Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Eighth Avenue is a north-south avenue on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic. Eighth Avenue begins in the West Village neighborhood at Abingdon Square (where Hudson Street becomes 8th Avenue at an intersection with Bleecker Street) and runs north for 44 blocks through Chelsea, the Garment District, Hell''s Kitchen''s east end, Midtown and the Broadway Theatre District before if finally enters Columbus Circle (at 59th Street).