High Line Park was once called “Death Avenue.”
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1. Doyers Street in Chinatown has a rare 90-degree curve called the "bloody angle" which was once home to the most murders per square foot in New York City.
2. The "Seaman-Drake arch" is a large marble arch that sits at Broadway and 215th Street. It originally served as the entrance to a long, winding driveway that led to a mansion that belonged to the Seaman family.
3. There is a secret basement ten stories below Grand Central and it was guarded so heavily during WWII that you would be shot on sight if you ventured down to it.
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