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Central Park WestEighth Avenue (Manhattan) Eighth Avenue (Manhattan) Avenue in Manhattan, New York For other uses, see Eighth Avenue. Eighth Avenue is a major north–south avenue on the west side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic below 59th Street. It is one of the original avenues of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 to run the length of Manhattan, though today the name changes twice: At 59th Street/Columbus Circle, it becomes Central Park West, where it forms the western boundary of Central Park, and north of 110th Street/Frederick Douglass Circle, it is known as Frederick Douglass Boulevard before merging onto Harlem River Drive north of 155th Street. Quick facts Owner, Maintained by ... Eighth Avenue Central Park West (59th–110th Streets)… (Source: Wikipedia)
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