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unusual facts about Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street



Assassination of Meir Kahane

After the assassination, the assassin fled from the hotel and reached Lexington Avenue where, in front of a local post office, he attempted to take over a taxi at gunpoint.

Interchange station

Examples include Kuramae Station of Toei in Tokyo, Japan, Lexington Avenue/59th Street/Lexington Avenue–63rd Street stations in New York City, United States, and Xizhimen, Fuxingmen, Jianguomen and Dongzhimen stations in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Lexington Avenue bombing

The Lexington Avenue bombing was the July 4, 1914 explosion of a bomb in an apartment at 1626 Lexington Avenue in New York City, killing four people and injuring dozens.


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