Midtown Manhattan

{{original research|date=August 2011}} [[Image:Manhattan3 amk.jpg|thumb|300px|Midtown Manhattan with the [[Empire State Building]], [[Chrysler Building]], [[MetLife Building]], and [[Bank of America Tower, New York City|Bank of America Tower]] under construction visible.]] '''Midtown Manhattan''', or simply '''Midtown''', is an area of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]] home to world-famous commercial zones such as [[Rockefeller Center]], [[Broadway (New York City)|Broadway]], and [[Times Square]]. Midtown Manhattan is home to the city's tallest and most famous buildings such as the [[Empire State Building]] and [[Chrysler Building]]. Midtown, along with [[Upper Manhattan|"Uptown"]] and [[Lower Manhattan|"Downtown"]], is one of the three major subdivisions of Manhattan (though "Uptown" and "Downtown" can also be used as adjectives or adverbs, and can take on completely different meanings in the other boroughs, whereas the term "Midtown" cannot) and can be understood as those parts of Manhattan in neither of these two other regions - that is, all areas between [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]] and [[59th Street (Manhattan)|59th Street]], from the [[Hudson River]] to the [[East River]], about five square miles or 12 km². The core of Midtown Manhattan is from about [[31st Street (Manhattan)|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 [[47th Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] and 59th Street, from [[Third Avenue (Manhattan)|Third Avenue]] to [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]], about a square kilometer or half a square mile. As New York's largest [[central business district]], Midtown Manhattan is indisputably the busiest single commercial district in the United States, and among the most intensely and diversely used pieces of real estate in the world. The great majority of New York City's [[skyscrapers]], including its tallest hotels and apartment towers, lie within Midtown. More than 700,000 commuters work in its offices, hotels, and retail establishments; the area also hosts many tourists, visiting residents, and students. Some areas, especially [[Times Square]] and [[Fifth Avenue]], have massive clusters of retail establishments. [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] in Midtown holds the headquarters of three of the four major [[television network]]s, and is one of a few global centers of news and entertainment. It is also a growing center of finance, second in importance within the United States only to Downtown Manhattan's Financial District. Times Square is also the epicenter of [[Broadway theatre|American theater]]. [[Road congestion]] is common, especially for [[Crosstown traffic (Manhattan)|crosstown traffic]]. In 2011, a new system of [[traffic light]] control, known as "Midtown in Motion" was announced, with the aim of reducing traffic congestion. ==Cityscape== [[File:NYC Top of the Rock Pano.jpg|thumb|center|800px|A panoramic view of the Midtown Manhattan skyline with views of [[Brooklyn]], [[Lower Manhattan]], and [[Jersey City]] in the distance.]] [[File:New York Midtown Skyline at night - Jan 2006 edit1.jpg|thumb|800px|View of the Midtown Manhattan skyline, looking north from the [[Empire State Building]].]] ==Neighborhoods== [[Image:GE Building by David Shankbone.JPG|thumb|[[Rockefeller Center]]'s vicinity contains some of the city's most recognizable landmarks, including the [[GE Building]].]] [[Image:Msg2005d.JPG|thumb|right|225px|[[Madison Square Garden]]]] [[Image:Times Square Overview.JPG|thumb|right|225px|[[Times Square]], one of the busiest intersections in the world]] [[Image:59th Street–Columbus Circle (New York City Subway) by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|right|[[59th Street – Columbus Circle (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Columbus Circle subway station]], one of the city's busiest]] [[Image:6th Avenue from 49th.jpg|thumb|Skyscrapers line [[Sixth Avenue, New York|Sixth Avenue]], in the heart of midtown]] [[File:koreatown manhattan 2009.JPG|thumb|"Korea Way" on [[32nd Street (Manhattan)|32nd Street]] in [[Koreatown, Manhattan|Manhattan's Koreatown]], 2009.]] [[Image:NYC diamond district.jpg|thumb|The Diamond District]] [[Image:Midtown Rainbow Weeh jeh.JPG|thumb|Western midtown]] [[File:МidtownManhattanFromGantryPlaza.JPG|thumb|Eastern midtown]] Midtown encompasses many neighborhoods including [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]] and [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] on the West Side, and [[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]], [[Kips Bay, Manhattan|Kips Bay]], [[Turtle Bay, Manhattan|Turtle Bay]], and [[Gramercy, Manhattan|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 (Manhattan)|59th Street]] to the north and [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] to the south, from west to east: **[[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]] from the [[Hudson River]] to [[8th Avenue]], including ***[[Theatre Row (New York City)|Theatre Row]] on West 42nd Street between [[Eleventh Avenue (Manhattan)|11th Avenue]] and [[Ninth Avenue (Manhattan)|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, New York|Theatre District]] from West 42nd Street to around [[53rd Street (Manhattan)|West 53rd Street]] (according to some until [[Central Park]] at [[Central Park South]]/[[59th Street (Manhattan)|59th Street]]), and from [[8th Avenue]] to [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] **The [[Diamond District]] on [[47th Street (Manhattan)|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, Manhattan|Sutton Place]] near the East River between [[53rd Street (Manhattan)|East 53rd Street]] and [[59th Street (Manhattan)|East 59th Street]] ***[[Turtle Bay, Manhattan|Turtle Bay]] from 53rd Street to 42nd Street and from [[Lexington Avenue]] to the East River ***[[Tudor City]] from [[First Avenue (Manhattan)|1st Avenue]] to [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|2nd Avenue]] and [[40th Street (Manhattan)|East 40th Street]] to East 43rd Street *Between 42nd Street north and around [[34th Street (Manhattan)|34th Street]], from west to east, and north to south: **[[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]] from the [[Hudson River]] to [[8th Avenue]] **The [[Garment District, Manhattan|Garment District]] from West 42nd Street and West 34th Street and [[Ninth Avenue (Manhattan)|9th Avenue]] to [[Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)|5th Avenue]] **[[Herald Square]] around the intersection of [[Broadway (New York City)|Broadway]], 6th Avenue and West 34th Street **[[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]] from East 42nd Street to East 34th Street and 5th Avenue to 2nd Avenue *Between 34th Street and [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]], from west to east: **[[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] between the Hudson River and Sixth Avenue **[[Koreatown, Manhattan|Koreatown]] from [[36th Street (Manhattan)|36th Street]] to [[31st Street (Manhattan)|31st Street]] and 5th and 6th Avenues, centered on "Korea Way" on [[32nd Street (Manhattan)|32nd Street]] between 5th Avenue and Broadway **[[Gramercy, Manhattan|Rose Hill]] or Curry Hill between [[Madison Avenue]] and [[1st Avenue (Manhattan)|1st Avenue]] **[[Kips Bay]] from [[Third Avenue (Manhattan)|3rd Avenue]] to the [[East River]] *Between 23rd Street and [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]], going west to east and north to south: **[[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] between the Hudson River and Sixth Avenue **The [[Meatpacking District, Manhattan|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 (New York City)|Union Square]], to the northeast of the intersection of Broadway, East 14th Street and [[Park Avenue South]] **[[Gramercy, Manhattan|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 (Manhattan)|Fifth Avenue]] from [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]] to [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]] and the [[Tenderloin, Manhattan|Tenderloin]], from [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]] to [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] and [[Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)|Fifth Avenue]] to [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]]. {{Further|[[List of Manhattan neighborhoods]]}} Other important sights in Midtown: * [[Empire State Building]] * [[Museum of Modern Art]] * [[St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York|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 (New York City)|Pennsylvania Station]] * [[Plaza Hotel]] * [[The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel]] * [[Bryant Park]] * [[Trump Tower (New York)|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 club]]s 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 City|Penn Club of New York]] **The [[Princeton Club|Princeton Club of New York]] **The [[Racquet and Tennis Club]] **The [[Joseph Lubin|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 (Manhattan)|Madison Avenue]] * [[Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)|Fifth Avenue]] * [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] * [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Park Avenue]] * [[Vanderbilt Avenue (Manhattan)|Vanderbilt Avenue]] * [[34th Street (Manhattan)|34th Street]] * [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] ==Economy== {{Expand section|date=December 2009}} [[Image:Reuters building Times Square-7th Av.JPG|thumb|left||upright|[[Thomson Reuters]] Building at [[Times Square]]]] ===Corporate headquarters=== Midtown Manhattan has the headquarters of several companies, including [[4Kids Entertainment]], [[Barnes & Noble]], [[Bloomberg LP]], [[Calvin Klein]], [[Cantor Fitzgerald]], [[CBS Corporation]], [[Citigroup]], [[Colgate-Palmolive]], [[Cushman & Wakefield]], [[DC Comics]], [[Deloitte]], [[Duane Reade]], [[Estée Lauder Companies]], [[Foot Locker]], [[Frederator Studios]], [[JPMorgan Chase]], [[Hess Corporation]], [[Kroll Inc.]], [[L-3 Communications]], [[Marsh & McLennan Companies]], [[Marvel Entertainment]], [[McGraw-Hill]], [[MetLife]], [[MidOcean Partners]], [[Morgan Stanley]], [[NBC Universal]], [[The New York Times Company]], [[NexCen Brands]], [[Pfizer]], [[Polo Ralph Lauren]], [[Saks Incorporated]] ([[Saks Fifth Avenue]]), [[The Sharper Image]], [[Simon & Schuster]], [[Six Flags]], [[TBWA Worldwide]], [[Thomson Reuters]], [[Time Warner]], [[Time Warner Cable]], [[Univision Communications]], and [[Viacom]]. The [[New York Institute of Finance]] is located in Midtown Manhattan. ===Foreign subsidiary operations=== [[File:Greenwich-bank1.jpg|thumb|The [[Haier]] Building]] [[Haier]] operates its United States offices in the Haier Building at 1356 Broadway; the building previously was a building of the [[Greenwich Savings Bank]]. Haier held the opening ceremony on March 4, 2002. [[Sumitomo Corporation]] operates its New York Office, the headquarters of the corporation's United States operations, at 600 Third Avenue, 10016 in the [[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]] neighborhood. [[El Al]]'s North American headquarters are in Midtown. The [[Air France]] USA regional headquarters are in [[125 West 55th Street]] in Midtown Manhattan. [[Hachette Book Group]] has its headquarters in [[237 Park Avenue]]. In 1994 [[Alitalia]] considered moving its USA headquarters from Midtown to [[Lower Manhattan]], but decided to keep the offices where they were at the last minute. [[Global Infrastructure Partners]] has an office in Midtown Manhattan. ===Former economic operations=== [[File:Walter Gropius photo MetLife Building fassade New York USA 2005-10-03.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The [[MetLife Building]], headquarters of [[Metlife]]; formerly Pan Am Building and headquarters of [[Pan American World Airways]]]] American companies formerly headquartered in Midtown Manhattan include [[American Airlines]], [[American Comics Group]], [[American Overseas Airlines]], [[Central Park Media]], [[Eastern Airlines]], [[GoodTimes Entertainment]], [[LJN]], [[NewKidCo]], [[Pan American World Airways]], Philip Morris Companies (now [[Altria Group]]), [[Trans Caribbean Airways]], and [[Trans World Airlines]]. [[Aer Lingus]] formerly had its United States offices in Midtown. In 1997 [[Aer Lingus]] announced that it was moving its North American headquarters to [[Melville, New York|Melville]], [[Huntington, New York|Town of Huntington]], New York. ==Diplomatic missions== Several countries, [[Argentina]], [[Diplomatic missions of the Bahamas|The Bahamas]], [[Diplomatic missions of the People's Republic of China|People's Republic of China]], [[Diplomatic missions of Costa Rica|Costa Rica]], [[Diplomatic missions of Germany|Germany]], [[Diplomatic missions of Ireland|Republic of Ireland]], [[Israel]], [[Diplomatic missions of Jamaica|Jamaica]], [[Diplomatic missions of Japan|Japan]], [[Diplomatic missions of Luxembourg|Luxembourg]], [[Diplomatic missions of Mexico|Mexico]], [[Diplomatic missions of Morocco|Morocco]], [[Diplomatic missions of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]], [[Diplomatic missions of Singapore|Singapore]], [[Diplomatic missions of South Africa|South Africa]], [[Diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], [[Diplomatic missions of Ukraine|Ukraine]], have consulates-general in Midtown Manhattan accredited to the United States. In addition the [[Diplomatic missions of the Republic of China|Taipei Economic and Cultural Office]] of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is in Midtown Manhattan. ==Government and infrastructure== [[File:Farley PO jeh.JPG|thumb|[[James A. Farley Post Office]]]] The [[Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration]] operates its New York office on the 22nd floor at 135 West 50th Street. The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the [[James A. Farley Post Office]], New York City's main post office, in Midtown Manhattan. The post office stopped 24 hour service beginning on May 9, 2009 due to decreasing mail traffic. ==Education== The [[New York City Department of Education]] operates public schools in Midtown Manhattan. The [[New York Public Library]] operates the Mid-Manhattan Library at 455 Fifth Avenue at 40th Street. The system also operates the 58th Street Branch Library at 127 East 58th Street, between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue. ==See also== {{Portal|New York City}} *[[East Side (Manhattan)]] *[[Lower Manhattan]] *[[West Side (Manhattan)]] {{clear}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Midtown Manhattan}} {{manhattan}} {{coord missing|New York City}}