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.
Pennsylvania Avenue (Brooklyn) Pennsylvania Avenue (Brooklyn) Pennsylvania Avenue is a major north-south street in Brooklyn, New York. It generally runs north to south, from the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Broadway Junction to the Belt Parkway in Starrett City. Pennsylvania Avenue is also known as Granville Payne Avenue, named after a jazz musician and community activist. The IRT New Lots Line () has a station at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Livonia Avenue. The IND Fulton Street Line () has a stop at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Liberty Avenues. The B20, B82, and B83 buses also serve a portion of the avenue.