York Avenue
Seen from the top of the Queensboro Bridge | |
Interactive map of York Avenue | |
| Owner | City of New York |
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| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 2 mi (3.2 km) |
| Location | Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°45′29″N 73°57′37″W / 40.758094°N 73.960180°W |
| South end | 53rd Street in Midtown East |
| Major junctions | FDR Drive in Lenox Hill |
| North end | FDR Drive / 92nd Street in Yorkville |
| East | FDR Drive (53rd–79th Streets) East End Avenue (79th–90th Streets) FDR Drive (90th–92nd Streets) |
| West | First Avenue |
| Construction | |
| Commissioned | March 1811 |
York Avenue is a north–south thoroughfare in the Yorkville and Lenox Hill neighborhoods of the East Side of Manhattan, in New York City. York Avenue runs from 59th to 92nd Streets through eastern Lenox Hill and Yorkville on the Upper East Side. South of 59th Street, the avenue turns into Sutton Place, which runs to 57th Street, and Sutton Place South, which runs from 57th to 53rd Street. Addresses on York Avenue are continuous with that of Avenue A in the Alphabet City neighborhood, starting in the 1100 series and rising to the 1700 series.