53rd Street (Manhattan)

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53rd Street is a midtown cross street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, that contains buildings such as the Citicorp Building. The street runs westbound from Sutton Place across most of the island's width, ending at DeWitt Clinton Park at Eleventh Avenue. The Lexington Avenue–53rd Street and 51st Street station, one of the busiest in the New York City Subway system, is accessible from this street, and is served by 6 and E trains at all times, 4 trains during late nights and V trains on weekdays.

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The 53rd Street Tunnel carries the IND Queens Boulevard Line (currently the E and V trains) of the New York City Subway under the East River between Manhattan and Queens.
The Seagram Building is a 38-story skyscraper located at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd Street and 53rd Street, designed by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in collaboration with the American Philip Johnson and completed in 1958.
Saint Thomas Church is located at Fifth Avenue.
The Stork Club was one of the famous nightclubs in New York City during the 1930s–1950s. It was located at 3 East 53rd Street, just off Fifth Avenue.
Paley Park, at the former site of the Stork Club, is a 4,200 square foot pocket park that has been recognized as one of the finest urban spaces in the United States.^[1]

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^ The World's Best and Worst Parks, Project for Public Spaces, September 2004

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Major streets and avenues of Manhattan

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Chambers • Worth • E Broadway • Canal • Grand • Delancey • Houston
14 (100 ft) • 23 (100 ft) • 34 (100 ft) • 42 (100 ft) • 57 (100 ft) • 59/CPS (60-100 ft) • 72 (100 ft) • 79 (100 ft) • 86 (100 ft) • 96 (100 ft) • 106 (100 ft)
110/CPN (60-125 ft) • 116 (100 ft) • 125 (100 ft) • 135 (100 ft) • 145 (100 ft) • 155 (100 ft) • TMX (200 ft) • 181 (60 ft) • Dyckman • 207 (100 ft)

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