First Avenue station

The First Avenue station is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of First Avenue and East 14th Street at the border of , , and the in , it is served by the L train at all times.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: subway station on the BMT Canarsie Line in Manhattan, New York City
  • Also known as: “1 Av”, “1 Avenue Station”, “1st Avenue”, and “First Ave”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Empire State Building and Beth Israel Medical Center.

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The is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of , New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. is situated 1¼ miles north of First Avenue station.

Hospital
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was a large, full-service tertiary teaching in . Originally dedicated to serving immigrant Jews living in the tenement slums of the of , it was founded at the turn of the 20th century as Beth Israel Hospital. is situated 910 feet north of First Avenue station.

Church
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The Church of the Immaculate Conception is a parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 414 East 14th Street, near First Avenue, , , and previously at 505 East 14th Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Village and Alphabet City.

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The , east of the on , was traditionally considered part of the , and constitutes the portion north of Houston St, south of 14th St, and east of Broadway.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located within the in the borough of . Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names.

Neighborhood
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is a historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in , New York City, United States, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Park Avenue north of the Square – came together in the early 19th century.

First Avenue station

Latitude
40.73087° or 40° 43′ 51″ north
Longitude
-73.98142° or 73° 58′ 53″ west
Operator
New York City Transit Authority
Network
NYC Subway
Open location code
87G8P2J9+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 597937470
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q2590604
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“First Avenue station” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Першая авеню (лінія Канарсі, BMT)”
  • Belarusian: “Першая авеню”
  • Chinese: “第一大道車站”
  • Dutch: “First Avenue”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Unua Avenuo”
  • French: “First Avenue station”
  • French: “Première”
  • Italian: “First Avenue”
  • Japanese: “1番街駅 (BMTカナーシー線)”
  • Japanese: “1番街駅”
  • Korean: “1번 애비뉴”
  • Korean: “1번로역”
  • Polish: “First Avenue”
  • Russian: “Первая авеню”
  • Spanish: “Primera Avenida”
  • Ukrainian: “1-ша авеню”

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