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Highbridge (Visit this link)

The Olympic-sized outdoor pool, open from July through Labor Day, is a public facility, which means it is free. Bring a picture ID for admittance.

2301 Amsterdam Avenue @ Nelson Avenue & Jesup Street

(212) 927-2400

Last Modified: Friday May 02 2008

Highbridge is located in
Washington Heights

other neighborhoods in Northern Manhattan include:

East Harlem , Fort George , Harlem , Hamilton Heights , Inwood , Morningside Heights , Washington Heights

Main Street Manhattan

My Snapple cap has just informed me that Manhattan is the only city in America without a Main Street. In fact, none of her streets or avenues could be considered primary arteries – this city is full of large, tiny, and in-between streets you will enjoy navigating.

The streets are numbered from the East Village north, starting at 1st Street and continuing to 220nd Street. Streets are typically three car-lengths wide: a traveling lane sandwiched between two sides of parked cars. On alternate side of the street parking days, the sandwich is open-faced.

You will also notice that the north/south blocks are short. Twenty north/south blocks equal one mile. The seven avenues of the east side equal approximately a mile (her width varies); the width of Central Park is one-half mile, and five cross-town blocks of the west side equal a mile. Crossing Manhattan from north to ...

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