'Eleventh Avenue' / 'West End Avenue' is a north-south thoroughfare on the far West Side of the
borough of
Manhattan in
New York City, not far from the
Hudson River. It carries downtown (south-bound) traffic only south of
West 43rd Street, and two-way traffic north of it.
Eleventh Avenue originates in the
Meatpacking District in the
West Village neighborhood, near the corner of
West 14th Street, and runs uptown (northward) until its intersection with West
59th Street, where it (along with several other
West Side avenues) is re-signed as West End Avenue but continues without interruption. The thoroughfare continues 58 blocks uptown to West
107th Street, at which point West End Avenue terminates and merges with
Broadway.
Between West
14th Street and West
23rd Street, Eleventh Avenue is part of the
West Side Highway. At West
22nd Street,
Twelfth Avenue/
West Side Highway begins from a split with Eleventh Avenue.
The segment between approximately
West 39th Street and
West 59th Street is home to the largest concentration of auto dealerships in Manhattan.
Mercedes-Benz is located across from the westbound
Lincoln Tunnel Portal, with
BMW and
Lexus at the intersection with
West 57th Street. Numerous vehicle service stations, car washes, and car rental lots also are found along this stretch.
The
West Side Line of the
New York Central Railroad once ran along part of Eleventh Avenue, popularly called "Death Avenue".
'Points of interest on or within one block of Eleventh Avenue include':
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Abraham Joshua Heschel School (high school division, at 60th Street)
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CBS Broadcast Center (at 57th Street)
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Chelsea Market (between 15th and 16th Streets)
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Chelsea Piers (at
23rd Street and
West Side Highway)
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Comedy Central studios of ''
The Colbert Report'' (on 54th Street off Eleventh Avenue)
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Comedy Central studios of ''
The Daily Show'' (at 51st Street)
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Copacabana Nightclub (at
34th Street)
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DeWitt Clinton Park (between
52nd Street and 54th Street)
★ The
High Line (roughly parallel to Eleventh Avenue from Gansevoort Street to 34th Street)
★ The
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (between 34th and 39th Streets)
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Michael J. Quill Bus Depot of the
MTA (at 41st Street)
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Straus Park (between 106th and 107th Streets)