Coordinates: 40°45′27″N 73°58′15″W / 40.75750°N 73.97083°W / 40.75750; -73.97083 52nd Street is a 1.9-mile (3.1 km)-long one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan, New York City. A short section of it was known as the city's center of jazz performance from the 1930s to the 1950s. From Wikipedia