79th Street (Manhattan)
The Harry F. Sinclair House at 2 East 79th Street
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| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
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| Length | 2.4 mi (3.9 km) |
| Width | 100 feet (30.48 m) |
| Location | Manhattan |
| Postal code | 10024 (west), 10075 (east) |
| Coordinates | 40°46′36″N 73°57′48″W / 40.7768°N 73.9632°WCoordinates: 40°46′36″N 73°57′48″W / 40.7768°N 73.9632°W |
| West end |
  NY 9A / Henry Hudson Parkway in Riverside Park
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| East end |
 FDR Drive in Yorkville
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| North | 80th Street |
| South | 78th Street |
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| Commissioned | 1811 |
79th Street is a major two-way street in the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. On the Upper East Side East 79th Street stretches from East End Avenue, passing the New York Public Library, Yorkville Branch, to Fifth Avenue, where the entrance to the 79th Street Transverse is flanked by Children's Gate. The transverse crosses Central Park; its exit at West 81st Street on the Upper West Side is flanked by Hunters' Gate. 79th Street does not exist between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, due to the superblock of Manhattan Square, largely occupied by the American Museum of Natural History. West of Columbus Avenue, 79th Street continues and terminates in Riverside Park at a traffic circle directly after the exit/entrance ramps for the Henry Hudson Parkway, under which sit the 79th Street Boat Basin and its cafe.
On the west side, the street is entirely within the boundaries of ZIP Code 10024; on the east side, as of July 1, 2007, the ZIP Code for this part of the Lenox Hill Post Office Branch changed from 10021 to 10075.
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