Manhattan: 7th Avenue - 52nd Street 7th Avenue, north from 52nd Street, as viewed 'rom a vantage point on the W.S. of this thoroughfare. Note the Sixth Avenue "El" on West 53rd Street running east and west. This structure was demolished in the Spring of 1939. To the right are Broadway Street cars of a type which had a short life. Suae 44, 1915. Borough President of Manhattan No. 646