Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)

Eighth Avenue in June 2013

Central Park West (59th–110th Streets) Frederick Douglass Boulevard (north of 110th Street)
Facing north on Eighth Avenue from 32nd Street
Owner	City of New York
Maintained by	NYCDOT
Length	7.8 mi (12.6 km)[1]
Location	Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
South end	Hudson / Bleecker Streets in West Village
Major junctions	Columbus Circle in Midtown Frederick Douglass Circle in Harlem
North end	Harlem River Drive in Washington Heights
East	Greenwich Avenue & 4th Street (below 14th Street) Seventh Avenue (14th–59th Streets) West Drive (59th–110th Streets) Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (above 110th Street)
West	Hudson Street (below 14th Street) Ninth Avenue (14th–59th Streets) Columbus Avenue (59th–100th Streets) Manhattan Avenue (100th–124th Streets) St. Nicholas Avenue (above 124th Street)
Construction
Commissioned	March 1811

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.