West 201st Street to West 208th Street, dead-ending at Inwood North Cove Park at the Harlem River, then picks up again at West 215th Street, and terminates at Broadway between West 220th Street and the Broadway Bridge, at the location where West 221st Street would normally be. The addresses along this upper stretch from 201st Street to Broadway are continuous with the lower portion of Ninth Avenue. History The Ninth Avenue Elevated was a passenger train that ran above Ninth Avenue, beginning in the nineteenth century. The lease for the line was assumed by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) on April 1, 1903. The line ran until it was closed and dismantled in 1940, following the purchase of the IRT by the City of New York, as it was made redundant by the city's Eighth Avenue subway line. Ninth Avenue and Columbus Avenue were converted to carry one-way traffic southbound in two stages. South of its intersection with Broadway, the avenue was converted on November 6, 1948. The remaining stretch, to 110th Street, was converted on December 6, 1951. The Ninth Avenue International Food Festival street fair is held every year in May. Transportation Ninth Avenue (Columbus Avenue) is served primarily by the M7 between 66th Street and 106th Street while the M11 between Cathedral Parkway and 14th Street. The M12 and M14D+ Select Bus runs on short portions of the street. The 1 (2 during late nights) have a station on Columbus Avenue on the IRT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line at 66th Street and Broadway Points of interest Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, on Ninth Avenue and 55th Street American Museum of Natural History Chelsea, neighborhood Church of St. Paul the Apostle Church of the Holy Apostles Fordham University Gansevoort Market Hell's Kitchen, neighborhood John Jay College Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, intersection of Columbus Avenue and Broadway (near 65th Street) Manhattan West Moynihan Station Port Authority Bus Terminal, 41st Street Roosevelt Hospital 66th Street – the only subway station on Ninth or Columbus Avenues, serving the Gallery In popular culture Ninth Avenue is the setting of Saul Steinberg's View of the World from 9th Avenue. In the TV show Seinfeld, the street set on which most of the street scenes were filmed was based on Columbus Avenue. In the play The Zoo Story by Edward Albee, Jerry claims to live between Columbus Avenue and Central