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The Minnesota Strip is an archaic name for an area in Manhattan comprising Eighth Avenue between 42nd Street and 57th Street. It is now part of Hell's Kitchen.

History

The name comes from the high volume of teenage Midwestern prostitutes that populated the area from the 1960s to the 1990s^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] and the term only began to disappear as public prostitution became the target of New York City's massive crackdown on prostitution and street crime under then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Popular culture

The phrase was used in the title of the 1980 film, Off the Minnesota Strip, starring Hal Holbrook and featuring Mare Winningham as a teenage runaway who returns to her home in Minnesota after months of working as a prostitute in New York.^[5] The made-for-TV film won the 1980 Emmy for 'Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or Special' for writer David Chase.^[6]

The Minnesota Strip is referenced in the 1978 Broadway Musical Runaways.^[7]

The Dictators' song "Minnesota Strip" from their 1978 album Bloodbrothers is about the area.

References

^ "The Nation: Youth for Sale on the Streets". TIME. November 28, 1977. Archived from the original on June 8, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
^ "The Big Apple: Minnesota Strip (Eighth Avenue, near Port Authority Bus Terminal)". Barrypopik.com. September 14, 2007. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
^ Brooks of Sheffield (March 22, 2009). "Lost City: Where the Streets Had a Name". Lostnewyorkcity.blogspot.com. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
^ "1970s Eighth Avenue: the "Minnesota Strip" « Ephemeral New York". Ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com. September 21, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
^ Off the Minnesota Strip at IMDb
^ "Off The Minnesota Strip". Emmys.com. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
^ "The Runaways - Liz Swados". www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com.

Midtown (42nd–59th Streets)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

West of
5th Av

Rockefeller Center	1 Rockefeller Plz 10 Rockefeller Plz 30 Rockefeller Plz 50 Rockefeller Plz 75 Rockefeller Plz 1211 6th Av 1221 6th Av 1251 6th Av 1271 6th Av British Empire Building International Building La Maison Francaise
Times Square	1 Astor Plz 1 Times Sq 3 Times Sq 4 Times Sq 11 Times Sq 20 Times Sq 229 W 43rd St 255 W 43rd St 1500 Broadway 1501 Broadway 1540 Broadway 1552 Broadway 1585 Broadway TSX Broadway

East of
5th Av

Former

Theaters

Broadway theaters	Ambassador August Wilson Belasco Bernard B. Jacobs Booth Broadhurst Broadway Circle in the Square Ethel Barrymore Eugene O'Neill Gerald Schoenfeld Gershwin Hayes Hudson Imperial James Earl Jones John Golden Lena Horne Longacre Lunt-Fontanne Lyceum Lyric Majestic Marquis Minskoff Music Box Neil Simon Palace Richard Rodgers St. James Samuel J. Friedman Shubert Stephen Sondheim Studio 54 Todd Haimes Walter Kerr Winter Garden
Other venues	55th Street Playhouse Carnegie Hall Ed Sullivan Theater The ImaginAsian New Victory Theater New York City Center Paris Theater Radio City Music Hall Sony Hall The Theater Center The Town Hall York Theatre
Closed/demolished	44th Street 48th Street Apollo Center Capitol Earl Carroll Edison Embassy Fulton George M. Cohan's Loew's State Lyric New Century Olympia Roxy Strand Times Square Vanderbilt Victoria Ziegfeld (1927) Ziegfeld (1969)

Hotels

Current

Former

Other points of interest

Restaurants/ nightlife	21 Club 54 Below Alto Anthos Aureole Burger Heaven Le Bernardin Cafe Chambord Campbell Apartment La Caravelle Caviar Russe Del Pezzo Restaurant Ellen's Stardust Diner Four Twenty Five Gabriel Kreuther Gallagher's Steakhouse Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant La Grenouille Iridium Jazz Club Le Jardinier King Cole Bar Kurumazushi Latin Quarter Lespinasse Marea Naro The Pool and the Grill Oceana The Original Soupman P. J. Clarke's Patsy's Le Pavillon Prime Burger The Quilted Giraffe Rainbow Room Restaurant Aquavit Rumpelmayer's Russian Tea Room Sardi's Satsuki Shun Lee Palace Stage Deli The Campbell
Museums/ cultural centers	Austrian Cultural Forum New York Girl Scout Museum and Archives John M. Mossman Lock Museum Korean Cultural Center New York Madame Tussauds New York Museum of Arts and Design Museum of Broadway Museum of Modern Art New York Transit Museum Paley Center for Media Rose Museum Spyscape
Stores	Argosy Book Store Gotham Book Mart
Clubhouses	American Fine Arts Society The Brook Century Association Cornell Club of New York Harvard Club of New York City New York Athletic Club New York City Bar Association New York Friars Club New York Yacht Club Penn Club of New York Racquet and Tennis Club University Club of New York Women's National Republican Club Yale Club of New York City
Clubhouses (former)	Princeton Club of New York
Green spaces	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden Central Park Grand Army Plaza Greenacre Park Paley Park
Educational institutions	53rd Street Library Circle in the Square Theatre School CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies High School of Performing Arts Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers Saint Thomas Choir School SUNY College of Optometry
Art galleries	Galerie St. Etienne Rehs Galleries

Transportation

Subway stations	Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street Seventh Avenue 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 49th Street 50th Street 50th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 57th Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Grand Central–42nd Street Lexington Avenue/51st Street Lexington Avenue/59th Street Times Square–42nd Street
Railroad stations	Grand Central Madison Grand Central Terminal
Streets and intersections	Third Avenue Fifth Avenue Sixth Avenue Six and a Half Avenue Seventh Avenue Eighth Avenue 42nd 47th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 57th 59th Broadway Columbus Circle Duffy Square Grand Army Plaza George Abbott Way Lexington Avenue Madison Avenue Park Avenue Park Avenue Viaduct Pershing Square Shubert Alley Times Square Vanderbilt Avenue

Related topics
Billionaires' Row Little Brazil Midtown South Minnesota Strip

See also: Manhattan Community Board 5

Prostitution in the United States

Areas

Brothels

Law

Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
- 2013
- 2020
Bennis v. Michigan
Chamberlain–Kahn Act
Mann Act
Raines law
Red Light Abatement Act
Regulating Brothel Prostitution in St. Paul, 1865–1883

Media

Organizations

People

Activists	Norma Jean Almodovar Fred Cherry Committee of Fifteen Committee of Fourteen Robyn Few Melissa Gira Grant Carol Leigh Alice Little Rose Livingston Meg Muñoz New England Female Moral Reform Society New York Female Moral Reform Society Polaris Project Tracy Quan Audacia Ray Annie Sprinkle Margo St. James Sheila White
Brothel owners and madams	Elizabeth Adams (aka, Madam Alex) Polly Adler Ah Toy Josephine Airey Brenda Allen Josie Arlington Dorothy Baker Sydney Biddle Barrows Big Sue Belle Brezing Julia Bulette Hilma Burt Nina Clifford Big Jim Colosimo Joseph Conforte Belle Cora (Arabella Ryan) Cora Crane Ana Cumpănaș Kristin M. Davis Phoebe Doty Dora DuFran Ada and Minna Everleigh Mame Faye Vina Fields Heidi Fleiss Jody Gibson Dante "Tex" Gill Mary Gleim Lou Graham Eunice Gray Mary Ann Hall Hester Jane Haskins Eliza Haycraft Mike Heitler Dennis Hof Mollie Johnson Lizzie Lape Kitty Leroy Red Light Lizzie Laura Bell McDaniel Adeline Miller Mother Damnable Meg Muñoz Deborah Jeane Palfrey Grace Peixotto Willie Piazza Poker Alice Fannie Porter Mattie Silks Sally Stanford Pearl Starr Libby Thompson Mary Thompson Kate Townsend Frederick Trump Pearl de Vere Tessie Wall Lulu White Minnie White Anna Wilson Louise Wooster
Courtesans	Ashley Alexandra Dupré Lillie Langtry Fanny White
Pimps	Scotty Bowers Hester Jane Haskins Mike Heitler Dennis Hof Ice-T Iceberg Slim Don "Magic" Juan Red Light Lizzie Jack Ruby Lee Shelton Fillmore Slim Al Swearengen Dennis Tinerino
Prostitutes	Ah Toy Air Force Amy Josephine Airey Brenda Allen Norma Jean Almodovar Josie Arlington Mickey Avalon Dorothy Baker Richard Berkowitz Diamond Bessie Big Nose Kate Mattie Blaylock Scotty Bowers Gary Ray Bowles Sarah A. Bowman Brandi Britton Carrie Brown Julia Brown Julia Bulette Lisa Crystal Carver Sylvia Clevenger Andrew Cunanan Honeysuckle Divine Issan Dorsey Phoebe Doty Dora DuFran Pearl Elliott Robyn Few Alexis Fire Albert Fish Florrie Fisher Heidi Fleiss Ali Forney Denham Fouts Ronnie Lee Gardner Jody Gibson Billi Gordon Maggie Hall Fred Halsted Eliza Haycraft Toni Jo Henry Richard Holcomb Endesha Ida Mae Holland Xaviera Hollander Amber L. Hollibaugh Jason Holliday John Holmes Calamity Jane Helen Jewett Dean Johnson Mollie Johnson Robert La Tourneaux Jillian Lauren Kitty Leroy Rose Livingston Alice Little Annie Lobert Crazy Lou Brooke Magnanti Chicago May Rosa May Laura Bell McDaniel Adeline Miller Della Moore Tanya Moore Vicki Morgan Mother Featherlegs Jean O'Hara Barbara Payton Louise Peete Willie Piazza Fannie Porter Tracy Quan Tina Rodriguez Shalimar Seiuli Mattie Silks Valerie Solanas Almeda Sperry Annie Sprinkle Nancy Spungen Margo St. James Pearl Starr David Henry Sterry Star Stowe Sunset Thomas Estella Marie Thompson Libby Thompson Mary Ellen Tracy Tiger Tyson Pearl de Vere Sheila White Anna Wilson Louise Wooster Aileen Wuornos Venus Xtravaganza
Johns	Craig J. Spence Eliot Spitzer

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