Midtown Manhattan - Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods

The core of Midtown Manhattan is from about 31st Street to 59th Street between Third and Ninth avenues, about two square miles (this is the area most commonly referred to as "Midtown.") The "Plaza District", a term used by Manhattan real estate professionals to denote the most expensive area of midtown from a commercial real estate perspective, lies between 42nd Street and 59th Street, from Third Avenue to Seventh Avenue, about a square kilometer or half a square mile.

Midtown encompasses many neighborhoods including Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea on the West Side, and Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Turtle Bay, and Gramercy on the East Side. It is also sometimes broken into "Midtown East" and "Midtown West", or north and south as in the New York City Police Department's Midtown North and Midtown South precincts. A simplistic and by no means comprehensive list of the neighborhoods in the Midtown area is as follows:

  • Between 59th Street to the north and 42nd Street to the south, from west to east:
    • Hell's Kitchen from the Hudson River to 8th Avenue, including
      • Theatre Row on West 42nd Street between 11th Avenue and 9th Avenue.
      • where Hell's Kitchen meets Central Park and the Upper West Side at West 59th Street and 8th Avenue, Columbus Circle
    • Times Square and the Theatre District from West 42nd Street to around West 53rd Street (according to some until Central Park at Central Park South/59th Street), and from 8th Avenue to Sixth Avenue
    • The Diamond District on West 47th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
    • Midtown East from around 6th Avenue to the East River, including (going from west to east, and north to south):
      • Sutton Place near the East River between East 53rd Street and East 59th Street
      • Turtle Bay from 53rd Street to 42nd Street and from Lexington Avenue to the East River
      • Tudor City from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue and East 40th Street to East 43rd Street
  • Between 42nd Street north and around 34th Street, from west to east, and north to south:
    • Hell's Kitchen from the Hudson River to 8th Avenue
    • The Garment District from West 42nd Street and West 34th Street and 9th Avenue to 5th Avenue
    • Herald Square around the intersection of Broadway, 6th Avenue and West 34th Street
    • Murray Hill from East 42nd Street to East 34th Street and 5th Avenue to 2nd Avenue
  • Between 34th Street and 23rd Street, from west to east:
    • Chelsea between the Hudson River and Sixth Avenue
    • Koreatown from 36th Street to 31st Street and 5th and 6th Avenues, centered on "Korea Way" on 32nd Street between 5th Avenue and Broadway
    • Rose Hill or Curry Hill between Madison Avenue and 1st Avenue
    • Kips Bay from 3rd Avenue to the East River
  • Between 23rd Street and 14th Street, going west to east and north to south:
    • Chelsea between the Hudson River and Sixth Avenue
    • The Meatpacking District in the southwesternmost corner of Midtown, to the south of West 15th Street
    • Madison Square and the Flatiron District, the area surround the intersection of Broadway, 5th Avenue and 23rd Street.
    • Union Square, to the northeast of the intersection of Broadway, East 14th Street and Park Avenue South
    • Gramercy from East 23rd Street to East 14th Street and Lexington Avenue to 1st Avenue
    • Peter Cooper Village from East 23rd Street to East 20th Street and 1st Avenue to Avenue C (parallel the East River)
    • Stuyvesant Town from East 20th street to East 14th Street and 1st Avenue to Avenue C

Midtown is the original district in the United States to bear the name and included historical but now defunct neighborhoods such as the Ladies' Mile, along Fifth Avenue from 14th Street to 23rd Street and the Tenderloin, from 23rd Street to 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue.

Further information: List of Manhattan neighborhoods

Other important sights in Midtown:

  • Empire State Building
  • Museum of Modern Art
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral
  • Grand Central Terminal
  • New York Public Library
  • Chrysler Building
  • Time Warner Center
  • One Bryant Park
  • United Nations Headquarters
  • Carnegie Hall
  • Madison Square Garden
  • Manhattan Center
  • James Farley Post Office
  • Pennsylvania Station
  • Plaza Hotel
  • The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
  • Bryant Park
  • Trump Tower
  • Times Square
  • Flagship stores of retailers such as:
    • Bergdorf Goodman
    • Lord & Taylor
    • Gucci
    • Louis Vuitton
    • Saks Fifth Avenue
    • Bloomingdale's
    • Brooks Brothers
    • F.A.O. Schwarz
    • J. Press
    • Macy's
    • Nat Sherman
    • Paul Stuart
    • Tiffany & Co.
  • Prominent gentlemen's clubs in Midtown:
    • The Brook
    • The Century Association
    • The Columbia University Club of New York
    • The Cornell Club of New York
    • The Dartmouth Club of New York
    • The Harvard Club of New York
    • The New York Yacht Club
    • The Penn Club of New York
    • The Princeton Club of New York
    • The Racquet and Tennis Club
    • The Joseph Lubin House of Syracuse University
    • The Union League Club of New York
    • The University Club of New York
    • The Yale Club of New York City

Important streets and thoroughfares in Midtown:

  • Madison Avenue
  • Fifth Avenue
  • Broadway
  • Park Avenue
  • Vanderbilt Avenue
  • 34th Street
  • 42nd Street

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