Numbering of Avenues in Manhattan, New York City, USA

Street and Avenue numbering in Manhattan, New York City

The street layout of Manhattan north of the business district is in a grid layout.  The main avenues are numbered 1 - 11 with 1st being on the East Side starting at the East River / United Nations.

The central avenue is the world-famous Fifth Avenue(5th Avenue).  All streets to the East of Fifth Avenue are know as nn East xx Street (e.g. 40 East 47th Street) whilst streets to the west of Fifth Avenue are styled nn West xx Street (e.g. 40 West 47th Street). 

Avenues run south to north and streets run east to west.  The Avenues are very long, some stretching over 100 blocks.  The numbering of these buildings is not consistent and on some avenues the numbering stops and restarts.

Some Avenues have alternative names:

Fourth Avenue is now mostly Lexington Avenue, Park Avenue and Madison Avenue

Why is the there no 4th Avenue in Manhattan?

Sixth Avenue - Avenue of the Americas

Seventh Avenue - Fashion Avenue

Eighth Avenue - Central Park West

Ninth - Columbus Avenue

Tenth - Amsterdam Avenue

Eleventh - West End Avenue

Here is a grid of the basic number layout.

W	ST	11th	10th	9th	8th	BW	7th	6th	5th	MA	PA	LA	3rd	2nd	1st	ST	E
	110th	1035	1020	1015	500	2835	CP	CP	1290	1660	1535	1775	2005	2140	2150	110th
	108th	995	975	980	480	2800	CP	CP	1270	1615	1485	1735	1965	2100	2100	108th
	106th	950	930	935	460	2765	CP	CP	1250	1570	1440	1700	1920	2065	2065	106th
	104th	900	900	900	445	2720	CP	CP	1230	1545	1405	1650	1885	2025	2020	104th
	102nd	860	865	860	420	2685	CP	CP	1215	1490	1355	1620	1845	1985	1995	102nd
	100th	825	830	825	405	2640	CP	CP	1195	1465	1330	1570	1805	1950	1940	100th
	98th	780	780	775		2600	CP	CP	1175	1440	1275	1535	1775		1900	98th
	96th	735	745	750	370	2565	CP	CP	1150	1380	1245	1490	1710	1870	1850	96th
	94th	700	700	700	350	2520	CP	CP	1130	1350	1195	1450	1680	1825	1830	94th
	92nd	660	655	650	320	2480	CP	CP	1105	1300	1160	1405	1650	1765	1780	92nd
	90th	615	620	620	300	2440	CP	CP	1090	1255	1120	1360	1600	1730	1740	90th
	88th	580	580	580	280	2405	CP	CP	1070	1225	1080	1325	1565	1700	1705	88th
	86th	540	545	545	260	2360	CP	CP	1050	1175	1040	1280	1535	1665	1650	86th
	84th	500	495	500	240	2315	CP	CP	1035	1130	1000	1245	1490	1620	1620	84th
	82nd	460	460	460	225	2280	CP	MA	1015	1085	960	1215	1450	1580	1575	82nd
	80th	420	420	415	SP	2235	CP	MA	990	1055	915	1175	1410	1540	1535	80th
	78th	380	375	385	NH	2200	CP	CP	970	1010	880	1125	1370	1500	1495	78th
	76th	340	345	340	170	2160	CP	CP	950	975	835	1080	1320	1460	1465	76th
	74th	300	300	300	150	2120	CP	CP	930	935	790	1035	1290	1415	1390	74th
	72nd	260	265	260	125	2080	CP	CP	905	895	760	1005	1250	1390	1345	72nd
	70th	225	210	220	100	2040	CP	CP	900	850	720	965	1215	1330	1305	70th
	68th	175	180	180	80	2000	CP	CP	870	815	680	925	1170	1295	1265	68th
	66th	160	155	150	65	1955	CP	CP	850	775	640	890	1130	1260	1220	66th
	64th	110	110	100	50	1920	CP	CP	830	735	600	840	1090	1220	1170	64th
	62nd	60	65	60	25	1885	CP	CP	810	690	560	805	1050	1180	1130	62nd
	60th	15	20	25	15	1840	CP	CP	790	655	520	765	1010	1140	1100	60th	QB
	58th	850	895	910	CC	1795	920	1420	745	620	480	725	975	1105	1065	58th
	56th	820	855	865	955	1755	880	1380	720	575	435	675	936	1065	1020	56th
	54th	780	810	820	910	1710	840	1340	680	535	400	640	910	1025	985	54th
	52nd	740	775	780	890	1675	800	1300	660	500	350	595	870	985	945	52nd
	50th	705	735	740	830	1630	760	1265	630	445	315	555	820	940	886	50th
	48th	665	685	700	790	1595	725	1220	600	415	275	515	775	900	865	48th
	46th	635	650	660	735	1555	700	1180	560	380	250	480	745	860	820	46th
	44th	595	620	625	700	1515	TS	1150	530	340	200	440	705	725	790	44th	UN
	42nd	550	585	580	660	1480	600	1100	500	325	130	405	665	795	745	42nd	UN
	40th	520	540	545	620	1435	560	1065	460	280	100	355	620	750	700	40th
LT	38th	465	5090	500	570	1400	525	1020	420	255	70	315	580	710	670	38th
	36th	450	470	470	515	1355	485	985	390	215	40	280	540	660	630	36th
	34th	390	440	435	480	1315	445	890	360	185	10	245	510	620	600	34th	QT
	32nd	355	385	390	440	1260	405	BW	320	155	GCT	200	465	585	550	32nd
	30th	315	350	350	400	1215	365	855	280	120	445	160	430	545	515	30th
	28th	280	315	320	365	1180	320	815	250	80	405	120	396	500	485	28th
	26th	255	285	275	325	1135	285	775	220	45	365	85	355	460	450	26th
	24th	200	240	230	280	1100	245	745	BW	25	325	45	325	425	405	24th
	22nd	160	210	200	235	940	210	700	170		300	20	280	380	380	22nd
	20th	120	160	160	195	905	170	655	135		250	GP	240	345	345	20th
	18th	85	130	130	160	875	140	620	110		220	65	205	315	310	18th
	16th	40	95	95	120	US	100	575	80			35	175	SS	280	16th
	14th	5	50	45	80	850	65	530	60			5	125	230	240	14th
	12th		5	5	50	825	25	485	60				85	190	195	12th
	10th				10	805	5	475	30				45	145	155	10th
	8th															8th
	6th															6th
	4th															4th
	2nd															2nd

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