Download coordinates as: Vanderbilt Avenue is the name of three thoroughfares in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island.
They were named after Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877), the builder of Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.
[1] The southbound Park Avenue Viaduct around Grand Central Terminal runs above the street's eastern side.
It is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) long and serves the neighborhoods of Clifton, Stapleton Heights, Concord, and Grymes Hill.
The northeast end is on Bay Street (40°37′20″N 74°4′23″W / 40.62222°N 74.07306°W / 40.62222; -74.07306), west of Clifton of the Staten Island Railway and east of Bayley Seton Hospital.