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Line 1: {{short description|Street in Manhattan, New York}} {{Distinguish|Madison Avenue (Manhattan)}} [[File:Madison Street-Manhattan looking south.jpg|thumb| '''Madison Street''' is a two-way [[thoroughfare]] in the [[Lower East Side]] of the [[New York City]] [[borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[Manhattan]] that begins under the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] entrance ramp and ends at [[Grand Street (Manhattan)|Grand Street]]. It is roughly sixteen large city blocks long. Due to security measures implemented after the [[September 11 The character of Madison Street changes from block to block. The [[Hamilton-Madison House]] at 50 Madison Street is a major provider of [[child care]] for the [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]], [[Two Bridges, Manhattan|Two Bridges]], and [[Lower East Side]] neighborhoods.<ref>[http://www.hmhonline.org/ Hamilton-Madison House official web site]. Accessed January 2, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.unhny.org/member/agency_detail.cfm?ID=5030 United Neighborhood Houses official web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825014005/http://unhny.org/member/agency_detail.cfm?ID=5030 |date=2011-08-25 }}. Accessed January 2, 2008.</ref> Madison Street is surrounded by housing projects, tenements and schools. [http://schools.nyc.gov/schoolportals/02/M001 PS 1], [http://schools.nyc.gov/schoolportals/02/M002 PS 2], and the Corlears Complex schools all have yards facing the street. There is a medical facility with clinics and pharmacy facilities (Gouverneur Health Care Services) at 227 Madison Street.<ref>[http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/facilities/gouverneur.shtml Gouverneur Health Care Services official web page]. Accessed January 2, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.nychinatown.com/chinatown_d_drug_stores.htm Chinatown Drug Stores web page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201203327/http://www.nychinatown.com/chinatown_d_drug_stores.htm |date=2007-12-01 }}. Accessed January 2, 2008.</ref>
== Transportation ==▼
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▲==Transportation== ▲The [[F (New York City Subway service)|F]] train stops at the [[East Broadway (IND Sixth Avenue Line)|East Broadway]] station, and there is a Madison Street exit. The [[M22 (New York City bus)|M22]] bus runs on Madison Street from Grand Street to Pike Street before turning towards Downtown, and the [[M15 (New York City bus)|M15]] bus runs on Madison Street from Pike Street to St James Place.<ref>[http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/lowermanhattan.pdf MTA Lower Manhattan bus map]. PDF file. Accessed December 31, 2007.</ref> ==References== '''Notes''' {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat}} * [http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/madison.html Madison St storefronts ] Pictures of storefronts along Madison Street {{Streets of Manhattan}} {{Chinatown, Manhattan}} {{Lower East Side}} {{ [[Category:Streets in [[Category:Lower East Side]] [[Category:Chinatown, Manhattan]] |