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Division Street is a one-way street in the Two Bridges neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It carries westbound traffic from the intersection of Canal Street and Ludlow Street westward to Bowery.
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History
editThe street dates back to before 1789. Its namesake is the division it marks between the street grid patterns on either side of it.
A segment of the IRT Second Avenue Line used to run along Division Street between Bowery and Allen Street.[1]
The portion of Division Street under the Manhattan Bridge is used for a mall called the East Broadway Mall. There is a car park at Market Street (formerly Florence Place[2]) and next to it is the PS 124 Yung Wing Elementary School. The school is part of a residential complex called Confucius Plaza. At this point, the street widens. Buses to Flushing and casinos park on the right side. There used to be a greenmarket until it moved to the space under the Manhattan Bridge on Forsyth Street between Canal Street and Division Street. East of Bowery, there is a statue of Confucius. At Bowery, most of the traffic gets diverted to the Bowery, Chatham Square, and the Manhattan Bridge.
Points of interest
edit- Seward Park (on Canal and Essex Street)
- Confucius Plaza
- Agia Barbara (on Forsyth Street)
- Eldridge Street Synagogue (on Eldridge Street)
- East Broadway Mall
- Imperial Ballroom Dance Studio
References
edit- ^ NYCSubway.org - 2 Av El
- ^ Florence Place, Chinatown Forgotten NY
External links
edit- https://web.archive.org/web/20071205042310/http://www.mcny.org/collections/abbott/a111.htm
- The RBA Group/Urbitran Associates (2006-09-29). "School Safety Engineering Project: FINAL REPORT: P.S. 124, Yung Wing School, Manhattan" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation - Office of School Safety Engineering. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
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