Everything about Dyckman Street totally explained
Dyckman Street is a street in the
Inwood neighborhood of
Manhattan,
New York City. It is commonly considered to be a crosstown street because it runs from the
Hudson River to the
Harlem River and intersects
Broadway. However, in its true geographical orientation, Dyckman Street runs roughly from north-northwest to south-southeast, and the majority of the street that lies southeast of Broadway runs closer to a north-south direction than east-west. It is located where West 200th Street should be: the sequence of numbered streets in this neighborhood has a gap between West 193rd Street and West 201st Street.
From its northwesternmost point near the Hudson riverbank, Dyckman Street extends southeast past the
Henry Hudson Parkway. From there, it continues southeast until it intersects Broadway, where it turns in a more southward direction until it merges with
Tenth Avenue to form the northernmost end of the
Harlem River Drive. Traffic in Dyckman Street runs in both directions except for a one-block stretch between Broadway and
Seaman Avenue, where it runs only northwest/away from Broadway.
The northwestern portion of Dyckman Street separates
Inwood Hill Park (to the north) from
Fort Tryon Park (to the south). Additionally, the southeastern portion of Dyckman Street borders the northern tip of
Highbridge Park. Bike lanes in Dyckman Street connect the Hudson and Harlem River portions of the
Manhattan Waterfront Greenway.
Dyckman Street is named for Dutch farmer William Dyckman, whose family owned several hundred acres of farmland in the area; the
Dyckman Farmhouse, located nearby at the corner of Broadway and 204th Street, was built by William Dyckman in 1784 and is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.
The character Pete Campbell from the series
Mad Men is alluded to be descended from this family and references to this area of Manhattan are made in the show's fourth episode.
Transportation
The
Dyckman Street station on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line is located at the intersection of Dyckman Street and Broadway. The
Dyckman Street station on the
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line is located at the intersection of Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue. Bike lanes in Dyckman Street connect two parts of the
Manhattan Waterfront Greenway.
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