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Manhattan Address Locator

To locate avenue addresses, cancel the last figure, divide by 2, and add (or subtract) the key number below. The answer is the nearest numbered cross street, approximately.

Avenue A: add 3

Avenue B: add 3

Avenue C: add 3

First Avenue: add 3

Second Avenue: add 3

Third Avenue: add 10

Sixth Avenue: subtract 12

Eighth Avenue: add 9

Ninth Avenue: add 13

Tenth Avenue: add 14

11th Avenue: add 15

Amsterdam Avenue: add 59

Columbus Avenue: add 59 or 60

Lexington Avenue: add 22

Madison Avenue: add 27

Park Avenue: add 34

Park Avenue South: add 8

West End Avenue: add 59

York Avenue: add 4

Note special instructions for finding address locations on the following:

Fifth Avenue

63 to 108: add 11

109 to 200: add 13

201 to 400: add 16

401 to 600: add 18

601 to 775: add 20

776 to 1286: cancel last figure of house number and subtract 18 (do not divide house number by 2)

1310 to 1494: cancel last figure of house number. For 1310, subtract 20, and for every additional 20 street numbers, increase deduction by 1

Seventh Avenue

1 to 1800: add 12

above 1800: add 20

Broadway

Anything from 1 to 754 is south of 8th Street, and hence a named street.

756 to 846: subtract 29

847 to 953: subtract 25

above 953: subtract 31

Central Park West

Cancel last figure and add 60

Riverside Drive

Cancel last figure and

Up to 567: add 72

568 and up: add 78