72nd Street
72nd Street is a railway stop in Manhattan, New York. 72nd Street is situated nearby to the apartment building The Dorilton, as well as near the park Sherman Square.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.
Central Park
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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of Manhattan, Central Park is a district in its own right, neatly separating the Upper East Side from the Upper West Side, stretching from Midtown at the southern end to Harlem at the north.
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. American Museum of Natural History is situated 2,500 feet northeast of 72nd Street.
The Juilliard School
University
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The Juilliard School is a private conservatory for performing arts in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became the Juilliard School, named after its principal benefactor Augustus D. The Juilliard School is situated 1,500 feet south of 72nd Street.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Upper West Side.
Lincoln Square
Neighborhood
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Lincoln Square is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Lincoln Square is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.
Upper West Side
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The Upper West Side covers a large area in upper Manhattan bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and Central Park and Morningside Park on the east.
Theater District
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Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the Theater District is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.
72nd Street
- Type: Railway stop
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.77787° or 40° 46′ 40″ northLongitude
-73.98221° or 73° 58′ 56″ westOperator
New York City Transit AuthorityNetwork
NYC SubwayOpen location code
87G8Q2H9+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 4462306222OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
“72nd Street” goes by many names.
- Russian: “72-я стрит”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Dorilton and Sherman Square.
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