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{{short description|West-east street in Manhattan, New York}}
{{About|a street in Harlem, also named '''Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard'''|other 125th Streets|125th Street (disambiguation)|other Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevards|Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard (disambiguation){{!}}Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard}}
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▲[[File:W125irtjeh.JPG|thumb|350px|right|West 125th Street near [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], looking west toward the [[Hudson River]]. The [[125th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)|125th Street subway station]] of the [[IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line]] can be seen overhead.]]'''125th Street''', co-named [[List of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr.|Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard]], is a [[two-way street]] that runs east–west in the New York City [[borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[Manhattan]], from [[First Avenue (Manhattan)|First Avenue]] on the east to Marginal Street, a service road for the [[Henry Hudson Parkway]] along the [[Hudson River]] in the west. It is often considered to be the "[[Main Street]]" of [[Harlem]].
Notable buildings along 125th Street include the [[Apollo Theater]], the [[Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building]], the [[Hotel Theresa]], the [[Studio Museum in Harlem]], the [[Mount Morris Bank Building]], Harlem Commonwealth Council, the [[Harlem Children's Zone]], the [[St. Joseph of the Holy Family Church (New York City)|Church of St. Joseph of the Holy Family]], and the former [[West End Theatre (New York)|West End Theatre]], now home to the La Gree Baptist Church.
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==Neighborhoods==
[[File:Apollo Theater Harlem NYC 2010 crop.JPG|thumb|200px|The world-famous [[Apollo Theater]]|left]]The western part of the street runs diagonally between the neighborhoods of [[Manhattanville, Manhattan|Manhattanville]] and [[Morningside Heights]] from the northwest from the [[West Harlem Piers]] and an interchange with the [[Henry Hudson Parkway]] at [[130th Street (Manhattan)|130th Street]]. East of Morningside Avenue it runs east–west through central Harlem to [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|Second Avenue]], where a ramp connects it to the [[Triborough Bridge|Robert F. Kennedy (Triborough) Bridge]]. However, 125th Street continues to [[First Avenue (Manhattan)|First Avenue]], where it connects to the southbound [[FDR Drive]] and the [[Willis Avenue Bridge]].
West of Convent Avenue, 125th Street was rerouted onto what was, prior to 1920, called Manhattan Street. What remains of the original alignment of 125th Street was renamed La Salle Street at that time. The remaining blocks run between [[Amsterdam Avenue (Manhattan)|Amsterdam Avenue]] and [[Claremont Avenue]]. ''[[The New York Times]]'' lamented the name changes, noting that the new names had "somewhat doubtful nomenclature", and that the City's "Aldermen like French names" but gave no rationale for the moves otherwise.<ref>
A proposal to convert the street into a Trans-Harlem Expressway died when funds were diverted from the proposed [[125th Street Hudson River bridge]] at the street's western end.
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==Fault line==
{{see also|Earthquake activity in the New York City area}}
A [[rift]] in the [[Crust (geology)|crust]] runs along underneath this street from the [[East River]] to [[New Jersey]] and is known as the '''125th Street Fault''' or the '''Manhattanville Fault'''.<ref>{{cite news | last=Kaminer | first=Ariel | title=Preparing for the Day the Earth Moves in the City | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=March 19, 2011 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/nyregion/20critic.html |
==Public transportation==
The following [[New York City Subway]] stations are located at 125th Street (west to east):<ref>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref>
* [[125th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|125th Street]] at [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]],
* [[125th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|125th Street]] at [[St. Nicholas Avenue]],
* [[125th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)|125th Street]] at [[Lenox Avenue]],
* [[125th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|125th Street]] at [[Lexington Avenue]],
The following [[MTA Regional Bus Operations|NYC Bus]] lines serve 125th Street:<ref>{{cite NYC bus map|M}}</ref>
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* {{NYC bus link|M5}} at [[Riverside Drive (Manhattan)|Riverside Drive]]
* {{NYC bus link|M4}}, and {{NYC bus link|M104}} (southbound only), at [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]]
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[[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Harlem–125th Street station]] is located at the street's intersection with [[Park Avenue]].<ref>{{Cite NYCS map|neighborhood|East Harlem}}</ref>
The planned second phase of the [[Second Avenue Subway]], continuing north from the [[116th Street (Second Avenue Subway)|116th Street]] station, will turn westward onto 125th Street, terminating at a station at Lexington Avenue. The new station would connect to the Metro-North and preexisting Lexington Avenue subway stations there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/cb11_station_2003.pdf#page=7|title=Second Avenue Subway Station Entrances Community Board 11
==Gallery==
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File:Hotel Theresa from east.jpg|[[Hotel Theresa]], now Theresa Towers,<br />a NYC landmark and on the NRHP<br />(West 125th St. and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.)
File:Victoria Theater 227 West 125th Street WTM3 The Fixers 0048 crop.jpg|Victoria Theater, now being renovated into a mixed-use building<ref>
File:Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building from east.jpg|[[Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building]]<br />(163 West 125th Street)
File:55w125.jpg|55 West 125th Street<br />where [[Bill Clinton]] has his office
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==Notable occupants==
*As of 2011, former president [[Bill Clinton]] maintains an office on 125th Street.<ref>
==In popular culture==
* The intersection of 125th and [[Lexington Avenue (Manhattan)|Lexington Avenue]] is the location where [[Lou Reed]] buys heroin on the [[Velvet Underground]]'s "[[I'm Waiting for the Man]]" from their seminal 1967 debut album, ''[[The Velvet Underground & Nico]]''.<ref>[[The Velvet Underground]], "I'm Waiting for the Man", ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'', Verve, 1967.</ref>
* ''[[Small Talk at 125th and Lenox]]'' (1970) is an album by [[Gil Scott-Heron]].
==References==
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[[Category:Harlem]]
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