Park Avenue

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:53:09 -0500

Great posting Garth. Just a small addition: The hill just South of 42nd Street on Park Avenue proved to be too steep for the locomotives, so a channel was cut through it. As the city, growing North from downtown reached this slice through Murray's Hill, the residents complained about the noise, dirt and danger. That prompted the Commodore Vanderbilt, who had bought the NY&H by this time to cover them over and rename the stretch from 42 to 34 "Park Avenue". The area North of the station would come later.

Gothamist: A Brief History of Park Avenue South

Park Avenue