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Audubon Avenue

Coordinates:40°50.90′0″N73°55.96′0″W / 40.84833°N 73.93267°W /40.84833; -73.93267
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Avenue in Manhattan, New York

A church with tower less tall than the gabled roof
Iglesia Alianza Oasis, Audubon Avenue and 172nd Street

Audubon Avenue is an avenue in theWashington Heights neighborhood inUpper Manhattan that runs north-south, west of and parallel toAmsterdam Avenue. Its southern terminus is at West 165th Street andSt. Nicholas Avenue, and its northern terminus is at Fort George Avenue, just north of West 193rd Street. It crosses over theTrans-Manhattan Expressway, east of the eastern portal of the expressway's tunnel.

History

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Audubon Avenue is named for naturalistJohn James Audubon, who owned a farm in the area.[1][2] TheFort George Amusement Park, now a seating area inHighbridge Park, was located at the northern end of Audubon Avenue from 1895 to 1914.[3]

References

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  1. ^Audubon PlaygroundArchived September 29, 2007, at theWayback Machine,New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed September 17, 2007.
  2. ^Henry Moscow (1990).The Street Book: An Encyclopedia of Manhattan's Street Names and Their Origins. Fordham University Press. p. 23.ISBN 9780823212750.
  3. ^Martens, Victoria (August 1, 2019)."Fort George Amusement Park".Museum of the City of New York. RetrievedSeptember 2, 2019.

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