The phrase "avenue was built" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the construction or establishment of a specific avenue or road.
Example: "The new avenue was built to improve traffic flow in the downtown area."
Alternatives: "road was constructed" or "street was developed".
The reason for the unusual configuration is that the avenue was built on a deck over the tracks that carry trains to and from Grand Central Terminal.
Belgrave Lodge, on the south side of the avenue was built in 1899 to a design by John Douglas for the 1st Duke.
When Harding Elementary School, at 165th Street and Parrish Avenue, was built, the city gave the school city property where the current Hessville Fire Station is in exchange for property across the street from the school for a new station.
The tower, at 140 Merrick Avenue, was built in 1967 by Frank Gunther, who rented space to commercial broadcasters for their antennas.
A landmark of sorts, the 260-foot-tall red and white television tower, at 20th Street and 10th Avenue, was built in 1966 on the property of Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School.
The house, at 4511 Russell Avenue, was built in the early 20th century, and today it doesn't look like much.
The essentially ordinary brownstones on the west side of the avenue were built over two decades, the youngest the 1882 houses at the north end of the block and the earliest Nos.
The church, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, was built in 1868.
Brendan Keaney, general manager of Penn South, said that when the complex, which extends from 23rd to 29th Streets between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, was built in the early 1960s, it was intended to provide inexpensive housing for garment workers, and it still has income restrictions for its residents.
Avenues were built, and some streets were widened to encourage the growth of the city, which had attained a population of nearly 56,000 by 1881.
In the 1930s, new buildings and avenues were built.
