Ka cika wannan magana: Madison Square Park, wani wuri mai kore a gefen ginin zuwa kudu maso yamma, an buɗe shi a 1844. An yi amfani da sararin samaniya sosai don al'adun al'adu da na soja, kuma Madison Avenue a kan iyakar gabas ta wurin shakatawa ya zama jerin gidaje masu tsada. An yi amfani da shafin New York Life Building tsakanin 1837 da 1871 a matsayin Union Depot na New York & Harlem da kuma New York & New Haven Railroads (yanzu wani ɓangare na Park Avenue main line). Wurin ya karbi bakuncin lambun wasan kwaikwayo mai suna Gilmore's Garden, da kuma P.T. Barnum's Hippodrome. An gina Madison Square Garden na farko (MSG) a 1879 a kusurwar arewa maso gabashin Madison Avenue da 26th Street, kuma an maye gurbinsa a 1890 da
Madison Square Garden na biyu.