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125th Street (Manhattan) - Quiz
th Street Manhattan
  • 1. What is the co-named title for 125th Street?
A) Malcolm X Boulevard
B) Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
C) Manhattan Avenue
D) Harlem Main Street
  • 2. What is 125th Street often considered to be?
A) The oldest street in Manhattan
B) The longest street in New York City
C) The industrial hub of Manhattan
D) The Main Street of Harlem
  • 3. Which of these buildings is located along 125th Street?
A) Chrysler Building
B) Guggenheim Museum
C) Apollo Theater
D) Empire State Building
  • 4. What was the width designated for 125th Street by the 1811 Commissioners' Plan?
A) 80 feet
B) 120 feet
C) 100 feet
D) 60 feet
  • 5. The original alignment of 125th Street west of Convent Avenue was renamed to what?
A) La Salle Street
B) Manhattan Street
C) Morningside Street
D) Grant Street
  • 6. What is the fault line running underneath 125th Street also known as?
A) Manhattanville Fault
B) Harlem Trench
C) Hudson River Fault
D) Central Park Rift
  • 7. What is the magnitude of the earthquake suspected to have been caused by the fault in 1737?
A) 4.0
B) 6.1
C) 5.2
D) 2.4
  • 8. Why does the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line use a trestle between 122nd and 135th Streets?
A) The subway line ends at that point
B) It crosses a fault valley
C) The tracks were built on a hill
D) It crosses the Hudson River
  • 9. Which bridge connects 125th Street to the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge?
A) The Henry Hudson Bridge
B) The Willis Avenue Bridge
C) A ramp from Second Avenue
D) The George Washington Bridge
  • 10. What caused the proposal for a Trans-Harlem Expressway to die?
A) Strong community protests
B) Lack of city permits
C) Geological instability
D) Funds were diverted from a bridge project
  • 11. Which department store is mentioned as being part of the development on 125th Street?
A) Target
B) Bloomingdale's
C) Macy's
D) H&M
  • 12. Prior to 1920, what was the western part of 125th Street called?
A) Kings Highway
B) Broadway Extension
C) Harlem Road
D) Manhattan Street
  • 13. The former West End Theatre is now home to which institution?
A) La Gree Baptist Church
B) The Apollo Theater
C) The Studio Museum
D) Harlem Children's Zone
  • 14. What happened to a block of the original 125th Street to accommodate the Grant Houses?
A) It was paved over
B) It was de-mapped
C) It was expanded
D) It was renamed
  • 15. Which of these is a notable building on 125th Street?
A) United Nations Building
B) New York Public Library
C) Hotel Theresa
D) Grand Central Terminal
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