Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Big Red with the Long Green Stem n.

[Big Apple n. + long green n. + main stem n.]

(US black) Seventh Avenue, between 130th Street and 150th Street, the centre of Harlem nightlife.

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[US]D. Burley Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive 102: Putting down her broom on the main track in the Big Red with the Long Green Stem.
[US]D. Burley N.Y. Amsterdam News 14 July A14: The greatest place of ’em all, the Big Red with the Long Green Stem, [...] the Big Apple [...] New Yawk City.