So there's a short little street in Manhattan between 40th and 41st Streets and 10th and 11th Avenues. I'd always assumed it was just part of the Lincoln Tunnel entrance ramp network, but apparently it has a name–well, several names, maybe!
I noticed it on the MTA's neighborhood map for the area, which calls it Galvin Avenue. That name also appears in this National Bridge Inventory entry (http://uglybridges.com/1393499) (because the street is itself basically a bridge over the railroad here).
MapQuest calls it Bond Street, but there's another Bond Street down in Lower Manhattan. Google doesn't label it as anything, but clicking points along it brings up Bond Street addresses (which happily duplicate ones on the other Bond Street.
Bing calls it Cardinal Stepinac Place, as do Navteq/Yahoo/Here/Nokia/that whole agglomeration. That name also appears on a NYC zoning map (http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/zone/map8d.pdf), but it appears to be referring to a section of West 41st Street. That's confirmed here (http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/FILES_DOC/Microfilms/05/009/0000/00001/050338/05.009.0000.00001.050338.10851979.pdf) (p. 33); in fact, that document explicitly refers to the mystery street as an "unnamed thoroughfare". (A handful of other random city documents–EIS's and so forth–take the erroneous Navteq naming.)
Frustratingly, NYC's official GIS map doesn't show any name for it, and the parking rules database simply calls it Lincoln Tunnel Approach.
So does it have a name? No signs are posted showing one, and the only one of the choices I've found that seems at all likely is Galvin Avenue. But I don't know of any official source that would show this, one way or the other, other than the inconclusive city map. A head scratcher!
Galvin Avenue was named in 1937, same as Dyer Avenue.
QuoteThe Port of New York Authority announced on April 16 that the temporary title of "Midtown Hudson Tunnel" for the new vehicle tunnel under the Hudson River between West 39th St. in Manhattan and Weehawken, N. J., would be changed to the permanent name of "Lincoln Tunnel."
It was felt that the temporary title was causing confusion because construction is now under way on a midtown tunnel under the East River and proposals are being developed for a trans-Manhattan vehicle tunnel through 38th St.
The commissioners of the Port Authority in this action followed their practice, used in naming the George Washington Bridge, of calling interstate vehicle facilities after distinguished Americans.
At the same time, the tunnel approach street under construction by the Port Authority in Manhattan between West 42d St. and West 43d St. east of Tenth Ave. was named Dyer Ave. in honor of the late Gen. George R. Dyer who was a major figure in bringing about the construction both of the Holland Tunnel and the new Lincoln Tunnel.
The tunnel connecting street which the Port Authority will build between West 37th St. and West 42d St. west of Tenth Ave. has been named Galvin Ave. after the late John F. Galvin who served for ten years as a commissioner of the Port Authority and was for several years chairman of the authority.
http://books.google.com/books?id=zsYjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22galvin+ave%22
How very interesting; as built, Dyer Ave. is much longer than described above, and Galvin Ave. much shorter. Also interesting is that the zoning map I referenced shows a pair of paper street extending south from West 38th, where Galvin Ave. ended up not being, called Hudson Blvd. East and West.
I have also since found out that the north tube and center/south tube entrances are called Galvin Plaza and Dyer Plaza, respectively. Who knew?
from Hagstom 2005 New York City 5 Borough Atlas Map #4, Page 22, Grid X 14 Shows
Galvin Plaza Between W 40th Street and W 41St Street (Between 10th & 11th Avenues)
Dyer Avenue Between W 34th Street and W 42nd Street (Between 9th & 10th Avenue)
Huh. I never even thought of that as being a street. In my mind it's a ramp to the tunnel.
At any rate, the address question is irrelevant since no buildings front it.
Quote from: Duke87 on September 09, 2013, 10:42:32 PM
Huh. I never even thought of that as being a street. In my mind it's a ramp to the tunnel.
Same here. It sure doesn't have any signs identifying it.
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At any rate, the address question is irrelevant since no buildings front it.
Well, it's irrelevant given that I haven't found any addresses for what we agree is the actual street name, Galvin Ave. As for the "Bond St." addresses that Google and MapQuest come up with, I suppose that is relevant for a certain other thread about incorrectly-labeled highways. ;-)