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