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