85th Street (Manhattan)

85th Street

Looking south on Second Avenue from 85th Street (2005)

85th Street is a Westbound-running street between East End Avenue and Riverside Drive in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. 85th Street provides access to the 85th/86th Street Transverse which runs east-west through Central Park heading between the Upper East Side and Upper West Side.^[1]

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, a synagogue was founded in 1872, is located on 85th Street, near Lexington Avenue. The lower division of the Ramaz School shares a building with the congregation.

The high-rise apartment building shown in the opening credits of The Jeffersons is located at East 85th Street and Third Avenue.

Mannes College of Music is a music school located on West 85th Street.

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Coordinates: 40°46′50″N 73°57′37″W / 40.7806°N 73.9604°W / 40.7806; -73.9604