The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
GREENWICH AyENIE. VIEW iORh'
4 Peculiar Thoroughtare which Is LItte
knnMn Rccnnsr IL Seems Hidden.

Greenwich avenue. take Us name indirectly
from Greenwich. England. the observatory seat
Greenwich avenu" i in many r'Np"cts a curious
thorouyhrar". II runs diaCona'lr from Eighth
10 Fouri"naih streets. NORMALLY connecting
sixth with Eighth avenue, bat a curious th'ng
about il J. that on ON" SIDE Of the street II u
nine blocks long while ON the other It Is I'VE,
Although an artery of connection between
two big BUSINESS streets. which In no way other
wise can be reached 20 easily. the traffic on Green
wich avenue is small and almost entirely local,
There mr." ear tracks on nearly the entire length.
but there are cars running ON only n small
part of tlc avenue north of Eighth street and
south of Eleventh.
II H." beginning Of Greenwich avenue at
Eighth street there l. "nly one side 10 the stree,
Tn" west side n" Npn"r opposite being taken
up u, u stand Tor ear men. ON the north end of
Gr"euwtch av"nl" thor" /, but ON" side, too
the eat, side Nha, would correspond to the
T".i being taken NJ by Nhat i Known A. Jnck-
~uu square. There r" ~lA streets. iioratio. Jane,
Bans, I'rry. I harlr, and christopher. which IT.
orally "rniucto Il stop AZ Greenwich avenue. ,n
the w"-t tie, aud thcr" i enc street. Thlr-
t""utn, Whi"n comes To- "A ,tor. it, course re-
>rIIn"d a block distant ou IN" cast side.
Greenwich avenue ha~ It'll another distlnc-
ton. IN Proportion to it, length II contains
morr i%aloCri"- than any other thoroIghtar"
N New .'k ana, a great majority of the" ar"
l'l-'~ItlIHl~I''l NIl'fH'iU NV Us. NV Nll'-
""->of~ OF The" Troy laundri"> OF other days,
and not lluuCrl' ~ OF tn" Monaghan variety,
Twenty wears ago tr"cnwICh avenue had a
thrIlr" situated near the junction of Twelfth
street and Gr"cnwlch avenue and m tho Chron-
iclr~ Ot IA" mIghhOrhOOd the record of this
th"atr" l. cherished HS an incident OF the golden
axe ot trr"nVIch avenue Its success vas
ophrmerHl FOR Two reasons. Many persons
nom other parts Of the UtN. would-be patrons
Of ia" establishment. N"r" unabl" to find
t,roc1Wich avenue, ana rs n consequence they
did not reach III" theatre sometimes until the
performance was concluded Another bar
rcr to the success vas the Intervention Of
the CtV authorities. asserting that the enter-
iainnent was not Ol the KIND justified by tho
provisions Of the Penal code. The theatre
after bong abandoned became n stable and
II il 50 now.
At on" time there were three political halls
on Greenwich avenue. 10 which the voters
of the nplrhhorhood went during campaign
tlmcS for instruction on tho ISSUES of the Pc
rod, hut the zane obstacle 10 the success of
halls on t~reonWlCh avenue was found as
IN the case of the theatre. the difference being
that after n stirring and stimulated political
meeting some of the most excited partiEans
IA attendance" Wcr" unable to find Their way
wch avcnUr Is the artery, aud there was much
complaint among the ~taid neighbors that
after n NOR" than usually enthusiastic gather
ing, partlSan- remained IN The streets which
GrecnWich avenue lutersects until daybreak
of the following morning ar later.
GrecnwlCh avenue j. n law-ahlding street,
however. with few disturbances of the pence
and little Of the turmoil of contention between
persons of rival political notions and tenden-
Cles. and there has not been a riot in Green
witch avenue within the memory Of the oldest
inhahltant.