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23rd Street runs from river to river across Manhattan, carrying two-way traffic. As with New York's other streets, West 23rd Street stretches west of Fifth Avenue (at Madison Square Park) and East 23rd Street runs to the east. In the late 19th century, the western part of 23rd Street was to American theater what Broadway is today. 23rd Street Manhattan - West 23rd Street. West 23rd Street carves through the heart of Chelsea. In the late 19th century West 23rd Street was the cente ...

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• 23rd Street Manhattan - East 23rd Street
• 23rd Street Manhattan - Public transit
• 23rd Street Manhattan - Intersections from east to west

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The following services use part or all of the Queens Boulevard Line: The Queens Boulevard Line begins at 179th Street-Jamaica as a four-track subway under Hillside Avenue. Just after curving north under the Van Wyck Expressway, a flying junction joins the recent two-track IND Archer Avenue Line (E) to the local and express tracks. Soon after, the line turns west under Queens Boulevard. East of Union Turnpike-Kew Gardens, another flying junction ties the eastward tracks to Jamaica Yard. The other side of the wye curves we ...

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IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND Queens Boulevard Line - Extent and service, IND Queens Boulevard Line - Background, IND Queens Boulevard Line - Station listing

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West 23rd Street carves through the heart of Chelsea. In the late 19th century West 23rd Street was the center of American theater, with the Opera House Palace and Pike's Opera House one block away and Proctor's Theater ("continuous daily vaudeville") across the street from the Hotel Chelsea. 23rd Street remained New York's main theater strip until The Empire opened on Broadway some twenty blocks uptown, ushering in a new era of theater. The Hotel Chelsea, New York's first co-op apartment complex, was built he ...

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23rd Street Manhattan, 23rd Street Manhattan - West 23rd Street, 23rd Street Manhattan - East 23rd Street, 23rd Street Manhattan - Public transit, 23rd Street Manhattan - Intersections from east to west

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Manhattan streets 23-42 - 23rd Street. See 23rd Street Manhattan streets 23-42 - 28th Street. Three local subway stations: 28th Street on the 1 2 (5) (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line) (at Seventh Avenue) 28th Street on the N (45) R (1234) W (123a) (BMT Broadway Line) 28th Street on the 4 ...

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Manhattan streets 23-42, Manhattan streets 23-42 - Details, Manhattan streets 23-42 - 23rd Street, Manhattan streets 23-42 - 28th Street, Manhattan streets 23-42 - 33rd Street, Manhattan streets 23-42 - 34th Street, Manhattan streets 23-42 - 42nd Street, Manhattan streets 23-42 - Schematic

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East 23rd Street, which runs between Fifth Avenue and the East River (FDR Drive), is one of the main streets running through Manhattan's neighborhood of Gramercy. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), headquartered at 1 Madison Avenue at East 23rd Street, played a significant role in shaping the character of development along East 23rd Street in the early 20th century. Opposite Madison Square Park on East 23rd Street are two skyscrapers originally built by MetLife. 1 Madison Avenue, with its ornate clocktower face, ...

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23rd Street Manhattan, 23rd Street Manhattan - West 23rd Street, 23rd Street Manhattan - East 23rd Street, 23rd Street Manhattan - Public transit, 23rd Street Manhattan - Intersections from east to west

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Every subway line that crosses 23rd Street has a station at it. None serve express trains though. 23rd Street on the A (5) C (1234) E (IND Eighth Avenue Line) 23rd Street on the 1 2 (5) (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line) (at Seventh Avenue) 23rd Street on the F V (123) (IND Sixth Avenue Line) 23rd Street on PATH (at Sixth Avenue) 23rd Street o ...

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23rd Street Manhattan, 23rd Street Manhattan - West 23rd Street, 23rd Street Manhattan - East 23rd Street, 23rd Street Manhattan - Public transit, 23rd Street Manhattan - Intersections from east to west

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