85th Street (Manhattan)

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Looking south on Second Avenue from 85th Street, May 2005
Looking south on Second Avenue from 85th Street, May 2005

85th Street is a Westbound-running street between East End Avenue and Riverside Drive in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. 85th Street provides access to the 85th/86th Street Transverse which runs east-west through Central Park heading between the Upper East Side and Upper West Side

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, a synagogue was founded in 1872, is located on 85th Street, near Lexington Avenue. The lower division of the Ramaz School shares a building with the congregation.

The high-rise apartment building shown in the opening credits of The Jeffersons is located at East 85th Street and Third Avenue.

Mannes College of Music is a music school located on West 85th Street.

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