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Sunnyside (1835) is a historic house on 10 acres (4 ha) along the Hudson River, in Tarrytown, New York. It was the home of the American author Washington Irving , best known for his short stories , such as " Rip Van Winkle " (1819) and " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " (1820).
This is a list of neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Manhattan arranged geographically from the north of the island to the south. The following approximate definitions are used: Upper Manhattan is the area above 96th Street. Midtown Manhattan is the area between 34th Street and 59th Street. Lower Manhattan is the area below 14th Street.
The East 17th Street/Irving Place Historic District is a small historic district located primarily on East 17th Street between Union Square East and Irving Place in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on June 30, 1988, and encompasses nine mid-19th ...
The main character, an advertising artist, travels back in time from 1970s New York City to January 1882, and rents a room at 19 Gramercy Park, which is a boarding house in the novel. It is described as "a plain three-story brownstone with white-painted window frames and a short flight of scrubbed stone steps with a black wrought-iron railing."
Lexington Avenue seen from 50th Street with the Chrysler Building in the background. Both Lexington Avenue and Irving Place began in 1832 when Samuel Ruggles, a lawyer and real-estate developer, petitioned the New York State Legislature to approve the creation of a new north–south avenue between the existing Third and Fourth Avenues, between 14th and 30th Streets.
South Brother Island (East River) Pelham Islands, historical name for a group of mostly uninhabited islands in western Long Island Sound. The Blauzes; Chimney Sweeps Islands; City Island, only inhabited island in the borough; Hart Island; High Island; Rat Island; Rikers Island (East River), location of New York City's jail
U.S. Route 20 and New York State Route 5 pass through the hamlet, which is next to Cattaraugus Creek; New York State Route 438 terminates just across the creek. The elevation of the hamlet is 584 feet (178 m) above sea level. [1] The ZIP Code for Irving is 14081. [2]
New York City waterways: 1. Hudson River, 2. East River, 3. ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of New York (1974) This page was last edited on 3 ...