72nd Street (Manhattan)

72nd Street
The Dakota Apartments, located at 1 West 72nd Street
Map
Maintained byNYCDOT
Length1.6 mi (2.6 km)[1]
Width100 feet (30.48 m)
LocationManhattan
Postal code10023 (west), 10021 (east)
Coordinates40°46′20″N 73°57′58″W / 40.7721°N 73.9662°W / 40.7721; -73.9662
West end NY 9A / Henry Hudson Parkway / Riverside Boulevard in Riverside South
East endDead end in Upper East Side
North73rd Street
South71st Street
Construction
Commissioned1811
The Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House, 72nd Street and Madison Avenue.
The Henry T. Sloane House and Oliver Gould Jennings House on 7–9 East 72nd Street
888 Madison Avenue at East 72nd Street, constructed for Ralph Lauren in 2010

72nd Street is one of the major bi-directional crosstown streets in New York City's borough of Manhattan. The street primarily runs through the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods. It is one of the few streets to go through Central Park via Women's Gate, Terrace Drive, and Inventors Gate, though Terrace Drive is often closed to vehicular traffic.

  1. ^ "72nd Street" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 8, 2017.