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157 West 80th Street
New York

Manhattan, New York

Situated between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues, the building at 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024 is on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, between Riverside and Central Parks and close to a multitude of museums, eateries, and entertainment establishments.

A few blocks to the west of 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024 is the American Museum of Natural History, where visitors can also find the Hayden Planetarium. Nearby is the Children’s Museum of Manhattan.

Crossing Central Park to get to the Upper East Side, residents of 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024 have easy access to Museum Row, where they may enjoy the art collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Neue Galerie New York, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Just southeast of 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024 is the Museum of Modern Art.

Cafes near 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024 include the famed Cafe Lalo, featured in the movie You’ve Got Mail. Around the corner from 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024 is Drip Cafe, an ingenious coffee shop that doubles as a matchmaking agency for interested singles. Restaurants such as Calle Ocho and Ocean Grill, where patrons enjoy sangria bars and seafood, are also in the neighborhood of 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024.

Nearby Riverside Park offers residents of 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024 a scenic view of the Hudson River, while Central Park provides a venue for a breadth of sporting activities. Tenants of 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024 can venture into Central Park to escape from city life, visit the Central Park Boathouse, or play games on the expanses of lawn.

Local entertainment can be enjoyed at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where Shakespeare in the Park gives free performances throughout summer. Special events are celebrated year-round near 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024, including the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in March, the Easter Parade in April, the Memorial Day Parade in May, the Columbus Day Parade in October, the Thanksgiving Day Parade in November, and New Year celebrations in December.

The Upper West Side is considered one of the safest neighborhoods in New York City, and 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024 is just a few blocks south of the 20th Precinct station of the New York Police Department. Parking can be found within 10 minutes or less on surrounding streets and in several easily accessible paid garages. Public transportation is only a block away. The 157 West 80th Street, New York 10024 building is ideally located for quick and easy access to a number of fun and educational activities for friends and families alike.


157 West 80th Street New York's Publications

  • The History of Manhattan’s Upper West Side (1/2)
    May, 2011
    Constructed in 1910, the residences at 157 West 80th Street in New York City rest in the heart of the Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a neighborhood with a rich and fascinating past. Today, the Upper West Side is a bustling urban center known for its world-famous museums, performance venues, restaurants, and shops. Bordered by the Hudson River on the west and Central Park on the east, the Upper West side is home to Columbia University, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Historical Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, among other well known landmarks.

    In the early 17th century, Dutch immigrants arrived on the north end of the island of Manhattan, the geographic area that is now New York City’s Upper West Side. As the settlers began to establish their homesteads, they encountered fierce opposition from the native population of Munsee Indians. War broke out, and violent raids temporarily halted the Dutch expansion during the 1650s. Possessing few resources with which to defeat the Munsee in battle, the Dutch settlers resigned themselves to living on a small expanse of land in northern Manhattan, a town they dubbed Bloemendal, translated as “Valley of the Flowers.”

    At the dawn of the 18th century, Bloemendal, or Bloomingdale, gained distinction as a major tobacco producer; the rolling hills in the region were rocky yet dense with fertile soil. As tobacco production increased, Dutch farms also grew in number to meet demand. New roads were built to encourage trade and commerce, with Bloomingdale Road standing apart as the city’s main thoroughfare. Constructed at what is now 23rd Street and stretching to 114th Street, Bloomingdale Road laid the foundations for one of Manhattan’s defining arteries. By the end of the century, large estates owned by wealthy merchants dotted the countryside, markedly transforming the area’s vast swaths of unspoiled wilderness. In the fall of 1776, the war for independence reached the quiet town of Bloomingdale, resulting in the Battle of Harlem Heights.

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