Third Avenue
Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, as well as in the center portion of the Bronx.
Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, as well as in the center portion of the Bronx. Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. It transitions into Cooper Square, and further south, the Bowery, Chatham Square, and Park Row. The Manhattan side ends at East 128th Street. Third Avenue is two-way from Cooper Square to 24th Street, but carries only northbound (uptown) traffic while in Manhattan above 24th Street; in the Bronx, it is again two-way. However, the Third Avenue Bridge carries vehicular traffic in the opposite direction, allowing only southbound vehicular traffic, rendering the avenue essentially non-continuous to motor vehicles between the boroughs.
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Getting to Third Avenue
- Airports
- LaGuardia (LGA), 6 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 23 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 24 km
- Philadelphia → Third Avenue142 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · $13–18
- Hartford → Third Avenue39 km · quickest by road, 59 min · $4–5
- Albany → Third Avenue2 km · quickest by road, 8 min · $0–0.5
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Third Avenue
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Third Avenue. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhile there is no airport in Manhattan (see the NYC page for details on airports serving the area), there are helicopter and seaplane services into the city.
- Get inAt least two companies provide helicopter services between Manhattan and area airports, from helipads on W34th Street, E34th Street, and Wall Street.
- Get inSeaplane services are available to East Hampton from E23rd Street during the summer months.
- Get inNeither are for the faint of pocket – the helicopter service costs $125 or more while the seaplane service costs $425 per person.
- Get inScheduled helicopter services are also available to the airport in Bridgeport, CT from Manhattan.
From Wikivoyage: Manhattan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Third Avenue
Third Avenue is 4 km from Manhattan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.