72nd Street

72nd Street is a railway stop in , . 72nd Street is situated nearby to the synagogue , as well as near the apartment building .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and Congregation Shearith Israel.

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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Synagogue
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The , often called The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 2 West 70th Street, at Central Park West, on the of in , New York, United States.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. is situated 2,400 feet north of 72nd Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Upper West Side.

Neighborhood
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is the name of both a and the surrounding neighborhood on the of in . is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.

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The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the of in . It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.

72nd Street

Latitude
40.77489° or 40° 46′ 30″ north
Longitude
-73.97702° or 73° 58′ 37″ west
Operator
New York City Transit Authority
Network
NYC Subway
Open location code
87G8Q2FF+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7624158671
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
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