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Cabrini Boulevard is a street in theHudson Heights neighborhood ofUpper Manhattan, New York City. it runs from West 177th Street in the south, near theGeorge Washington Bridge, toFort Tryon Park in the north, along anescarpment ofManhattan schist overlooking theHenry Hudson Parkway and theHudson River. It is the westernmost city street in the neighborhood except for a one block loop formed by Chittenden Avenue betweenWest 186th and187th Streets.
Cabrini Boulevard was originally named Northern Avenue,[1] and was renamed forFrances Xavier Cabrini, the first Americancanonized as aRoman Catholicsaint, in 1938, the year of herbeatification.[2] Part of her remains are enshrined at theSt. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine, at 701Fort Washington Avenue, the western entrance of which is on Cabrini Boulevard.
At its northern end, past the last building on the west side of the street, Cabrini Boulevard runs alongside the "Cabrini Woods" section of Fort Tryon Park, which has been set aside as a bird sanctuary.[3]
Cabrini Boulevard is the site of two housing developments inNew York City, both by real estate developerCharles Paterno.[4]Hudson View Gardens, started in 1923 is one of the oldesthousing cooperatives in theUnited States.[1] The five towerCastle Village, from 1938, was initially a rental property, but converted to a cooperative in 1985.
On October 18, 2015, a portion of the street was co-named in honor of human rights activistJacob Birnbaum, who lived on Cabrini Boulevard.[5]
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