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The 60th Street Tunnel Connection [1] [2] or 11th Street Cut [3] is a short rapid transit line of the New York City Subway, within the Long Island City neighborhood in Queens. It connects the 60th Street Tunnel under the East River (which connects to the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan ) with the IND Queens Boulevard Line west of Queens Plaza .
Multiple blocks of North 60th Street were closed to traffic just before 2 p.m., according to a reporter at the scene. The location is near several apartment and condo buildings as well as the ...
Grand Army Plaza is one of four monumental plazas placed at the corners of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. [2] [3] [a] The plaza is bounded on the north by 60th Street, [4] which contains the Scholar's Gate entrance to Central Park.
East 60th Street Heliport (IATA: JRE, ICAO: KJRE, FAA LID: 6N4) was a public heliport on the Upper East Side of Manhattan located between the East River and the FDR Drive. Also known as the Pan Am Metroport , the city-owned facility was originally operated by Pan American World Airways .
In 1983, as part of the MTA's first Capital Program, it was announced that work was required to keep the 60th Street Tunnel in a state of good repair. Work on the $34 million project started in November 1990. On July 27, 1992, N and R trains began running through the tunnel at normal speed (40 to 45 mph (64 to 72 km/h) after two years of work.
520 Park Avenue is a skyscraper on East 60th Street near Park Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. [1] It was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and completed in 2018. [2] The building was funded through a US$450 million construction loan from The Children's Investment Fund. [3]
The clubhouse at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street was designed by McKim, Mead & White and is a New York City designated landmark. The club is controlled by a 25-member board of governors. Initially, only men could become members, though women were given membership privileges in the mid-20th century.
St. James began in 1916 as a mission church based in the vicinity of the current building. In 1917, the church operated out of a small chapel near the intersection of 54th and Pabst Avenue (now Lloyd Street). Some time later, the mission was relocated to the southwest corner of 60th and Lloyd, across from the Synod's Seminary.