Avenue C (Manhattan)

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Avenue C

Pitt Street Montgomery Street Loisaida Avenue
Avenue C was designated Loisaida Avenue, in recognition of the Puerto Rican heritage of the neighborhood.
Owner	City of New York
Maintained by	NYCDOT
Length	1.8 mi (2.9 km)[1]
Location	Manhattan, New York City
South end	South Street in Lower East Side
Major junctions	FDR Drive in Alphabet City
North end	FDR Drive / 23rd Street in Kips Bay
East	Avenue D
West	Avenue B
Construction
Commissioned	March 1811

Avenue C is a north-south avenue located in the Alphabet City area of the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, east of Avenue B and west of Avenue D. It is also known as Loisaida Avenue. It starts at South Street, proceeding north as Montgomery Street and Pitt Street, before intersecting East Houston Street and assuming its proper name. Avenue C ends at 23rd Street, running nearly underneath the FDR Drive from 18th Street. North of 14th Street, the road forms the eastern boundary of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.