Lincoln Square, New York
Lincoln Square is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood within the Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Lincoln Square is centered around the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and West 66th streets The area is served by the 66th Street–Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) subway station and is anchored by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Tourist information, sidewalk trash removal, and security patrol services are provided by the Lincoln Square BID.
West of Columbus Avenue and Broadway, the area shares much of the same gritty past (as depicted in West Side Story) as Hell's Kitchen, to the south. The development of Lincoln Center, and more recently Trump Place and other upscale high-rise apartment buildings have brought a measure of gentrification to the western end of Lincoln Square.
Its namesake is unknown.[1]
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[edit] Points of interest
- ABC Television Center East studios, and its affiliate WABC-TV
- Amsterdam Houses, New York City Housing Authority
- Central Park
- Church of St. Paul the Apostle
- Church of the Good Shepherd
- Dante Park
- Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Lower School
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
- Fordham University, Lincoln Center campus
- Holy Trinity Church
- Juilliard School
- Leonard Bernstein Way (West 65 St. between Amsterdam Ave. and Broadway)
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Lincoln Square farmers market (at Richard Tucker Square)
- Lincoln Square Synagogue
- Manhattan New York Temple (Mormon)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Educational Campus
- Merkin Concert Hall
- Museum of Biblical Art (American Bible Society)
- New York Institute of Technology
- New York Society for Ethical Culture
- Peter Jennings Way (West 66th St. between Columbus Ave. and Central Park West)
- Richard Tucker Square
- Time Warner Center
- West Side YMCA
[edit] Adjoining neighborhoods
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Collins, Glenn (2009-05-11). "50 Years In, Lincoln Center’s Name Is Still a Mystery". City Room Blog. NYTimes.com. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/50-years-in-lincoln-centers-name-is-still-a-mystery/. "Records conclusively show that the New York City Board of Aldermen formally named the area Lincoln Square in May of 1906. The minutes of their meetings are devoid of discussion, however, about the reason for the name."
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