Eighth Avenue

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avenue street in Manhattan

Eighth Avenue is a major north–south thoroughfare on Manhattan’s West Side in New York City, known for its heavy traffic, commercial activity, and role as a key transit and business corridor.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
8th Avenue	2
Eighth Avenue, Manhattan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	avenue ⓘ street in Manhattan ⓘ
alternateNameAppliesToSection	portion north of Central Park ⓘ
connectedTo	14th Street ⓘ 23rd Street ⓘ 34th Street NERFINISHED ⓘ 42nd Street ⓘ 59th Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
direction	north–south ⓘ
formsCorridorFor	vehicular traffic on Manhattan’s West Side ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Frederick Douglass Boulevard ⓘ
hasCommercialUse	offices ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retail stores ⓘ
hasLandUse	mixed-use commercial and residential ⓘ
hasNeighborhoodCharacter	dense urban development ⓘ
hasPublicTransit	New York City Subway C line ⓘ surface form: New York City Subway Eighth Avenue Line
hasTrafficPattern	heavy vehicular traffic ⓘ
hasZoning	primarily commercial ⓘ
isImportantFor	commuters ⓘ local businesses ⓘ tourism access on West Side ⓘ
isMajorArterialRoad	true ⓘ
isNumberedAvenueInManhattanGrid	true ⓘ
isParallelTo	Ninth Avenue ⓘ Seventh Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	Manhattan’s west side transportation network ⓘ
knownFor	commercial activity ⓘ heavy traffic ⓘ role as a business corridor ⓘ role as a key transit corridor ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State
locatedOnSide	West Side of Manhattan ⓘ
partOf	Manhattan street grid ⓘ
passesThrough	Chelsea ⓘ Harlem ⓘ Hell's Kitchen ⓘ surface form: Hell’s Kitchen Midtown Manhattan ⓘ Upper West Side ⓘ
servedByBusRoutes	M104 bus ⓘ M11 bus ⓘ M20 bus ⓘ
servedBySubwayLines	A train ⓘ C train ⓘ E train ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Port Authority Bus Terminal → boundedBy → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

James A. Farley Building → boundedByStreet → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

42nd Street → crosses → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

West 31st Street → crosses → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

West 34th Street → crosses → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

34th Street–Penn Station (Eighth Avenue Line) → hasAvenue → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

Penn Station (New York City) → hasEntranceOn → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

Chelsea, Manhattan → hasStreet → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

Gershwin Theatre → locatedNear → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

New York Times Building → locatedOn → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

Port Authority Bus Terminal → locatedOn → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

PABT → locatedOnStreet → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

subject surface form: Port Authority Bus Terminal

L train → manhattanTerminus → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

this entity surface form: 8th Avenue

2 Columbus Circle, New York City → near → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

subject surface form: 2 Columbus Circle

4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001 → near → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

Eighth Avenue Line → passesUnder → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

AA train → primaryCorridor → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eighth Avenue, Manhattan

C train → primaryManhattanAvenue → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

New York City Subway C line → primaryManhattanCorridor → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

Central Park West → southernExtensionName → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

Times Square–42nd Street subway station → streetLocation → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

L train → terminalStation → Eighth Avenue ⓘ

this entity surface form: 8th Avenue

West Side of Manhattan → traversedBy → Eighth Avenue ⓘ