| Fred Lebow Place | |
 The Soldier's and Sailor's Monument at West 89th Street and Riverside Drive | |
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| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
|---|---|
| Length | 1.5 mi (2.4 km)[1] |
| Width | 60 feet (18.29 m) |
| Location | Manhattan |
| Postal code | 10024 (west), 10128 (east) |
| Coordinates | 40°47′00″N73°57′31″W / 40.7833°N 73.9586°W /40.7833; -73.9586 |
| West end | Riverside Drive inUpper West Side |
| East end | East End Avenue inYorkville |
| North | 90th Street |
| South | 88th Street |
| Construction | |
| Commissioned | 1811 |
89th Street is a one-way street running westbound from theEast River toRiverside Drive, overlooking theHudson River, in theNew York Cityborough ofManhattan. The street is interrupted byCentral Park. It runs through theUpper West Side,Carnegie Hill andYorkville neighborhoods.
The street's western terminal is onRiverside Drive overlookingRiverside Park and theHudson River at the site of the Classical marbleSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument.
The first building on the north side of the street at its western end is 173-175 Riverside Drive, a co-operative apartment building with entrances on both 89th and 90th Streets. On the south side of the street stands the formerIsaac Rice Mansion, now Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan and a designated New York City Landmark.
TheDalton School, theDwight School, and theAbraham Joshua Heschel School are all located on 89th Street.
The block betweenAmsterdam Avenue andColumbus Avenue has the oldClaremont Riding Academy, now an extension of the Gaynor School, theWest Side Community Garden and the restored 1890sPublic School 166, a much admired CollegiateGothic building in glazed terra cotta.[2]
The block between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West is tree-shaded and lined with beautiful restored town houses. The corner ofCentral Park West is marked byThe St. Urban, an apartment building "splendidly crowned by dome and cupola".[3]
To the east of Central Park, the street passes the 89th street facade of theNational Academy of Design in a block of handsome town houses. BetweenMadison Avenue andPark Avenue is a handsomegothic Revival church, built by the Episcopalians in 1870, it became a Reformed Church and is now the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More.[4] The block betweenLexington Avenue andThird Avenue has a row of "spectacularly romantic"Queen Anne style town houses.[5]
East 89th Street is cosigned asFred Lebow Place between Fifth and Madison Avenues, honoring the founder of theNew York City Marathon. This block also contains the offices of theNew York Road Runners.
The street ends atCarl Schurz Park on theEast River.