Duke Ellington Circle Duke Ellington Circle Duke Ellington Circle is a traffic circle located at the Northeast corner of Central Park at the foot of Fifth Avenue and of 110th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The traffic circle is named for the jazz musician Duke Ellington. Formerly named "Frawley Circle", the traffic circle was renamed "Duke Ellington Circle" in 1995. In 1997, a tall statue by sculptor Robert Graham, depicting the Muses — nine nude caryatids — supporting a grand piano and Duke Ellington on their heads was erected in the middle of the shallow amphitheater composing the circle.
Interurban and streetcar railways in Syracuse, New York the system merged with the New York State Railways system, which was formed from the merger of several interurban railways in Upstate New York. Streetcar service on the line remained in operation until 1930 when it was abandoned in favor of buses. The Burnet Street Car Company was established in 1886. A branch of the line commenced at the intersection of Catherine and Hawley and extended to Lodi Street, Burnet Avenue and ended at the city line. It was acquired by the Fourth Ward Railroad in 1888. The Third Ward Railway, a street trolley line in Syracuse, was established in