Avenue A (Manhattan)

Avenue A

Tompkins Square Park lines Avenue A between East Seventh Street and East 10th Street.
Owner	City of New York
Maintained by	NYCDOT
Length	1.1 mi (1.8 km)[1]
Location	Manhattan, New York City
South end	Houston
North end	14th Street
East	Avenue B
West	First Avenue
Construction
Commissioned	March 1811

Avenue A is a north–south avenue located in Manhattan, New York City, east of First Avenue and west of Avenue B. It runs from Houston Street to 14th Street, where it continues into a loop road in Stuyvesant Town, connecting to Avenue B. Below Houston Street, Avenue A continues as Essex Street.

It is considered to be the western border of Alphabet City in the East Village. It is also the western border of Tompkins Square Park.