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New York Avenue is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House
White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian architecture and has been the executive residence of every U.S....
 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
  It is a major east-west route in the city's Northwest and Northeast quadrant
Quadrant

Quadrant may refer to:* One of the four sections of the Cartesian coordinate system#Two-dimensional coordinate system* Quadrant , a measuring instrument capable of measuring angles up to 90°...
s and connects downtown with points east and north of the city via Cheverly, Maryland
Cheverly, Maryland

Cheverly is a town in central Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., United States. The town was founded in 1918 and it was incorporated in 1931....
, the John Hanson Highway and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Baltimore-Washington Parkway

The Baltimore-Washington Parkway is a freeway in the U.S. state of Maryland, running southwest from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.The National Park Service-maintained portion of the freeway is dedicated to Gladys Noon Spellman....
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New York Avenue is U.S. Highway 50 through Northeast and into Northwest as far west as 6th Street, N.W. In addition, it is U.S. Highway 1 Alternate from Bladensburg Road, N.E., to 6th Street, N.W.






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New York Avenue is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House
White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian architecture and has been the executive residence of every U.S....
 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
  It is a major east-west route in the city's Northwest and Northeast quadrant
Quadrant

Quadrant may refer to:* One of the four sections of the Cartesian coordinate system#Two-dimensional coordinate system* Quadrant , a measuring instrument capable of measuring angles up to 90°...
s and connects downtown with points east and north of the city via Cheverly, Maryland
Cheverly, Maryland

Cheverly is a town in central Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., United States. The town was founded in 1918 and it was incorporated in 1931....
, the John Hanson Highway and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Baltimore-Washington Parkway

The Baltimore-Washington Parkway is a freeway in the U.S. state of Maryland, running southwest from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.The National Park Service-maintained portion of the freeway is dedicated to Gladys Noon Spellman....
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New York Avenue is U.S. Highway 50 through Northeast and into Northwest as far west as 6th Street, N.W. In addition, it is U.S. Highway 1 Alternate from Bladensburg Road, N.E., to 6th Street, N.W. The northern terminus of Interstate 395 is at a signaled intersection with New York Avenue and 4th Street, N.W. At that intersection, traffic from New York Avenue in either direction may turn south onto Interstate 395, but traffic on northbound Interstate 395 may turn only right (east) onto New York Avenue.

At its eastern end, New York Ave. becomes the John Hanson Highway, a freeway.

On the east side of to Mount Vernon Square
Mount Vernon Square

Mount Vernon Square is a town square in the Washington DC Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C. It is located where the following streets would otherwise intersect: Massachusetts Avenue , New York Avenue , K Street , and 8th Street NW....
, New York Avenue crosses 7th Street
7th Street (Washington, D.C.)

There are four north-south arteries in Washington, D.C. named Seventh Street that are differentiated by the Address #Quadrants of the city in which they are located....
, which later becomes Georgia Avenue
Georgia Avenue

Georgia Avenue is a major north-south artery in Northwest, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland. Within the District of Columbia, Georgia Avenue is also U.S....
. At Mount Vernon Square, traffic on New York Avenue mixes with traffic on Massachusetts Avenue and K Street. East of Mount Vernon Square, New York Avenue is part of the National Highway System. While the main line of New York Avenue extends northeast of the White House, the avenue resumes southwest of the White House to run one block between 17th and 18th Streets, N.W. At 18th Street, N.W., New York Avenue joins E Street, N.W., which leads to the E Street Expressway
E Street Expressway

The E Street Expressway is a spur from Interstate 66 into the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The eastern terminus of the E Street Expressway is at 20th Street , N.W....
 and thence to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge

.Theodore Roosevelt Bridge is located in Washington, D.C. It carries Interstate 66 and U.S. Highway 50 over the Potomac River, connecting Rosslyn, Virginia with Washington near the Kennedy Center....
 and Interstate 66
Interstate 66

Interstate 66 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. As indicated by its even route number, it runs in an east-west direction....
. That one-block segment of New York Avenue is also part of the National Highway System.

New York Avenue, N.E., is served by the New York Ave-Florida Ave-Gallaudet U
New York Ave-Florida Ave-Gallaudet U (Washington Metro)

New York Ave-Florida Ave-Gallaudet U is a Washington Metro metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line . The station serves Gallaudet University and is located near the intersection of New York Avenue and Florida Avenue in Washington's Northeast, Washington, D.C.....
 station on the Washington Metro
Washington Metro

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....
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Locations of interest on or near New York Avenue include the United States National Arboretum
United States National Arboretum

The United States National Arboretum is an arboretum in Washington, D.C., operated by the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service as a division of the Henry A....
, the new D.C. Convention Center, the National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Museum of Women in the Arts

The National Museum of Women in the Arts , located in Washington, D.C. is the only museum solely dedicated to celebrating women?s achievements in the visual, performing, and literary arts....
, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art

The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington, DC. The museum's main focus is Visual arts of the United States....
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According to a study released in 2005 by the Government of the District of Columbia, five of the ten most crash-prone intersections in the city are along New York Avenue. The most crash-prone intersection in the city is at New York Avenue and Bladensburg Road, N.E.

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