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Second Avenue (Manhattan)
Second Avenue
is an avenue on the East Side of the
New York City
borough
of
Manhattan
extending from
Houston Street
at its south end to the
Harlem River Drive
at
128th Street
at its north end. A one-way street,
vehicular
traffic on Second Avenue runs southbound (downtown) only, except for a one-block segment of the avenue in
Harlem
. South of Houston Street, the roadway continues as
Chrystie Street
south to
Canal Street
. A
bicycle lane
in the left hand portion from 55th to 34th Street closes a gap in the
Manhattan Waterfront Greenway
. The bike lane extends from 125th Street all the way down to Houston Street. Second Avenue passes through a number of Manhattan neighborhoods including (from south to north) the
Lower East Side
,
East Village
,
Gramercy Park
,
Murray Hill
,
Upper East Side
,
Yorkville
and
Spanish Harlem
.
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