| Seventh Avenue South (south of 11th St) Fashion Avenue (26th–42nd Sts) Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (north of 110th St) | |
_-_equalized.jpg) Seventh Avenue heading north toGreenwich Village andCentral Park | |
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| Namesake | Garment District andAdam Clayton Powell Jr. |
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| Owner | City of New York |
| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 5.3 mi (8.5 km)[1][2] |
| Location | Manhattan,New York City |
| South end | Varick / Clarkson Streets inWest Village |
| Major junctions | Times Square inMidtown Macombs Dam Bridge inHarlem |
| North end |  Harlem River Drive /155th Street in Harlem |
| East | Sixth Avenue (below 59th St) Lenox Avenue (above 110th St) |
| West | Eighth Avenue (below 59th St) Douglass Boulevard (above 110th St) |
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| Commissioned | March 1811 |
Seventh Avenue—co-namedFashion Avenue in theGarment District and known asAdam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard north ofCentral Park—is a thoroughfare on the West Side of theborough ofManhattan in New York City. It is southbound below the park and a two-way street north of it.
Seventh Avenue originates in theWest Village at Clarkson Street, whereVarick Street becomes Seventh Avenue South (which becomes Seventh Avenue proper after the road crossesGreenwich Avenue andWest 11th Street). It is interrupted by Central Park from59th to110th Street. Artisans' Gate is the 59th Street exit from Central Park to Seventh Avenue. North of Warriors' Gate at the north end of the Park, the avenue carries traffic in both directions throughHarlem, where it is called Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. Addresses continue as if the street was continuous through Central Park, with the first block north of the park being the 1800 block. The United States Postal Service delivers mail using either street name. As is the case with "Sixth Avenue" and "Avenue of the Americas", long-time New Yorkers continue to use the older name.
The street has two northern termini; an upper level terminates at the western end of theMacombs Dam Bridge, traveling over theHarlem River, whereJerome Avenue commences inthe Bronx. A lower level continues a bit further north and curves into the lower level ofWest 155th Street.
Seventh Avenue was originally laid out in theCommissioners' Plan of 1811.
The southern terminus of Seventh Avenue was Eleventh Street in Greenwich Village through the early part of the 20th century. It was extended southward, as Seventh Avenue South, to link up withVarick Street in 1914, and Varick was widened at the same time.[3] Extension of the avenue allowed better vehicular connections between midtown Manhattan and the commercial district in what is nowTriBeCa. It also permitted construction of theNew York City SubwayIRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line[4] which opened in 1918.[5]
Extension of the avenue was under consideration for several years, and was approved by theNew York City Board of Estimate in September 1911, when the first $3 million appropriation was made for the initial planning of the work. The extension had been urged by civic groups to meet the commercial needs of Greenwich Village. A significant number of old buildings were marked for demolition in the extension,[4] and the demolished buildings included the Bedford Street Methodist Church, constructed in 1840.[3]
Most of Seventh Avenue has carried traffic one-way southbound since June 6, 1954.[6] The portion north ofTimes Square carried two-way traffic until March 10, 1957.[7] The stretch of Seventh Avenue in Harlem known as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard was renamed in honor of the congressman in 1974.[8]
Seventh Avenue is served by the1, 2, and 3 trains for most of its length, withN, Q, R, and W service between42nd Street andCentral Park South. TheSeventh Avenue station also serves theB, D, and E trains.[9] North of the park, Powell Boulevard is served by theHarlem–148th Street on the3 train, and the155th Street station on theB and D trains.[9][10]
It is also served by numerous localMTA New York City Bus routes downtown, with uptown buses on 8th Avenue unless specified below:
South of14th Street Seventh Avenue is a major thoroughfare in theWest Village. The now dismantledSt. Vincent's Hospital was a main downtown hospital on Seventh Avenue and 11th Street.
Running through theGarment District (which stretches from12th Avenue to5th Avenue and34th Street to 39th Street), it is referred to asFashion Avenue due to its role as a center of the garment andfashion industry and the famedfashion designers who established New York as a world fashion capital. The first, temporary signs designating the section of Seventh Avenue as "Fashion Avenue" were dual-posted in 1972, with permanent signs added over the ensuing years.[12]
Seventh Avenue intersects withBroadway and with42nd Street atTimes Square, with multiple buildings at the intersections.
Notable buildings located on Seventh Avenue include:
Notable buildings onAdam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, from Central Park north throughHarlem, include:
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