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110th Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is commonly known as the boundary between Harlem and Central Park, along which it is known as Central Park North. In the west, between Central Park West / Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Riverside Drive, it is co-signed as Cathedral Parkway. ==Route== 110th Street is an eastbound street between First Avenue and Madison Avenue. The small portion between Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue is westbound. West of Fifth Avenue, the road widens to accommodate two-way traffic. A statue of Duke Ellington stands in Duke Ellington Circle, a shallow amphitheater at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue, at the northeast corner of Central Park. Unveiled in 1997, the statue, by sculptor Robert Graham, is tall, and depicts the Muses — nine nude caryatids — supporting a grand piano and Duke Ellington on their heads.〔(Duke Ellington Memorial Dedicated in Harlem ), artnet. Accessed September 16, 2007.〕 Duke Ellington Circle is also the site of the future Museum for African Art. Where 110th Street crosses Central Park West and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, at the northwest corner of Central Park, is Frederick Douglass Circle. The south edge of Morningside Park lies along West 110th Street between Manhattan Avenue and Morningside Drive.〔(Morningside Park ), New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed August 3, 2008.〕 The south edge of the close of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is located along West 110th Street, known along this stretch as Cathedral Parkway, between Morningside Drive and Amsterdam Avenue. The street comes to a close at Riverside Drive before Riverside Park. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「110th Street (Manhattan)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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