72nd Street (Manhattan)

72nd Street

The Dakota Apartments, located at 1 West 72nd Street
Maintained by	NYCDOT
Length	1.6 mi (2.6 km)[1]
Width	100 feet (30.48 m)
Location	Manhattan
Postal code	10023 (west), 10021 (east)
Coordinates	40°46′20″N 73°57′58″W / 40.7721°N 73.9662°W / 40.7721; -73.9662
West end	NY 9A / Henry Hudson Parkway / Riverside Boulevard in Riverside South
East end	Dead end in Upper East Side
North	73rd Street
South	71st Street
Construction
Commissioned	1811

72nd Street is one of the major bi-directional crosstown streets in New York City's borough of Manhattan. The street primarily runs through the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods. It is one of the few streets to go through Central Park via Women's Gate, Terrace Drive, and Inventors Gate, though Terrace Drive is often closed to vehicular traffic.