Cabrini Boulevard

Cabrini Boulevard was originally named Northern Avenue,[1] and was renamed for Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American canonized as a Roman Catholic saint, in 1938, the year of her beatification.

At its northern end, past the last building on the west side of the street, Cabrini Boulevard runs alongside the "Cabrini Woods" section of Fort Tryon Park, which has been set aside as a bird sanctuary.

[4] Hudson View Gardens, started in 1923 is one of the oldest housing cooperatives in the United States.

[1] The five tower Castle Village, from 1938, was initially a rental property, but converted to a cooperative in 1985.

On October 18, 2015, a portion of the street was co-named in honor of human rights activist Jacob Birnbaum, who lived on Cabrini Boulevard.