The Jacob Riis Houses, located on Avenue D
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Other name(s) | Abraham Kazan Street Columbia Street |
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Owner | City of New York |
Maintained by | NYCDOT |
Length | 0.9 mi (1.4 km) |
Location | Manhattan, New York City |
Postal code | 10002, 10009 |
South end | Houston Street in Lower East Side |
North end | 12th Street in Alphabet City |
East | Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive |
West | Avenue C |
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Commissioned | March 1811 |
Avenue D is the easternmost named avenue in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, east of Avenue C and west of the FDR Drive. It runs between East 12th and Houston Streets, and continues south of Houston Street as Columbia Street until Delancey Street and Abraham Kazan Street until its end at Grand Street. Avenues A, B, C and D are the genesis of the name for Alphabet City section of the East Village neighborhood, which they run through.
The street was created by the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 as one of 16 north-south streets specified as 100 feet (30 m) in width, including 12 numbered avenues and four designated by letter located east of First Avenue.
Avenue D is served by the M14D bus from East 10th Street to Houston Street (southbound) and Delancey Street (northbound) via Columbia Street.