79th Street (Manhattan)

79th Street (Manhattan)

79th Street is a major two-way street in the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. East 79th Street stretches from East End Avenue to Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side, where it enters Central Park through Children's Gate. The 79th Street Transverse crosses Central Park, connecting Hunters Gate at West 81st Street on the Upper West Side to Children's Gate on East 79th. 79th Street does not exist between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, due to the superblock occupied by the American Museum of Natural History. West of Columbus Avenue, 79th Street continues and terminates at a traffic circle directly after the exit/entrance ramps for the Henry Hudson Parkway, under which sit the Boat Basin Cafe and 79th Street Boat Basin.

On the west side, the street is entirely within the boundaries of ZIP Code 10024; on the east side, as of July 1, 2007, the ZIP Code for this part of the Lenox Hill Post Office Branch changed from 10021 to 10075.