125th Street (Manhattan)
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125th Street is a two-way street that runs east-west in the New York City borough of Manhattan, considered the "Main Street" of Harlem; It is also called Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
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[edit] Neighborhoods
The western part of the street runs diagonally through the neighborhood of Manhattanville from the north-west from an interchange with the Henry Hudson Parkway at 130th Street. East of Morningside Avenue it runs east-west through central Harlem to an interchange with F.D.R. Drive by the East River, where it becomes the Manhattan leg of the Triborough Bridge. Many sections of the street have been gentrified and developed with such stores as Old Navy, H&M, CVS/pharmacy, and Magic Johnson Theaters. The historical Apollo Theater is here.
West of Convent Avenue, 125th Street was re-routed onto the old Manhattan Avenue. The original 125th Street west of Convent Avenue was swallowed up to make the super-blocks where the low income housing projects now exist. What remains of the original alignment of 125th Street is called La Salle Street, which runs between Amsterdam Avenue and Claremont Avenue.
[edit] Fault Line
A rift in the crust runs along underneath this street and is known as the 125th Street Fault. The fault line creates a fault valley deep enough to require the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line to become a trestle bridge between 122nd and 135th Streets.
[edit] Public transportation
The following subway stations are located at 125th Street:
- 125th Street on the 1 (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line) at Broadway
- 125th Street on the A B C D at St. Nicholas Avenue
- 125th Street on the 2 3 (IRT Lenox Avenue Line) at Lenox Avenue
- 125th Street on the 4 5 6 <6> (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) at Lexington Avenue
The Metro-North Railroad Harlem-125th Street station is also at 125th Street, where it intersects Park Avenue.
[edit] Notable Occupants
- As of 2008, former president Bill Clinton maintains an office on 125th Street.[1]
- The intersection of 125th and Lexington Avenue is the location where Lou Reed buys heroin on the Velvet Underground's I'm Waiting for the Man from their seminal 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico.[citation needed]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Leonard, Tom. "Harlem's identity under threat from developers", The Telegraph, March 16, 2008. Accessed April 8, 2008. "Harlem has seen rapid gentrification since the late 1990s and 125th Street - included last year in a list of America's 10 greatest streets - is now home to Bill Clinton's office."
