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