 Permanent Mission of Equatorial Guinea, located on 51st Street west of 2nd Avenue | |
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| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
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| Length | 1.926 mi (3.100 km)[1] |
| Location | Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°45′38″N73°58′48″W / 40.7606°N 73.98°W /40.7606; -73.98 |
| West end |  NY 9A (12th Avenue) inHell's Kitchen |
| East end | Beekman Place inMidtown East |
| North | 52nd Street |
| South | 50th Street |
| Construction | |
| Commissioned | March 1811 |
51st Street is a 1.9-mile (3.1 km) longone-way street traveling east to west acrossMidtown Manhattan.
The route officially begins atBeekman Place which is on a hill overlookingFDR Drive. 51st continues for a few feet east of the intersection but the street sign refers to it asPeter Detmold Park (a reference to thedog park at the bottom of the hill) which has a pedestrian footbridge over the FDR to an esplanade along theEast River.
The route concludes at the West Side Highway (New York Route 9A). Opposite the intersection is theNew York Passenger Ship Terminal and theHudson River.
TheNew York City Subway's51st Street station is located on the intersection of 51st Street and Lexington Avenue and is served by the4, 6, and <6> trains.[3]
There is an entrance on the intersection of 51st Street and Eighth Avenue leading to the uptown platforms of the50th Street station on theIND Eighth Avenue Line, which is served by theA, C, and E trains. Another entrance on the intersection leading to the downtown platforms of the station existed until 1992, when it was closed.
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