[1] The group played Sunday nights at Smalls Jazz Club for nine years until the original club's closure in 2003,[2] and also played at the University of the Streets.

Its name was in reference to the University of the Streets, where Sharpe taught, being on the other side of East 7th Street from the Peter Jarema Funeral Home, where he was buried.

On September 28, 2004, tracks recorded by the band in 2001 were released under the title The Eternal Triangle for digital download, in a bid to raise money for drummer Jimmy Lovelace's cancer treatment.

[5] As recorded on Jazz Underground: Live at Smalls, sometime between July 3 and July 6, 1997 As recorded on The Eternal Triangle, 2001[5] As recorded on Made in New York, May 16, 2002[6] Made in New York is the only album by the American jazz group Across 7 Street.

It features twelve of the original compositions the group played during its residency in Smalls Jazz Club.