Park Avenue

North–south avenue in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York

This article is about the avenue in Manhattan and the Bronx. For other uses, see Park Avenue (disambiguation).

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Park AvenueFourth Avenue, Union Square East, Park Avenue South

Looking south from 52nd Street, facing the MetLife Building and Helmsley Building in the background with St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and Waldorf Astoria New York to the left

Former name(s)| Fourth Avenue
Namesake| tracks between 34th and 40th Streets which were covered in grass[1]
Owner| City of New York
Maintained by| NYCDOT
Length| 10.9 mi (17.5 km)[2][3][4]
Location| Manhattan and The Bronx, New York City
South end| Astor Place in Cooper Square
Major
junctions| Park Avenue Tunnel and Viaduct in East Midtown
Harlem River Drive in East Harlem
North end| Third Avenue in Fordham
East| Lexington Avenue
West| Madison Avenue
Construction
Commissioned| March 1811

Park Avenue is a boulevard in New York City[5] that carries north and southbound traffic in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Avenue to the east. Park Avenue's entire length was formerly called Fourth Avenue; the title still applies to the section between Cooper Square and 14th Street.[6] The avenue is called Union Square East between 14th and 17th Streets, and Park Avenue South between 17th and 32nd Streets.

## History

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Park Avenue on the Upper East Side The railroad tunnel in 1941

### Early years and railroad construction

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Because of its designation as the widest avenue on Manhattan's East Side, Park Avenue originally carried the tracks of the New York and Harlem Railroad built in the 1830s, just a few years after the adoption of the Manhattan street grid.[7] The railroad's right-of-way at ground level forced foot and carriage traffic onto either side of the tracks. Later on, the railroad was run through an open cut tunnel under Murray Hill, which was then covered with grates and grass between 34th and 40th Street in the early 1850s. A section of this "park" was later renamed Park Avenue in 1860.[8] Park Avenue's original southern terminus was at 34th Street, and the newly renamed Park Avenue was given its own house-numbering system separate from that of Fourth Avenue. The address 1 Park Avenue was assigned to a house at 101 East 34th Street, at the northeast corner of Park Avenue and 34th Street.[9]

The Harlem Railroad was later incorporated into the New York Central Railroad, and a terminal for the New York Central at 42nd Street, the Grand Central Depot, opened in 1871.[10]: 3 But the tracks laid to the new terminal proved problematic. There were originally no grade-separated crossings of the railroads between 42nd and 59th Streets.[11] As such, they required railroad crossings along Fourth Avenue, which resulted in frequent accidents; seven people died within 12 days of the Hudson River Railroad's move to Grand Central.[12]

In 1872, shortly after the opening of Grand Central Depot, New York Central owner Cornelius Vanderbilt proposed the Fourth Avenue Improvement Project.[10] The tracks between 48th and 56th Streets were to be moved into a shallow open cut,[13] while the segment between 56th and 97th Streets, which was in a rock cut, would be covered over.[10][a] After the improvements were completed in 1874, the railroads, approaching Grand Central Depot from the north, descended into the Park Avenue Tunnel at 96th Street and continued underground into the new depot.[10] As part of the project, Fourth Avenue was transformed into a boulevard with a median strip that covered the railroad's ventilation grates.[15][16][10]: 4 Eight footbridges crossed the tracks between 45th and 56th Streets, and there were also vehicular overpasses at 45th and 48th Streets.[10]: 4 The boulevard north of Grand Central was renamed Park Avenue in 1888.[17]

### Grand Central and Terminal City

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A fatal collision between two trains occurred under Park Avenue in 1902, in part because the smoke coming from the steam trains obscured the signals.[18][19] The New York state legislature subsequently passed a law to ban all steam trains in Manhattan.[20] By December 1902, as part of an agreement with the city, New York Central agreed to put the approach to Grand Central Station from 46th to 59th Streets in an open cut under Park Avenue, and to upgrade the tracks to accommodate electric trains. Overpasses would be built across the open cut at most of the cross-streets.[21] The new electric-train terminal, Grand Central Terminal, was opened in 1913.[22]

After the electric trains were buried underground, the area around Park Avenue in the vicinity of Grand Central was developed into several blocks worth of prime real estate called Terminal City. Stretching from 42nd to 51st Streets between Madison and Lexington Avenues, it came to include the Chrysler Building and other prestigious office buildings; luxury apartment houses along Park Avenue; and an array of high-end hotels that included the Marguery, Park Lane, and Waldorf Astoria.[23] In 1929, New York Central built its headquarters in a 34-story building (now called the Helmsley Building), straddling Park Avenue north of the terminal.[24]

The Park Avenue Viaduct reroutes Park Avenue around Grand Central Terminal between 40th and 46th Streets, allowing Park Avenue traffic to traverse around the building and over 42nd Street without encumbering nearby streets.[25] The western (now southbound) leg of the viaduct was completed in 1919,[26] but congestion developed soon after the viaduct's opening, so an eastern leg for northbound traffic was added in 1928.[25]

### Later years

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The developer Henry Mandel acquired the lots on the eastern side of Fourth Avenue between 32nd and 33rd Street in 1923 under the name "One Park Avenue Corporation". To ensure his corporate name was accurate, Mandel asked the New York City Board of Aldermen to move Park Avenue's southern terminus to 32nd Street.[9] The change went into effect on December 1, 1924, and address numbers along Park Avenue were changed accordingly.[27] The previous house numbered 1 Park Avenue was occupied by Martha Bacon, widow of diplomat Robert Bacon, who led the opposition to the renumbering.[28] The Board of Aldermen summarily overturned the name change,[9] but Mayor John Hylan vetoed the move in April 1925.[29] This prompted Bacon to appeal the decision to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, which overturned Hylan's veto in November 1927, on the basis that the extension of Park Avenue to 32nd Street had been made for the benefit of a developer.[27][30] Mandel's development at 32nd Street was thus known as 461–477 Fourth Avenue, and the developers of that building sued to reverse the appellate ruling.[9] The New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, reversed the appellate ruling in February 1928.[31][32] Bacon contemplated bringing up the matter with the United States Supreme Court,[33] but she ultimately relented, changing her address to "Park Avenue at 34th" by 1930.[9]

In 1927, the medians on Park Avenue north of Grand Central were trimmed to add one lane of traffic in each direction. This project eliminated the pedestrian path on the medians, as they became much narrower. The median was extended by one block from 96th Street to 97th Street in 1941, creating the only remaining median on Park Avenue with a pedestrian path and seating.[34] In the 1920s the portion of Park Avenue from Grand Central to 96th Street saw extensive apartment building construction. This long stretch of the avenue contains some of the most expensive real estate in the world. Real estate at 740 Park Avenue, for example, sells for several thousand dollars per square foot.[35]

In October 1937, a part of the Murray Hill Tunnel was reopened for road traffic. Efforts to promote a Grand Park Avenue Expressway to Grand Concourse in the Bronx were unsuccessful.[36]

A tradition was introduced in 1945 as a memorial to American soldiers killed in action, whereby Christmas trees are placed in the median and lit up on the first Sunday in December at Brick Presbyterian Church.[37] On May 5, 1959, the New York City Council voted 20–1 to change the name of Fourth Avenue between 17th and 32nd Streets to Park Avenue South. The renaming, along with a ban on overhanging signs along the newly renamed Park Avenue South, was intended to improve the character of the avenue.[38] Unlike with the earlier renamings of Park Avenue, the address numbers of Park Avenue South continued from those on the remaining section of Fourth Avenue.[9] The Pan Am Building (now MetLife Building), in between the Park Avenue Viaduct's legs north of Grand Central Terminal, was opened in 1963.[39]

In September 2007, the Metro-North Railroad reached an agreement with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) to install pedestrian traffic signals along Park Avenue between 46th Street and 56th Street. The two sides had feuded over the issue since 1982, when Penn Central controlled the Park Avenue Tunnel. In 1997, the NYCDOT commissioner stated that signals would be installed during an upcoming phase of reconstruction in the Grand Central area.[40] The $35 million project, whose cost was split between Metro-North and the city, was approved by the MTA Board later that month. It called for the installation of 12 pedestrian signals and 8 traffic signals at the eleven intersections and the renovation of the sidewalks and streets around Grand Central to prevent rainwater from seeping into the tunnel.[41] Car traffic in this area had been controlled by traffic lights on a pole at each intersection in the middle of the median, instead of the usual four from each direction, resulting in a relatively high rate of pedestrian injuries. Additional traffic lights and pedestrian signals had not been added because this area of Park Avenue was located directly atop the roof of the Park Avenue Tunnel, with the street being 8 inches (20 cm) above the roof in some locations. Because the roof was 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) thick, there was not enough room to provide a foundation for the traffic poles without puncturing the structure. Due to the high cost of making these upgrades, and the lack of cooperation between the New York City Department of Transportation and Metro-North, which had opposed any solution that would modify the tunnel roof, the project was delayed for several years.[41][42] The project had been estimated to cost $200,000 per intersection in 1994.[43] As part of the new agreement, Metro-North designed a way to anchor the traffic signals in the deck and tunnel roof.[44] Pedestrian signals and gantry-mounted traffic signals were installed at these intersections in July 2010.[45]

On March 12, 2014, two apartment buildings near 116th Street, 1644 and 1646 Park Avenue, were destroyed in a gas explosion. Eight people were killed and many others were injured.[46]

## Route

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Park Avenue in Belmont, Bronx, near Fordham Plaza.

### Manhattan

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"Park Avenue South" redirects here. For the street of the same name in Buffalo, New York, see South Park Avenue.

The road that becomes Park Avenue originates at the Bowery. From Cooper Square at 8th Street to Union Square at 14th Street, it is known as Fourth Avenue, a 70-foot-wide (21 m) road carrying northbound traffic. At 14th Street, it turns slightly northeast to align with other avenues drawn up in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811. From 14th Street to 17th Street, it forms the eastern boundary of Union Square and is known as Union Square East; its southbound lanes merge with Broadway south of 15th Street, and the thoroughfare divides into two distinct portions in the one-block section between 14th and 15th Streets. From 17th Street to 32nd Street, it is known as Park Avenue South.[3] Address numbers on Park Avenue South are a continuation of those on Fourth Avenue;[47] for example, 225 Park Avenue South was originally known as 225 Fourth Avenue.[48]

Above 32nd Street, for the remainder of its distance, it is known as Park Avenue, a 140-foot-wide (43 m) boulevard.[3] The address numbers for Park Avenue are reset above 32nd Street;[47] for example, the address 1 Park Avenue would ordinarily have been numbered 461 Fourth Avenue.[9] Between 33rd Street and 40th Street, the leftmost northbound lane descends into the Murray Hill Tunnel. North of 40th Street, the center lanes of Park Avenue rise onto an elevated structure that goes around Grand Central Terminal and the MetLife Building (formerly the Pan Am Building), carrying each direction of traffic on opposite sides of the buildings. The bridge, one of two structures in Manhattan known as the Park Avenue Viaduct, returns to ground level at 46th Street after going through the Helmsley Building (also referred to as the New York Central Building or 230 Park Avenue).[3] The IRT Lexington Avenue Line runs under this portion of the street. Once the line reaches Grand Central–42nd Street, it shifts east to Lexington Avenue.

Park Avenue northbound past 51st Street in Midtown Manhattan

As Park Avenue enters Midtown north of Grand Central Terminal, it is distinguished by many glass-box skyscrapers that serve as headquarters for corporations and investment banks such as Société Générale, JPMorgan Chase at 270 Park Avenue and 277 Park Avenue, UBS at 299 Park Avenue, Citigroup at 399 Park Avenue, Colgate-Palmolive, and MetLife at the MetLife Building.[3] From 47th to 97th Streets, the tracks for Metro-North Railroad's Park Avenue main line run in the Park Avenue Tunnel underneath Park Avenue. At 97th Street, the tracks come above ground, rising onto the other Manhattan structure known as the Park Avenue Viaduct. The first street to pass under the viaduct is 102nd Street; from there to the Harlem River the railroad viaduct runs down the middle of Park Avenue. Park Avenue in Manhattan ends north of 132nd Street, with connections to the Harlem River Drive.[3]

The flowers and greenery in the median of Manhattan's Park Avenue are privately maintained, by the Fund for Park Avenue. The begonia was specifically chosen by the Fund's gardeners because there is no automatic watering system and the floral variety is resilient under hot sun rays.[49]

### The Bronx

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The avenue is continued on the other side of the river in the Bronx. In the Bronx, Park Avenue begins at East 135th Street in the Mott Haven neighborhood. The entire avenue is divided by Metro-North's own right of way in the borough. Between East 135th Street to East 173rd Street, Park Avenue is one way only in either direction in most sections. North of East 173rd Street it is a two way avenue continuing to Fordham Plaza where it ends.[4]

## Businesses

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Park Avenue Viaduct, during the 2008 Summer Streets event.

The following institutions are either headquartered or have significant business presences on Park Avenue:

* Arconic
* American Airlines at 2 Park Ave.
* Americas Society
* Asia Society
* Bankers Trust
* The Blackstone Group at 345 Park Ave.
* Bristol Myers Squibb
* British Airways at 2 Park Ave.
* Cantor Fitzgerald at 499 Park Ave.
* Citigroup at 399 Park Ave.
* Colgate-Palmolive at 300 Park Ave.
* Council on Foreign Relations
* Credit Suisse at 324 Park Ave.
* C. V. Starr at 90 Park Ave.
* Deutsche Bank
* Digitas
* Environmental Defense Fund
* EXL Service
* FactSet at 90 Park Ave.
* Ferrari
* Heineken International
* Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Co.
* Hachette Book Group USA at 237 Park Ave.
* Houlihan Lokey at 245 Park Ave.
* Hunter College
* JPMorgan Chase & Co. at 270 Park Ave.
* KPMG
* Leucadia National
* Lenox Hill Hospital
* Major League Baseball
* Maserati
* Mercedes-Benz
* MetLife at 200 Park Ave.
* M&T Bank
* Mutual of America at 320 Park Ave.
* The National Football League
* Needham & Company
* New York Life
* Oneworld at 2 Park Ave.
* Piper Jaffray at 345 Park Ave.
* Raymond James at 320 Park Ave.
* Reed Elsevier
* Sanofi-Aventis
* Seligman
* Sefaria
* Société Générale
* Tata Consultancy Services
* Twitch Interactive, Inc.
* Vivendi SA
* UBS at 299 Park Ave.
* The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at 301 Park Ave.
* Warner Bros. Discovery at 230 Park Ave.

## Notable structures

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In north-south order:[3]

* Daryl Roth Theatre
* 44 Union Square
* Everett Building, 200 Park Avenue South
* W New York Union Square, 201 Park Avenue South
* 225 Park Avenue South
* Church Missions House, 281 Park Avenue South
* United Charities Building, 287 Park Avenue South
* 300 Park Avenue South
* Metropolitan Life North Building, 324 Park Avenue South
* New York Life Building, 364–378 Park Avenue South
* 2 Park Avenue –designed by Ely Jacques Kahn
* 3 Park Avenue
* 4 Park Avenue, formerly the Vanderbilt Hotel
* Robb House, 41 Park Avenue
* Adelaide L. T. Douglas House, 57 Park Avenue
* Scandinavia House – The Nordic Center in America, 58 Park Avenue
* Our Saviour Roman Catholic Church, 59 Park Avenue
* Union League Club
* 101 Park Avenue
* Pershing Square Building, 125 Park Avenue
* Grand Central Terminal (actually in Park Avenue, between the Park Avenue Viaduct's two roadways)
* MetLife Building, 200 Park Avenue
* Helmsley Building, 230 Park Avenue
* 245 Park Avenue
* 270 Park Avenue – replaced the Union Carbide Building
* 277 Park Avenue
* 299 Park Avenue
* Waldorf Astoria New York, 301 Park Avenue
* St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
* 345 Park Avenue
* Racquet and Tennis Club, 370 Park Avenue
* Park Avenue Plaza
* Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue –designed by Mies van der Rohe
* Lever House, 390 Park Avenue –designed by Gordon Bunshaft
* 399 Park Avenue
* 425 Park Avenue
* 432 Park Avenue – At completion in 2015, was the tallest residential building in the world
* Ritz Tower, 465 Park Avenue
* Halstead Property, 499 Park Avenue
* 500 Park Avenue
* Trump Park Avenue, 502 Park Avenue
* Central Presbyterian Church, 593 Park Avenue
* 620 Park Avenue
* Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue
* 655 Park Avenue
* Harold Pratt House, 58 East 68th Street (corner of Park Avenue)
* Park Avenue Houses
* Percy R. Pyne House, 680 Park Avenue (now the Americas Society)
* Oliver D. Filley House, 684 Park Avenue (now the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute)
* William Sloane House, 686 Park Avenue (now the Italian Cultural Institute of New York)
* Henry P. Davison House, 690 Park Avenue (now the Italian Consulate General)
* 720 Park Avenue
* Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue
* 740 Park Avenue
* 778 Park Avenue
* 970 Park Avenue
* Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
* 1000 Park Avenue
* Park Avenue Christian Church, 1010 Park Avenue
* Brick Presbyterian Church, 1140 Park Avenue

## Transportation

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### Rail transit

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Metro-North Railroad's Grand Central Terminal, serving the Harlem Line, Hudson Line, and New Haven Line, is at 42nd Street and Park Avenue. The MNR's Park Avenue main line runs along Park Avenue in both boroughs between Grand Central and Fordham station, with stations in between at 125th Street, 162nd Street, and Tremont Avenue.[50]

The New York City Subway's adjacent Grand Central–42nd Street station serves the 4, ​5, ​6, <6>​, 7, <7>​​, and S trains. The IRT Lexington Avenue Line additionally runs under Park Avenue and its extensions from 41st to 8th Streets. The 33rd Street, 28th Street, 23rd Street, and Astor Place stations are served by the 6 and <6>​ trains, while the 14th Street-Union Square station is served by the 4, ​5, ​6, <6>​, L​, N, ​Q, ​R, and ​W trains.[51]

### Bus service

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The southbound M98 Limited runs on Park Avenue between Harlem River Drive and 120th Street, stopping at the Harlem-125th Street station. The northbound M1, M2, and M3 serve Park Avenue between 8th Street and 25th Street.[52] The southbound SIM1, SIM3, SIM4, SIM33, X27 and X28 express bus routes serve Park Avenue during off-peak hours.[53][54] No buses run along Park Avenue in the Bronx, although Fordham Plaza Bus Terminal is located at the northern end of the road.[55]

## In popular culture

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* The song "Puttin' On the Ritz", from the film Blue Skies (1946), refers to affluent people strutting "up and down Park Avenue".
* The 1961 stage and film musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying takes place in the fictional "Park Avenue office building of World Wide Wicket Company, Inc."
* The 1936 film Theodora Goes Wild, the bachelor apartment of Michael Grant is located on Park Avenue.
* In the intro to the mid 1960s – early 1970s TV show Green Acres, Eva Gabor's character sings "Darling I love you, but give me Park Avenue!", where she lived before moving to rural Hooterville with her husband, the lawyer-turned-farmer.[56]
* In the TV series The Odd Couple, Felix Unger and Oscar Madison live at 1049 Park Avenue.
* In the 1971 film Carnal Knowledge, the characters of Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel can be seen walking up Park Avenue, past the crossing with East 52nd Street.
* In the TV series Diff'rent Strokes, Phillip Drummond, with his daughter, Kimberly and adopted sons, Willis and Arnold Jackson live at 697 Park Avenue.
* In the 1987 novel The Bonfire of the Vanities, WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy lives in an apartment on Park Avenue, signifying his financial success.
* In the multi-platinum 1989 hit single "Youth Gone Wild" by American band Skid Row, Park Avenue is mentioned in the lyrics: "I said 'Hey man, there's something that you oughta know. / I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row.'"
* In The Simpsons episode "E-I-E-I-D'oh", Homer is ridiculed by two farmers outside Sneed's Feed & Seed (Formerly Chuck's) for having a "Park Avenue manicure". Homer responds by saying "I'm sorry, I believe in good grooming".
* The PBS documentary Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream sheds light on the gap between the impoverished people living on Park Avenue in the South Bronx and the extremely wealthy living at 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan.
* General Motors borrowed the name of the street for the Buick Park Avenue, a large luxury sedan that was produced first as the premium trim line for the Buick Electra from 1977 to 1990, and as a standalone model from 1991 to 2005.
* In the 2017 video game Sonic Forces, one of the main stage takes place on Park Avenue, the stage re-imagined as a war zone.
* In the second season of Riverdale, one of the main characters from the show, Veronica Lodge is said to have lived on Park Avenue when she was back in New York City.
* In an episode in the second season of Seinfeld, "The Chinese Restaurant", one character that cuts in front of the main characters Jerry, Elaine, and George at a restaurant in Manhattan is said to live there, implying that he is incredibly wealthy and deserving of the special treatment.
* In the sixth season of Mad Men, Don Draper's address appears on an envelope as "783 Park Avenue, apt. 17B".
* In the 2012 film The Avengers, the climax takes place on the Park Avenue Viaduct.
* In the 2020 miniseries The Undoing

## Gallery

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* Henry P. Davison House, Percy Rivington Pyne House, Oliver D. Filley House and William Sloane House is one of the original house ensembles left on Park Avenue

* Park Avenue and 47th Street, adjacent to the Helmsley Building

* 10 Park Avenue, at the corner of East 34th Street

* The Adelaide L. Townsend Douglas House, currently the Guatemalan U.N. Mission at 57 Park Avenue, between East 37th and 38th Streets

## See also

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* New York City portal

* List of most expensive streets by city

## References

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Explanatory notes

1. ^ The line entered fully enclosed brick tunnels between 67th and 71st Streets, and between 80th and 96th Streets. The remainder of this segment was located in a "beam tunnel" structure, which were mostly open-air, except where cross-streets traversed the cut on steel-beam bridges.[14]

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Further reading

* "Park Avenue Historic District" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. April 29, 2014.

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East Side of Manhattan (14th–34th Streets, east of Fifth Ave)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

| 14th–23rd Sts|

* 15 Union Square West
* 18 Gramercy Park
* 44 Union Square
* 91-93 Fifth Avenue
* 121 East 22nd
* 889 Broadway
* 935–939 Broadway
* Bank of the Metropolis
* Century Building
* Church Missions House
* Consolidated Edison Building
* Decker Building
* Everett Building
* Flatiron Building
* Lincoln Building
* Madison Square Park Tower
* One Madison
* Samuel J. Tilden House
* Scheffel Hall
* Scribner Building
* Society for the Lying-In Hospital
* Spingler Building
* Stuyvesant Apartments
* The St. George
* Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
* United Charities Building
* Zeckendorf Towers

|

23rd–34th Sts|

* 2 Park Avenue
* 3 Park Avenue
* 4 Park Avenue
* 29 East 32nd Street
* 69th Regiment Armory
* 203 East 29th Street
* 277 Fifth Avenue
* Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State
* Carmel Place
* CBS 30th Street Studio
* Chester A. Arthur Home
* Demarest Building
* Emmet Building
* The Grand Madison
* Kips Bay Towers
* Madison Belmont Building
* Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
* Metropolitan Life North Building
* New York Life Building
* New York Merchandise Mart
* New York School of Applied Design for Women
* United States Post Office
* Waterside Plaza

Former|

* Jerome Mansion
* Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1854)
* Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1906)
* St. Leo Church

Culture

| Shops, restaurants, nightlife|

* 15 East
* ABC Kitchen
* ABCV
* Atoboy
* Atomix
* Casa Mono
* The Clocktower
* Coqodaq
* Eleven Madison Park
* Jua
* Kanyakumari
* Laut
* Okdongsik
* Old Town Bar and Restaurant
* Pete's Tavern
* Rezdôra
* Second Avenue Deli
* Union Square Cafe
* Upland
* The Water Club
* Wolfgang's Steakhouse

|

Theaters, galleries, art venues|

* Daryl Roth Theatre
* Fotografiska New York
* Gramercy Theatre
* Holographic Studios
* Irving Plaza
* Peoples Improv Theater
* Swann Galleries
* Vineyard Theatre

Hotels|

* George Washington Hotel
* Gramercy Park Hotel
* Hotel Deauville
* Hotel Giraffe
* Hotel Kenmore Hall
* Hotel Le Marquis
* James New York – NoMad
* Martha Washington Hotel
* The Roger Hotel
* W New York Union Square

Clubs|

* Colony Club
* National Arts Club
* The Players

Former|

* Benno
* The Coffee Shop
* Con Edison Energy Museum
* The Cutting Room
* Devi
* Fleur de Sel
* Jazz Standard
* Juni
* Veritas

Green spaces

* Asser Levy Recreation Center
* Bellevue South Park
* Gramercy Park
* Stuyvesant Cove Park
* Stuyvesant Square
* Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground

Education

| Primary and secondary education|

* 47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School
* Aaron School
* Baruch College Campus High School
* British International School of New York
* The Clinton School
* The École
* Friends Seminary
* Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
* Manhattan Trade School for Girls]
* PS 116
* Salk School of Science
* School of the Future
* United Nations International School
* Washington Irving Campus

|

Higher education|

* Baruch College
* William and Anita Newman Library
* High School for Health Professions and Human Services
* Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
* New York University College of Dentistry
* Norman Thomas High School

Religion

* Calvary Church
* Chapel of Free Grace
* Church of the Epiphany
* Church of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel
* Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen
* Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
* Church of the Transfiguration, Episcopal
* Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El
* First Zen Institute of America
* Madison Avenue Baptist Church
* St. George's Episcopal Church
* St. Sebastian Church

Health

* Bellevue Hospital
* New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
* NYU Langone Medical Center
* Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden
* Hassenfeld Children's Hospital
* New York University Grossman School of Medicine
* Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Transportation

| Subway stations|

* First Avenue
* Third Avenue
* 14th Street–Union Square
* 23rd Street (Broadway)
* 23rd Street (Park Avenue South)
* 28th Street
* 33rd Street

|

Other transport|

* East 34th Street Ferry Landing
* East 34th Street Heliport
* New York Skyports Seaplane Base

Streets|

* Avenue C
* FDR Drive
* Lexington Avenue
* Park Avenue South
* First Avenue
* Second Avenue
* Third Avenue
* 14th Street
* 23rd Street
* 34th Street

Related topics

* East 17th Street/Irving Place Historic District
* Gramercy Park
* Kips Bay
* Stuyvesant Square
* Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village

See also: Manhattan Community Board 6

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* e

Midtown (30th–42nd Sts) and Midtown South

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

| 8th Av – 5th Av|

* One Penn Plaza
* 5 Times Sq
* 11 Times Sq
* 15 Penn Plaza
* 130 W 30th St
* 350 5th Av
* 452 5th Av (HSBC Tower)
* 1065 6th Av
* 1095 6th Av
* American Radiator Building
* The Bryant
* Bryant Park Studios
* Bush Tower
* Candler Building
* The Continental NYC
* Empire State Building
* Engineering Societies' Building
* Engineers' Club Building
* The Epic
* Greenwich Savings Bank Building
* James A. Farley Building
* Lord & Taylor Building
* Macy's Herald Square
* Manhattan Mall
* Marbridge Building
* Million Dollar Corner
* Music Bldg
* Nelson Tower
* New York Times Bldg
* Pennsylvania Plaza
* Springs Mills Building
* Times Square Tower

|

5th Av – 3rd Av
(incl. Murray Hill)|

* One Grand Central Place
* 2 Park Av
* 3 Park Av
* 4 Park Av
* 10 E 40th St
* 18 E 41st St
* 29 E 32nd St (Grolier Club)
* 101 Park Av
* 110 E 42nd St
* 146 East 38th Street
* 152 East 38th Street
* 200 Madison Av
* 275 Madison Av
* 425 5th Av
* 461 5th Av
* Adelaide L. T. Douglas House
* Allerton 39th Street House
* Chanin Building
* Civic Club / Estonian House
* Colony Club
* Demarest Building
* George S. Bowdoin Stable
* Jonathan W. Allen Stable
* Joseph Raphael De Lamar House (Polish Consulate)
* Lefcourt Colonial Building
* Madison Belmont Building
* Pershing Square Building
* Robb House
* Socony–Mobil Building
* Tiffany and Company Building
* Union League Club
* Williams Club

Former|

* Bryant Hall Building
* Kaskel and Kaskel Building
* Latting Observatory
* Pennsylvania Station
* Waldorf–Astoria

Culture

| Shops, restaurants, nightlife|

* Ai Fiori
* Café China
* The Cutting Room
* J. Levine Books and Judaica
* Keens Steakhouse
* Lan Sheng
* Okdongsik
* Wolfgang's Steakhouse

|

Museums/cultural centers|

* Girl Scout Museum and Archives
* Houdini Museum of New York
* Morgan Library & Museum
* Museum of the Dog
* Scandinavia House

Hotels|

* Grand Hotel
* The Knickerbocker
* The Langham
* Library Hotel
* Martinique New York
* Hotel McAlpin
* Hotel Pennsylvania
* The Roger Hotel
* The Wilbraham
* Hotel Wolcott
* Wyndham New Yorker Hotel

Venues and theaters|

* AMC Empire 25
* New Amsterdam Theatre
* Nederlander Theatre
* Madison Square Garden
* The Theater at Madison Square Garden

Former|

* Anco Cinema
* Belmont Hotel
* Broadway Theatre
* Browne's Chop House
* Cafe Rouge
* Garrick Theatre
* Herald Square Theatre
* Hotel Pierrepont
* Kajitsu
* Liberty Theatre
* Maxine Elliott's Theatre
* Metropolitan Opera House
* Morgans Hotel
* Princess Theatre
* Reuben's Restaurant
* Sam H. Harris Theatre
* Savoy Theatre

Other points of interest

| Green spaces|

* Bryant Park

|

Education|

* CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
* CUNY School of Professional Studies
* Guttman Community College
* High School of Art and Design
* New York Public Library Main Branch
* Norman Thomas High School
* Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
* Stern College for Women
* William Esper Studio
* Wood Tobé–Coburn School

Religion|

* Armenian Evangelical Church of New York
* First Zen Institute of America
* Holy Innocents Church
* Millinery Center Synagogue
* Our Saviour Roman Catholic Church
* Redeemer Presbyterian Church
* St. Francis of Assisi Church

Transportation

| Subway stations|

* 33rd Street
* 34th Street–Penn Station
* 34th Street–Herald Square
* 34th Street–Penn Station
* 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue
* 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal
* Grand Central–42nd Street
* Times Square–42nd Street

|

Railroad/bus|

* Grand Central Madison
* Grand Central Terminal
* New York Penn Station
* Port Authority Bus Terminal

Streets and intersections|

* Third Avenue
* Fifth Avenue
* Sixth Avenue
* Seventh Avenue
* Eighth Avenue
* 34th
* 42nd
* Broadway
* Herald Square
* Lexington Avenue
* Madison Avenue
* Park Avenue
* Park Avenue Tunnel

Related topics

* Caspar Samler farm
* Garment District
* Koreatown
* Murray Hill
* Sniffen Court Historic District
* Tenderloin

See also: Manhattan Community Board 5

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* t
* e

Midtown (42nd–59th Streets)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

| West of
5th Av|

* 1 Worldwide Plz
* 2 Columbus Cir
* 5 Columbus Cir
* 5 W 54th St
* 7 W 54th St
* 10 W 56th St
* 11 W 54th St
* 12 W 56th St
* 13–15 W 54th St
* 30 W 44th St (Penn Club)
* 30 W 56th St
* 46 W 55th St
* 53W53
* 111 W 57th St
* 120 W 46th St
* 125 W 55th St
* 130 W 57th St
* 140 W 57th St
* 165 W 57th St
* 200 Central Park S
* 218 W 57th St
* 220 Central Park S
* 224 W 57th St
* 240 Central Park S
* 500 5th Av
* 520 5th Av
* 608 5th Av
* 650 5th Av
* 660 5th Av
* 712 5th Av
* 740 8th Av
* 750 7th Av
* 810 7th Av
* 888 7th Av
* 1166 6th Av
* 1301 6th Av
* 1345 6th Av
* 1717 Broadway
* 1740 Broadway
* Aeolian Hall
* Alwyn Court
* Americas Tower
* ARO
* Axa Equitable Center
* Bank of America Tower
* Bergdorf Goodman Bldg
* The Briarcliffe
* Brill Bldg
* Calvary Baptist Church
* Carnegie Hall Tower
* Central Park Place
* Central Park Tower
* CBS Bldg
* Church of St. Mary the Virgin
* Crown Bldg
* Coty Bldg
* Deutsche Bank Center
* Executive Plz
* Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
* Gainsborough Studios
* Hampshire House
* Hearst Tower
* Manufacturers Trust Bldg
* Mark Hellinger Theatre
* Times Square Church
* Metropolitan Tower
* New York City Bar Association Building
* New York Yacht Club Building
* One57
* The Osborne
* Paramount Plz
* Park House
* Philippine Center
* Random House Tower
* Rockefeller Apts
* Rodin Studios
* St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church
* St. Thomas Church
* Salmon Tower Bldg
* Solow Bldg
* Tower 49
* Tower Fifth
* Trump Parc
* W. R. Grace Bldg

| 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|

* One Vanderbilt
* 3 E 57th St
* 7 E 44th St
* 12 E 53rd St
* 18 E 50th St
* 19 E 54th St
* 100 E 53rd St (Selene)
* 138 E 50th St
* 175 Park Av
* 252 E 57th St
* 245 Park Av
* 270 Park Av
* 277 Park Av
* 299 Park Av
* 345 Park Av
* 383 Madison Av
* 399 Park Av
* 400 Madison Av
* 425 Park Av
* 432 Park Av
* 450 Lexington Av
* 450 Park Av
* 488 Madison Av (Look Bldg)
* 500 Park Av
* 525 Lexington Av
* 550 Madison Av (Sony Bldg)
* 569 Lexington Av
* 590 Madison Av (IBM Bldg)
* 599 Lexington Av
* 647 5th Av
* 689 5th Av
* 731 Lexington Av
* 919 3rd Av
* Apple Fifth Avenue
* Cartier Bldg
* CBS Studio Bldg
* Central Synagogue
* Charles Scribner's Sons Bldg
* Chrysler Bldg
* Church of Sweden in New York
* Citigroup Ctr
* CitySpire
* DuMont Bldg
* Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist
* Fred F. French Bldg
* Fuller Bldg
* General Electric Bldg
* General Motors Bldg
* Graybar Bldg
* Helmsley Bldg
* Lever House
* Lipstick Bldg
* LVMH Tower
* MetLife Bldg
* Modulightor Bldg
* William H. Moore House
* Olympic Tower
* Park Avenue Plz
* Park Avenue Tower
* Ritz Tower
* Saks Fifth Avenue
* St. Agnes Church
* St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
* St. Patrick's Cathedral
* Seagram Bldg
* Sutton 58
* Tiffany & Co.
* Trump Tower
* Villard Houses
* William and Helen Ziegler House

Former|

* Grand Central Palace
* Hotel Marguery
* Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont House
* Sherwood Studio Building
* St. Nicholas Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
* Studebaker Building
* Temple Emanu-El
* Union Carbide Building
* Vanderbilt Triple Palace
* William K. Vanderbilt House
* West Presbyterian Church

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
* Victoria
* Ziegfeld (1927)
* Ziegfeld (1969)

Hotels

| Current|

* Algonquin Hotel
* Allerton Hotel for Women
* The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York
* Cassa Hotel & Residences
* The Chatwal New York
* Club Quarters, Midtown
* Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan
* Four Seasons Hotel New York
* Hotel Edison
* Hotel Elysée
* Hotel Gerard
* Hyatt Grand Central New York
* InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel
* JW Marriott Essex House
* The Iroquois New York
* Lexington Hotel
* Lombardy Hotel
* Lotte New York Palace Hotel
* Luxor Hotel
* Mansfield Hotel
* The Michelangelo
* Millennium Times Square New York
* New York Hilton Midtown
* New York Marriott Marquis
* Paramount Hotel
* Park Central Hotel
* Park Lane Hotel
* The Peninsula New York
* Plaza Hotel
* The Quin
* The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park
* Roger Smith Hotel
* Row NYC Hotel
* Royalton Hotel
* St. Regis New York
* Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
* Sofitel New York Hotel
* Thompson Central Park New York Hotel
* Waldorf Astoria New York
* Warwick New York Hotel

|

Former|

* DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Metropolitan New York City
* Hotel Carter
* Hotel Claridge
* Hotel Manhattan
* Hotel Metropole
* New York Biltmore Hotel
* New York Marriott East Side
* Omni Berkshire Place
* Pabst Hotel
* Ritz-Carlton Hotel
* Roosevelt Hotel
* Savoy-Plaza Hotel
* Times Square Hotel
* Weylin Hotel
* Windsor Hotel

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

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Upper East Side (including Carnegie Hill, Lenox Hill, and Yorkville)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

| 59th–72nd Sts|

* 19 East 64th Street
* 36 East 72nd Street
* 131 East 66th Street
* 520 Park Avenue
* 535 Park Avenue
* 550 Park Avenue
* 620 Park Avenue
* 625 Park Avenue
* 655 Park Avenue
* 720 Park Avenue
* 730 Park Avenue
* 737 Park Avenue
* 740 Park Avenue
* 810 Fifth Avenue
* 820 Fifth Avenue
* 825 Fifth Avenue
* 834 Fifth Avenue
* 880 Fifth Avenue
* 907 Fifth Avenue
* Arthur Curtiss James House
* Barbizon 63
* Edward J. Berwind House
* Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House
* Harold Pratt House
* Henry Clay Frick House
* Herbert N. Straus House
* Imperial House
* Manhattan House
* Marshall Orme Wilson House
* Millan House
* Park Avenue Armory
* Park Avenue Houses
* Henry P. Davison House
* Oliver D. Filley House
* Percy R. Pyne House
* William Sloane House
* Park Cinq
* The Pierre
* Rowhouses at 322–344 East 69th Street
* Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House
* Trump Palace Condominiums
* Trump Park Avenue
* Trump Plaza
* United States Post Office

|

72nd–86th Sts|

* 10 Gracie Square
* 903 Park Avenue
* 927 Fifth Avenue
* 930 Fifth Avenue
* 960 Fifth Avenue
* 970 Park Avenue
* 980 Madison Avenue
* 995 Fifth Avenue
* 998 Fifth Avenue
* 1000 Park Avenue
* 1020 Fifth Avenue
* 1040 Fifth Avenue
* 1049 Fifth Avenue
* Belaire Apartments
* Benjamin N. Duke House
* Casa 74
* The Charles
* Cherokee Apartments
* Clarence Whitman Mansion
* Consulate General of France, New York City
* East 73rd Street Historic District
* East 80th Street Houses
* Edward S. Harkness House
* The Forum at 343 East 74th Street
* Harry F. Sinclair House
* Henry T. Sloane House
* Houses at 157–165 East 78th Street
* Houses at 208–218 East 78th Street
* James B. Duke House
* Joseph Pulitzer House
* Lewis G. Morris House
* Nathaniel L. McCready House
* Oliver Gould Jennings House
* Payne Whitney House
* Raymond C. and Mildred Kramer House
* Stuyvesant Fish House
* William Starr Miller House
* Yorkville Bank Building

86th–96th Sts|

* Andrew Carnegie Mansion
* Carnegie Hill Tower
* Edith Fabbri House
* Felix M. Warburg House
* George F. Baker Jr. Houses
* Gracie Mansion
* Holmes Towers
* Isaacs Houses
* James A. Burden House
* John Henry Hammond House
* Lucy Drexel Dahlgren House
* Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House
* Municipal Asphalt Plant
* Ogden Codman House
* Otto H. Kahn House
* Willard D. Straight House
* William Goadby Loew House
* Yorkville Bank Building

Former|

* C. Ledyard Blair House
* Elbridge T. Gerry Mansion
* George Blumenthal House
* George J. Gould House
* Henry Phipps House
* Hotel New Netherland
* Isaac Stern House
* James Speyer House
* Jay Gould House
* Lenox Library
* Mrs. William B. Astor House
* Ogden Mills House
* William A. Clark House
* William C. Whitney House
* William Salomon House
* William Ziegler House

Culture

| Shops, restaurants|

* A La Vieille Russie
* Albertine Books
* Bemelmans Bar
* Brasserie Julien
* Café Boulud
* Caravaggio
* Carlyle Restaurant
* Daniel
* Dorrian's Red Hand Restaurant
* Galerie Chalette
* J.G. Melon
* JoJo
* King's Carriage House
* La Goulue
* Lusardi's
* Kappo Masa Restaurant
* Orwashers Bakery
* Sasabune
* Serendipity 3
* Sushi of Gari
* Sushi Noz
* Sushi Seki
* Le Veau d'Or

|

Museums|

* Bernard Museum of Judaica
* Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
* Frick Collection
* Jewish Museum
* Metropolitan Museum of Art
* The Met Fifth Avenue
* Mount Vernon Hotel Museum
* Neue Galerie New York
* Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Theaters/performing arts|

* 59E59 Theaters
* Bohemian National Hall
* East 74th Street Theater

Galleries|

* Acquavella Galleries
* Anita Shapolsky Gallery
* Di Donna Galleries
* Doyle New York
* Florian Papp
* Gagosian Gallery
* Jane Kahan Gallery
* Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery
* Kraushaar Galleries
* Venus Over Manhattan

Hotels|

* Bentley Hotel
* Carlyle Hotel
* Lowell Hotel
* The Mark Hotel
* Hotel Plaza Athénée

Social clubs|

* 92nd Street Y
* Cosmopolitan Club
* Harmonie Club
* Knickerbocker Club
* Lotos Club
* Metropolitan Club

Former|

* Bodley Gallery
* Brasserie Julien
* Buck House NYC
* Cachaça
* The Colony
* Dangerfield's
* Elaine's
* Etats-Unis
* Magic Towne House
* Maxwell's Plum
* Met Breuer
* Quo Vadis
* Regine's
* Salon 94
* The Sign of the Dove
* Stable Gallery

Green spaces/recreation

* Carl Schurz Park
* Central Park
* John Jay Park

Education

| Libraries|

* Frick Art Reference Library
* Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive
* New York Society Library
* Robert Goldwater Library
* Thomas J. Watson Library
* Yorkville Library

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Primary and secondary|

* Allen-Stevenson School
* Brearley School
* Birch Wathen Lenox School
* Buckley School
* Caedmon School* Chapin School
* Dalton School
* Eleanor Roosevelt High School
* Hewitt School
* Hunter College Elementary School
* Hunter College High School
* Julia Richman Education Complex
* Talent Unlimited High School
* Urban Academy Laboratory High School
* La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi
* Loyola School
* Lycée Français de New York
* Marymount School of New York
* Nightingale-Bamford School
* PS 6
* PS 158
* Ramaz School
* Regis High School
* St. Jean Baptiste High School
* St. Vincent Ferrer High School
* Sephardic Academy of Manhattan
* Spence School
* The Town School
* Trevor Day School

Post-secondary|

* Hunter College
* Assembly Hall
* Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
* Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
* Marymount Manhattan College
* New York School of Interior Design
* Rockefeller University
* Nurses Residence
* Welch Hall

Other institutions|

* Cornell School of Nursing
* Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance
* National Academy of Design

Religion

| Churches, chapels|

* Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
* Brick Presbyterian Church
* Central Presbyterian Church
* Christ Church United Methodist
* Church of the Epiphany
* Church of the Heavenly Rest
* Church of Our Lady of Peace
* Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
* Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
* Holy Trinity Church, St. Christopher House and Parsonage
* Jan Hus Presbyterian Church
* Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
* Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
* Park Avenue Christian Church
* St. Catherine of Siena Church
* St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church
* St. James' Episcopal Church
* St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church
* St. Joseph Church
* St. Mary Church
* St. Monica Church
* St. Stephen of Hungary Church
* St. Thomas More Church
* Unitarian Church of All Souls
* Zion-St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Synagogues|

* Altneu
* Congregation Emanu-El of New York
* Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
* Congregation Or Zarua
* Edmond J. Safra Synagogue
* Fifth Avenue Synagogue
* Park Avenue Synagogue
* Park East Synagogue
* Temple Beth-El
* Temple Israel of the City of New York
* Temple Shaaray Tefila

Other|

* New York Zendo Shobo-Ji

Health

* Gracie Square Hospital
* Hospital for Special Surgery
* Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery
* Lenox Hill Hospital
* Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
* Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
* Weill Cornell Medical Center

| Defunct|

* James Ewing Hospital
* Madison Avenue Hospital
* Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic
* Trafalgar Hospital

|

Transportation

| Subway stations|

* Fifth Avenue/59th Street
* Lexington Avenue/59th Street
* Lexington Avenue/63rd Street
* Lexington Avenue/68th Street
* Lexington Avenue/77th Street
* Lexington Avenue/86th Street
* Lexington Avenue/96th Street
* Second Avenue/72nd Street
* Second Avenue/86th Street
* Second Avenue/96th Street

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Streets|

* 66th Street
* 72nd Street
* 74th Street
* 79th Street
* 85th Street
* 86th Street
* 89th Street
* 93rd Street
* 95th Street
* 96th Street
* FDR Drive
* East End Avenue
* York Avenue
* First Avenue
* Second Avenue
* Third Avenue
* Lexington Avenue
* Park Avenue
* Madison Avenue
* Fifth Avenue

Other

* 107th Infantry Memorial
* Richard Morris Hunt Memorial

Related topics

* East 73rd Street Historic District
* Hardenbergh/Rhinelander Historic District
* Treadwell Farm Historic District
* Upper East Side Historic District

See also: Manhattan Community Board 8

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Structures on Park Avenue in Manhattan

Below 32nd Street|

* 770 Broadway
* Daryl Roth Theatre
* 44 Union Square
* 200 South (Everett)
* 201 South (W New York)
* 225 South
* 281 South (Church Missions House)
* Fotografiska New York
* 287 South (United Charities Building)
* 300 South
* 316 South (Met Life South Building)
* 324 South (Met Life North Building)
* 365 South (Hotel Giraffe)
* 370 South (New York Life Building)

32nd–59th Streets|

* 2
* 3
* 4
* 41 (Robb House)
* 57 (Douglas House)
* 58 (Scandinavia House)
* 59 (Our Saviour Roman Catholic Church)
* Union League Club
* 101
* 125 (Pershing Square Building)
* 175 (proposed)
* 200 (MetLife Building)
* 230 (Helmsley Building)
* 245
* 270
* 277
* 299
* 301 (Waldorf Astoria)
* St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
* 345
* Park Avenue Plaza
* 370 (Racquet and Tennis Club)
* 375 (Seagram Building)
* 390 (Lever House)
* 399
* Park Avenue Tower
* 425
* 432
* 450
* 465 (Ritz Tower)
* 500

Above 59th Street|

* 502 (Trump Park Avenue)
* 520
* 535
* 550
* 593 (Central Presbyterian Church)
* 620
* 625
* 643 (Park Avenue Armory)
* 655
* Harold Pratt House
* Park Avenue Houses
* 680 (Percy R. Pyne House)
* 684 (Oliver D. Filley House)
* 686 (William Sloane House)
* 690 (Henry P. Davison House)
* 720
* 730
* 737
* 740
* 903
* 970
* 980 (Church of St. Ignatius Loyola)
* 1000
* Lewis G. Morris House
* 1010 (Park Avenue Christian Church)
* Brick Presbyterian Church
* George F. Baker Jr. Houses

Transportation|

| Subway stations|

* 18th Street (former)
* 23rd Street
* 28th Street
* 33rd Street
* Grand Central–42nd Street

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Railroad stations|

* Grand Central Terminal
* Grand Central Madison
* 59th Street (unused)
* 72nd Street (former)
* 86th Street (former)
* 110th Street (former)
* Harlem–125th Street

Bridges and tunnels|

* Subway tunnel (14th–42nd)
* Road tunnel (30th–42nd)
* Road viaduct (40th–46th)
* Railroad tunnel and viaduct
* Railroad bridge

Former/unbuilt|

* Belmont Hotel
* 42nd Street Airlines Terminal
* 175 (Grand Central Tower)
* 112 South (Murray Hill Hotel)
* 270 (Hotel Marguery)
* 270 (Union Carbide Building)
* 430 (Hoffman Auto Showroom)

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Streets of Manhattan

* Commissioners' Plan of 1811
* List of eponymous streets in New York City
* List of numbered streets in Manhattan

North–south|

| Major avenues|

* 1st Av
* 2nd Av
* 3rd Av
* Lexington Av
* Park Av
* Madison Av
* 5th Av
* Broadway
* 6th Av (Av of the Americas)
* Lenox Av
* 7th Av (Fashion Av)
* 8th Av
* 9th Av
* 10th Av
* 11th Av
* 12th Av

|

Financial District|

* South
* Pearl
* Broad
* William
* Nassau
* Theatre Alley
* Whitehall
* Canyon of Heroes
* State
* West

Lower East Side|

* Allen
* Pike
* Baxter
* Centre Market Pl
* Bowery
* Centre
* Division
* Chrystie
* Coenties Slip
* Eldridge
* Elizabeth
* Essex
* Forsyth
* Lafayette
* Doyers
* Rivington
* Ludlow
* Mott
* Mulberry
* Orchard
* Park Row
* Spring
* Cherry

Lower West Side|

* Cortlandt Alley
* Trinity Pl
* Church
* Greenwich
* Hudson
* Jones
* MacDougal
* Patchin Pl
* Sullivan
* Gay
* Thompson
* Varick
* Washington
* W Broadway
* LaGuardia Pl
* Weehawken
* West Side Hwy
* Bank
* 13th Av

East Village / Gramercy|

* Ave D
* Ave C
* Ave B
* Ave A
* Asser Levy Pl
* Shevchenko Pl
* Irving Pl
* 4th Av
* Union Square E
* Park Av S
* University Pl
* Union Square W

Midtown|

* Beekman Pl
* Sutton Pl
* Park Av Viaduct
* Park Av Tunnel
* Vanderbilt Av
* Rockefeller Plz
* 6½ Av
* Great White Way
* Shubert Alley
* Dyer Av
* Hudson Blvd

Upper East / Upper West|

* East End Av
* York Av
* Museum Mile
* East Dr
* Center Dr
* West Dr
* Central Park W
* Columbus Av
* Amsterdam Av
* West End Av
* Riverside Dr

Harlem / Wash. Hts.|

* Pleasant Av
* Lenox Av (Malcolm X Blvd)
* Powell Blvd
* Douglass Blvd
* Morningside Dr
* Audubon Av
* St. Nicholas Av (Duarte Blvd)
* Claremont Av
* Ft. Washington Av
* Cabrini Blvd
* Sylvan Pl
* Tiemann Pl

East–west|

| Financial District|

* Bridge
* Stone
* Marketfield
* Beaver
* Exchange Pl
* Wall
* Albany
* Liberty
* Cortlandt St/Wy
* Maiden La
* Dey
* Fulton
* Vesey
* Ann

|

Downtown|

* Spruce
* Roosevelt
* Chambers
* E Broadway
* Henry
* Madison
* Cherry
* Worth
* N Moore
* Broome
* Canal
* Hester
* Grand
* Delancey
* Stanton
* Houston
* Vandam
* Bleecker
* Bond
* Great Jones
* 4th
* Waverly Pl
* Washington Square N
* Astor Pl
* Washington Mews
* Stuyvesant
* Macdougal Alley
* 8th
* St. Mark's Pl
* Greenwich Av
* Christopher
* Charles
* 14th

Midtown|

* 23rd
* 34th
* 42nd
* 45th (George Abbott Way)
* 47th
* 50th
* 51st
* 52nd (Swing Alley / St of Jazz)
* 53rd
* 54th
* 55th
* 57th
* 59th (Central Park S)

Uptown|

* 66th / Peter Jennings Way
* 72nd
* 74th
* 79th
* 85th
* 86th
* 89th
* 93rd
* 95th
* 96th
* 110th (Cathedral Pkwy / Central Park N)
* 116th
* 125th (Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd)
* 130th (Astor Row)
* 132nd
* 133rd
* 139th (Strivers' Row)
* 145th
* 155th
* Bogardus Pl
* Dyckman
* Plaza Lafayette

Intersections|

| Circles|

* Columbus
* Duke Ellington
* Frederick Douglass

|

Squares|

* Chatham
* Cooper
* Duarte
* Duffy
* Foley
* Gramercy Park
* Grand Army Plz
* Hanover
* Herald
* Hudson
* Jackson
* Lincoln
* Madison
* Mulry
* Pershing
* Petrosino
* Sherman
* Stuyvesant
* Times
* Tompkins
* Union
* Verdi
* Washington
* Zuccotti Park

* Italics indicate streets no longer in existence.
* All entries are streets, circles, or squares unless otherwise noted
* See also: Manhattan address algorithm

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Streets of the Bronx

North–south|

* Arthur Avenue
* Broadway
* Boston Road
* Esplanade
* Grand Concourse
* Jerome Avenue
* Park Avenue
* Mosholu Parkway
* Sedgwick Avenue
* Sheridan Boulevard
* Southern Boulevard
* Third Avenue
* Webster Avenue
* White Plains Road

East–west|

* Fordham Road
* Gun Hill Road
* Pelham Parkway
* Shore Road
* Tremont Avenue
* Westchester Avenue
* 133rd Street
* 161st Street
* East 233rd Street

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