Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( but more commonly ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891, it is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall has its own artistic programming, development, and marketing departments, and presents about 250 performances each season. It is
157th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) 157th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) 157th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Broadway and 157th Street in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, it is served by the 1 train at all times. 157th Street was first opened on a temporary basis on October 29, 1904, at which point it was still incomplete. The station was used to allow passengers to get to a football game at the Polo Grounds, to accommodate fans heading to the Yale–Columbia game. At the time, the original