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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.
New York City Landmark (2008) [182] Public National Bank of New York Building 106 Avenue C at 7th Street 1923 New York City Landmark (2008) [183] Public School 64 (former) 350 East 10th Street between Avenues B and C 1904–1906 New York City Landmark (2006) [184] St. Nicholas of Myra Church: 288 East 10th Street at Avenue A 1882–3
Seventh Avenue—co-named Fashion Avenue in the Garment District and known as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard north of Central Park—is a thoroughfare on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is southbound below the park and a two-way street north of it.
In 1909, leading industries in New York City were manufacturers of clothes for women and men, [16] and New York's function as America's culture and fashion center also helped the garment industry by providing constantly changing styles and new demand; in 1910, 70% of the nation's women's clothing and 40% of the men's was produced in New York City.
The Public National Bank Building at 106 Avenue C at the corner of East 7th Street (also known as 231 East 7th Street) was built in 1923 as a branch bank, and was designed by Eugene Schoen, a noted advocate of modernism at the time. The Public National Bank was a New York State-based bank, and Schoen designed a number of branches for them.
Christopher Street is a street in the West Village neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan.It is the continuation of 9th Street west of Sixth Avenue.. It is most notable for the Stonewall Inn, which is located on Christopher Street near the corner of Seventh Avenue South.
New York City is split up into five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Each borough has the same boundaries as a county of the state. The county governments were dissolved when the city consolidated in 1898, along with all city, town, and village governments within each county.
Politically, the neighborhood is in New York's 7th [10] and 12th [11] congressional districts. [12] It is in the New York State Assembly's 65th district and 74th district; [13] [14] the New York State Senate's 26th district; [15] and New York City Council's 1st and 2nd districts. [16]