Avenue A (Manhattan)
Tompkins Square Park lines Avenue A between East Seventh Street and East 10th Street. | |
| Owner | City of New York |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 1.1 mi (1.8 km) |
| Location | Manhattan, New York City |
| South end | Houston |
| North end | 14th Street |
| East | Avenue B |
| West | First Avenue |
| Construction | |
| Commissioned | March 1811 |
Avenue A is a north–south avenue located in Manhattan, New York City, east of First Avenue and west of Avenue B. It runs from Houston Street to 14th Street, where it continues into a loop road in Stuyvesant Town, connecting to Avenue B. Below Houston Street, Avenue A continues as Essex Street.
It is considered to be the western border of Alphabet City in the East Village. It is also the western border of Tompkins Square Park.