Lexington Ave Between 78th St and 76th St

Lexington Avenue is a street that exists with dual personalities. North of 42nd St, it's a bustling thoroughfare lined with endless stores and dotted with subway stops. However, further down the island, it dwindles down, first when the subway shifts west to park avenue, and again when it unceremoniously ends at Gramercy Park.

Up around here, these particular blocks can very very crowded. The subway station at 77th St is home to only four stairwells leading to the platform. In the morning hours, it's amusing to watch people filter in from all directions.

Most of the buildings up here are low-rise apartments, with the exception being the Lenox Hill Hospital on the west side of the street.

Lexington is similar in a lot of ways to Madison Avenue. Both flank Park Ave, which despite it's size, is rather barren. So much of the overflow ends up on these two avenues. Lexington also is home to a lot of buses, however unlike Madison it makes up for it with plenty of great places to eat and visit.