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Eighth Avenue is a north-south avenue on the West Side of Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, carrying northbound traffic. It is the longest straight road on Manhattan. Eighth Avenue begins in the West Village
Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village , often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the lower west side of southern Manhattan in New York City....
 neighborhood at Abingdon Square (where Hudson Street
Hudson Street (Manhattan)

File:NYMEX Hudson jeh.JPGHudson Street is a north/south oriented street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Running from TriBeCa to Greenwich Village, Hudson Street has two distinct one-way traffic patterns that meet at Abingdon Square , at the street's intersection with Eighth Avenue and Bleecker Street ....
 becomes 8th Avenue at an intersection with Bleecker Street
Bleecker Street

Bleecker Street is a famous street in New York City's Manhattan borough. It is perhaps most famous today as a Greenwich Village nightclub district....
) and runs north for 44 blocks through Chelsea
Chelsea, Manhattan

Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City. It is located to the south of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan and the Garment District, Manhattan, and north of Greenwich Village, and the Meatpacking District, Manhattan that centers on West 14th Street ....
, the Garment District
Garment District, Manhattan

The Garment District is a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, located between Fifth and Ninth Avenues from 34th to 42nd Street....
, Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton and Midtown West, is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City that includes roughly the area between 34th Street and 59th Street , from Eighth Avenue to the Hudson River....
's east end, Midtown and the Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 Theatre District
Theatre District, New York

The Theatre District is an area in Midtown Manhattan in which are located most Broadway theatres as well as many other theatres, movie theatres, restaurants, hotels and other places of entertainment....
 before if finally enters Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle

Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Completed in 1905 and renovated a century later, it is located at the intersection of Broadway , Central Park West, Central Park South , and Eighth Avenue, at the southwest corner of Central Park, with coord...
 (at 58th Street).

North of Columbus Circle, the roadway becomes Central Park West
Central Park West

Central Park West is an avenue that runs north-south in the New York City borough of Manhattan, in the United States.As its name indicates, CPW forms the western edge of Central Park....
 along Central Park
Central Park

Central Park is a large public, urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually. Most of the areas immediately adjacent to the park are known for impressive buildings and valuable real estate....
 and, north of 110th Street, becomes Frederick Douglass Boulevard.






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Eighth Avenue is a north-south avenue on the West Side of Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, carrying northbound traffic. It is the longest straight road on Manhattan. Eighth Avenue begins in the West Village
Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village , often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the lower west side of southern Manhattan in New York City....
 neighborhood at Abingdon Square (where Hudson Street
Hudson Street (Manhattan)

File:NYMEX Hudson jeh.JPGHudson Street is a north/south oriented street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Running from TriBeCa to Greenwich Village, Hudson Street has two distinct one-way traffic patterns that meet at Abingdon Square , at the street's intersection with Eighth Avenue and Bleecker Street ....
 becomes 8th Avenue at an intersection with Bleecker Street
Bleecker Street

Bleecker Street is a famous street in New York City's Manhattan borough. It is perhaps most famous today as a Greenwich Village nightclub district....
) and runs north for 44 blocks through Chelsea
Chelsea, Manhattan

Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City. It is located to the south of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan and the Garment District, Manhattan, and north of Greenwich Village, and the Meatpacking District, Manhattan that centers on West 14th Street ....
, the Garment District
Garment District, Manhattan

The Garment District is a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, located between Fifth and Ninth Avenues from 34th to 42nd Street....
, Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton and Midtown West, is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City that includes roughly the area between 34th Street and 59th Street , from Eighth Avenue to the Hudson River....
's east end, Midtown and the Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 Theatre District
Theatre District, New York

The Theatre District is an area in Midtown Manhattan in which are located most Broadway theatres as well as many other theatres, movie theatres, restaurants, hotels and other places of entertainment....
 before if finally enters Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle

Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Completed in 1905 and renovated a century later, it is located at the intersection of Broadway , Central Park West, Central Park South , and Eighth Avenue, at the southwest corner of Central Park, with coord...
 (at 58th Street).

North of Columbus Circle, the roadway becomes Central Park West
Central Park West

Central Park West is an avenue that runs north-south in the New York City borough of Manhattan, in the United States.As its name indicates, CPW forms the western edge of Central Park....
 along Central Park
Central Park

Central Park is a large public, urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually. Most of the areas immediately adjacent to the park are known for impressive buildings and valuable real estate....
 and, north of 110th Street, becomes Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Unofficially, Frederick Douglass Boulevard is sometimes still referred to as Eighth Avenue. Fredrick Douglass Boulevard eventually terminates near the Harlem River
Harlem River

The Harlem River is a navigable tidal strait in New York City, United States that flows 8 miles between the East River and the Hudson River , separating the borough of Manhattan and the Bronx....
 at the Harlem River Drive
Harlem River Drive

The Harlem River Drive is a major freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs along the Harlem River from the Triborough Bridge to the George Washington Bridge and points further north in Manhattan....
 around West 159th Street. While the avenue has different names at different points in Manhattan, it is actually one continuous stretch of road, only changing in name.

The IND Eighth Avenue Line
IND Eighth Avenue Line

The Eighth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line in New York City, United States, and is part of the B Division of the New York City Subway. Opened in 1932, it was the first line of the Independent Subway System , and the Eighth Avenue Subway name was also applied by New Yorkers to the entire IND system....
 runs under Eighth Avenue.

Since the 1990s, the stretch of Eighth Avenue that runs through Greenwich Village and its adjacent Chelsea neighborhood has been a center of the city's gay
Gay

The term gay was originally used, until well into the mid-20th century, primarily to refer to feelings of being "carefree," "happy," or "bright and showy"; it had also come to acquire some connotations of "immorality" as early as 1637....
 community, with bars and restaurants catering to gay men. In fact, New York City's annual gay pride parade
Gay pride parade

Pride parades for the LGBT community are events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender culture. The events also at times serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage....
 takes place along the Greenwich Village section of Eighth Avenue. Also, along with Times Square
Times Square

Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, a borough of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd Street to West 47th Street s....
, the portion of Eighth Avenue from 42nd Street to 50th Street was an informal red-light district
Red-light district

A red-light district is a neighborhood where prostitution and other businesses in the sex industry flourish. The term "red-light district" was first recorded in the United States in 1894, in an article in The Sentinel, a newspaper in Milwaukee....
 in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, before it was controversially renovated into a more family friendly
Family-friendliness

Entertainment or information is called "family friendly" if it considered suitable for the whole family. In particular it means that it is not considered harmful for children, which may imply restrictions on engagement in, or depiction of, nudity, sex, violence, Horror and terror, crude language, etc....
 environment under the first mayoral administration of Rudolph Giuliani.

Points of interest on or within one block of Eighth Avenue include:

  • The Hotel Chelsea
    Hotel Chelsea

    The Hotel Chelsea is a well-known residence for artists, musicians and writers in the neighborhood of Chelsea, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
     (on 23rd Street
    23rd Street (Manhattan)

    23rd Street is a large thoroughfare across the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs from river to river across Manhattan, carrying two-way traffic....
     between Seventh and Eighth)
  • The Fashion Institute of Technology
    Fashion Institute of Technology

    The Fashion Institute of Technology is a State University of New York college of art and design located in New York City, New York, United States....
     (at 26th/27th Streets)
  • Madison Square Garden
    Madison Square Garden

    Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City....
     and Penn Station (between 31st and 33rd Streets)
  • James Farley Post Office
    James Farley Post Office

    The James A. Farley Building, is the main post office building in New York City. Its zip code designation is 10001, and it is the only post office in the city that is open 24 hours, 7 days a week....
  • The New York Times Building
    New York Times Building

    The New York Times Building is a skyscraper on the west side of Midtown Manhattan that was completed in 2007. Its chief tenant is The New York Times Company, publisher of the The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, as well as other regional papers....
     at 40th Street
  • The Port Authority Bus Terminal
    Port Authority Bus Terminal

    The Port Authority Bus Terminal is the main Bus terminus into Manhattan in New York City. It is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey....
     (between 40th and 42nd Streets)
  • One Worldwide Plaza
    One Worldwide Plaza

    Completed in 1989, One Worldwide Plaza is part of a three-building, mixed-use commercial and residential complex located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known collectively as Worldwide Plaza....
  • Hearst Tower
    Hearst Tower (New York City)

    'Hearst Tower' in New York, New York, New York is located at 300 West 57th Street , 959 Eighth Avenue , near Columbus Circle. It is the world headquarters of the Hearst Corporation, bringing together for the first time their numerous publications and communications companies under one roof, including among others Cosmopolitan , Esquire '...
  • Soros Foundation
    Soros Foundation

    A Soros Foundation is one of a network of national foundation s, mostly in Central Europe and Eastern Europe, which fund volunteer socio-political activity, created by George Soros, international financier and self-proclaimed philanthropist, and coordinated since early 1994 by a management team called the Open Society Institute....
     and Open Society Institute
    Open Society Institute

    The Open Society Institute , a private operating and Grant foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democracy governance, human rights, and Economic reform, legal, and social reform....
     headquarters on West 59th Street