85th Street (Manhattan)
Looking south on Second Avenue from East 85th Street in 2005
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| Other name(s) | 85th Street Transverse |
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| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 2.2 mi (3.5 km) |
| Width | 60 feet (18.29 m) (west of Central Park West and east of Madison Avenue) |
| Location | Manhattan |
| Postal code | 10024 (west), 10028 (east) |
| Coordinates | 40°46′50″N 73°57′37″W / 40.7806°N 73.9604°WCoordinates: 40°46′50″N 73°57′37″W / 40.7806°N 73.9604°W |
| West end | Riverside Drive in Upper West Side |
| East end | East End Avenue in Yorkville |
| North | 86th Street |
| South | 84th Street |
| Construction | |
| Commissioned | 1811 |
| Construction start | 1837 |
85th Street is a westbound-running street, running from East End Avenue to Riverside Drive in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
The street provides access to the 85th/86th Street Transverse, which runs east–west through Central Park, heading from the Upper East Side (where it is known as East 85th Street) to the Upper West Side (where it is known as West 85th Street). It includes landmarks such as the Lewis Gouverneur and Nathalie Bailey Morris House at 100 East 85th Street, the sidewalk clock at East 85th Street and Third Avenue, the Yorkville Bank Building at 201–203 East 85th Street, Red House at 350 West 85th Street, and Regis High School.
In 1837, the Board of Aldermen of New York City initially voted not to approve, but subsequently approved, the opening of East 85th Street between Third Avenue and Fifth Avenue, which the Committee on Roads and Canals had offered up as a resolution on the petition of owners of property on the street. In 1839, the Board of Aldermen approved the opening of West 85th Street between Fifth Avenue and Ninth Avenue.
By the 1840s, a short length designated as West 85th Street had been created as a narrow lane east of Eighth Avenue. Most of West 85th Street was laid out following the American Civil War. However, until the 1880s the rate of development on the street was slow. At that time, following an improvement in public transportation, people began to speculate on the property on the street.
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