.9 mi (3.1 km)[1]
LocationManhattan, New York City
South endCentral Park North / East Drive in Harlem
Major
junctions
145th Street Bridge in Harlem
North end147th Street in Harlem
EastFifth Avenue
WestAdam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
Construction
CommissionedMarch 1811

Lenox Avenue – also named Malcolm X Boulevard; both names are officially recognized – is the primary north–south route through Harlem in the upper portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan. This two-way street runs from Farmers' Gate at Central Park North (110th Street) to 147th Street. Its traffic is figuratively described as "Harlem's heartbeat" by Langston Hughes in his poem Juke Box Love Song.[2]

From 119th Street to 123rd Street, Lenox Avenue is part of the Mount Morris Park Historic District, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1971.[3]

  1. ^ "Lenox Avenue / Malcolm X Boulevard" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "Governor Announces $11 Million to Enhance NYC Communities (Bronx, Brooklyn, Kings, New York & Queens Counties)" (Press release). New York State Department of Transportation. April 6, 2000. Retrieved May 25, 2007.
  3. ^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1., p.205