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In April 1997, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) ordered the eviction of the operator of the city-owned East 34th Street Heliport over a failure to pay back rent and announced plans to shut down the East 60th Street Heliport, transferring operation of the heliport at East 34th Street to Johnson Controls, which was the ...
520 Park Avenue is a skyscraper on East 60th Street near Park Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. [1] It was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and completed in 2018. [2] The building was funded through a US$450 million construction loan from The Children's Investment Fund. [3]
The 60th Street Tunnel Connection [1] [2] or 11th Street Cut [3] is a short rapid transit line of the New York City Subway, within the Long Island City neighborhood in Queens.It connects the 60th Street Tunnel under the East River (which connects to the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan) with the IND Queens Boulevard Line west of Queens Plaza.
New York City Council president Paul O'Dwyer proposed renaming the plaza to "Common Sense Plaza" in honor of the author Thomas Paine in 1976. At the time, the name "Grand Army Plaza" more commonly referred to the plaza in Brooklyn. [140] A Victorian-style information kiosk was installed at 60th Street, next to Central Park's entrance, later ...
In 1983, as part of the MTA's first Capital Program, it was announced that work was required to keep the 60th Street Tunnel in a state of good repair. Work on the $34 million project started in November 1990. On July 27, 1992, N and R trains began running through the tunnel at normal speed (40 to 45 mph (64 to 72 km/h) after two years of work.
This is a route-map template for the 60th Street Tunnel Connection, a New York City Subway line.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
60th Street may refer to: 60th Street (Manhattan) , an east–west street in Manhattan, New York City 60th Street (SEPTA station) , an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line
Instead, the board proposed the double-tracked 60th Street Tunnel under the East River, which would allow the city to save $500,000. [250] [472] The New York Public Service Commission approved the tunnel in July 1915. [473] [474] In 1990, the MTA proposed an airport rail link running via the bridge to JFK and LaGuardia airports. [475]