Third Avenue (Manhattan)

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Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from East 4th Street north for over 120 blocks. Third Avenue continues into The Bronx across the Harlem River over the Third Avenue Bridge north of East 129th Street to West Fordham Road at Fordham Center. Third Avenue carries only northbound (uptown) traffic north of 24th Street, south of which it is two-way, and again reprises this role in The Bronx. In Manhattan, street signs read "3 Ave", while in the Bronx, street signs read "Third Ave"

[edit] Public transportation

Above ground

General cab service is available for hailing. The following buses use Third Avenue:

• M98 Limited: To West 193rd Street/Fort Tryon Park via the Harlem River Drive
• M101 Limited: To West 193rd Street via Amsterdam Avenue
• M102: To West 146th Street
• M103: To East 125th Street

Third Avenue was also once home to the Third Avenue Elevated line until 1940.

edit Major Avenues of Manhattan
To the west Lexington Avenue	Third Avenue	To the east (varies by location) Second Avenue Midtown Tunnel exit
WSH (12) | Riverside | 11 (West End) | 10 (Amsterdam) | Dyer | 9 | 8 or CPW | 7 | 6 or Lenox | 5 | Madison | Park (4) | Lexington | 3 | 2 | 1 | A or York | B or East End | C | D | FDR