Pleasant Avenue, New York City

Name: Pleasant Avenue
Address: 342 Pleasant Avenue, New York City, United States

#1183 among attractions in New York City

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Pleasant Avenue is a north-south street in the East Harlem neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It begins at E. 114th Street and ends at E. 120th Street. The street was the northernmost section of Avenue A, which stretched from Alphabet City northward, and was added to the grid wherever space allowed between First Avenue and the East River. This stretch was renamed "Pleasant Avenue" in 1879. Unlike York Avenue, however, the addresses on Pleasant Avenue are not continuous with that on Avenue A. ()

Coordinates: 40°47'47"N, 73°55'54"W

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342 Pleasant AvenueUpper Manhattan (Harlem)New York City United States

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Pleasant Avenue – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Downing Stadium, Marcus Garvey Park, Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, La Marqueta.

0.5 miE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Downing Stadium, New York City
13 min walk • Downing Stadium, previously known as Triborough Stadium and Randall's Island Stadium, was a 22,000-seat stadium in New York City. It was renamed Downing Stadium in 1955 after John J. Downing, a director at the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. It was demolished in 2002 and the current Icahn Stadium was built on the site.
0.8 miNW
Park
Marcus Garvey Park, New York City
21 min walk • Marcus Garvey Park is a 20.16-acre park on the border between the Harlem and East Harlem neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City.
1 miS
Bridge
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, New York City
26 min walk • The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts in New York City. The bridges link the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. The viaducts cross Randalls and Wards Islands, previously two islands and now joined by landfill.
0.7 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre, Farmer's market
La Marqueta, New York City
18 min walk • La Marqueta is a marketplace under the elevated Metro North railway tracks between 111th Street and 116th Street on Park Avenue in East Harlem in Manhattan, New York City. Its official address is 1590 Park Avenue.
0.9 miW
Church, Romanesque revival architecture
St. Cecilia Church and Convent, New York City
23 min walk • St. Cecilia Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and a historic landmark located at 120 East 106th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York.
1 miN
Church, Italianate architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Jerome's Church, New York City
25 min walk • The Church of St. Jerome is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 230 Alexander Avenue, Mott Haven, Bronx, New York City.
0.8 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Lucy Church, New York City
20 min walk • St. Lucy's Church is a former parish church of the Parish of St. Lucy, which operated under the authority of the Archdiocese of New York in the East Harlem section of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. The parish address was 344 East 104th Street; the parochial school occupied 336 East 104th Street. The parish merged with St.
1 miNW
Church
ATLAH World Missionary Church, New York City
26 min walk • ATLAH World Missionary Church is a Christian church and ministry located in Harlem, New York. James David Manning is the chief pastor. The church campus is the site of the unaccredited ATLAH Theological Seminary, where classes are offered on preaching and prophecy.
0.9 miW
Park
Duke Ellington Circle, New York City
24 min walk • Duke Ellington Circle is a traffic circle located at the northeast corner of Central Park at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 110th Street in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. The traffic circle is named for the jazz musician Duke Ellington.
0.8 miNW
Tower
Harlem Fire Watchtower, New York City
21 min walk • The Harlem Fire Watchtower, also known as the Mount Morris Fire Watchtower, is the only surviving one of eleven cast-iron watchtowers placed throughout New York City starting in the 1850s. Standing at 47 feet tall, it was built by Julius H. Kroehl for $2,300 based on a design by James Bogardus.
0.5 miNW
Church, Neoclassical architecture
Elmendorf Reformed Church, New York City
13 min walk • The Elmendorf Reformed Church, formerly known as the Elmendorf Chapel, is a historic Reformed Church in America church located at 171 East 121st Street between Sylvan Court and Third Avenue in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

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Which popular attractions are close to Pleasant Avenue?

Nearby attractions include East Harlem, New York City (12 min walk), Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels, New York City (13 min walk), Elmendorf Reformed Church, New York City (13 min walk), Hell Gate Bridge, New York City (16 min walk).

How to get to Pleasant Avenue by public transport?

The nearest stations to Pleasant Avenue:

Bus

1st Avenue & East 116th Street • Lines: M15, M15-Sbs (5 min walk)
2 Av/E 119 St • Lines: M15 (8 min walk)

Metro

116th Street • Lines: <6>, 4, 6 (14 min walk)
125th Street • Lines: <6>, 4, 5, 6 (17 min walk)

Train

Harlem–125th Street (19 min walk)