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.
72nd Street station (New York Central Railroad) can be accessed from Park Avenue. According to an 1895 timetable, two trains stopped at 72nd Street daily to serve students attending what is now Hunter College. 72nd Street station (New York Central Railroad) The 72nd Street station is an abandoned station located in the Park Avenue Tunnel used by Metro-North Railroad for all of its trains. The station has two side platforms. The station was built by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad as part of an agreement with New York City. The station was built during the late 19th century, and it is unclear if any