Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Neighborhood and central business district
	Midtown Manhattan, October 2019
	42nd Street at 7th Avenue in the Broadway Theater District of Midtown Manhattan
	Interactive map of Midtown Manhattan
	Coordinates: 40°45′17″N 73°59′03″W / 40.7547°N 73.9842°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Manhattan
Community District	Manhattan 5
Area
• Total	2.254 sq mi (5.84 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	104,753
• Density	46,470/sq mi (17,940/km2)
Ethnicity
• White	64.1
• Asian	20.8
• Hispanic	8.1
• Black	4.6
• Others	2.4
Economics
• Median income	$120,854
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	10001, 10016–10019, 10022, 10036, several smaller ZIP Codes
Area code	212, 332, 646, and 917

Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan, which serves as the city's primary central business district. Midtown is home to some of the city's most prominent buildings, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, the headquarters of the United Nations, Grand Central Terminal, and Rockefeller Center, as well as several prominent tourist destinations, including Broadway, Times Square, and Koreatown. Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan is the busiest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere.^[4]

Midtown Manhattan is the largest central business district in the world and ranks among the world's most expensive locations for real estate; Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan has commanded the world's highest retail rents and had been ranked as the most expensive shopping street in the world before falling to second in 2024.^[5]^[6] Midtown Manhattan is the country's largest commercial, entertainment, and media center, and is also a growing financial and fintech center.^[7]

Many of New York City's skyscrapers, including its tallest hotels and apartment towers, are located in Midtown Manhattan. The neighborhood hosts commuters and residents working in its offices, hotels, and retail establishments, as well as tourists and students. Times Square, the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District,^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] is a major center of the world's entertainment industry.^[13] Sixth Avenue also has the headquarters of three of the four major U.S. television networks.

Midtown is part of Manhattan Community District 5.^[2] It is patrolled by the 14th and 18th precincts of the New York City Police Department.

Location

Geographically, the northern boundary of Midtown Manhattan is commonly defined to be 59th Street; its southern boundary is less clear, and is variously taken to be 34th Street, 23rd Street, or even 14th Street.^{[according to whom?]} Midtown spans the entire island of Manhattan along an east–west axis, bounded by the East River on its east and the Hudson River to its west.^{[according to whom?]} The Encyclopedia of New York City defines Midtown as extending from 34th Street to 59th Street and from 3rd Avenue to 8th Avenue.^[14]

Neighborhoods

30 Rockefeller Plaza (former GE Building) at Rockefeller Center

Skyscrapers line Sixth Avenue in the heart of Midtown

In addition to its central business district, Midtown Manhattan encompasses many neighborhoods, including Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea on the West Side, and Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Turtle Bay, and Gramercy Park on the East Side. It is 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.

Neighborhoods in the Midtown area include the following:

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 Theater District from West 42nd Street to around West 53rd Street (according to some until Central Park at Central Park South/59th Street), and from Eighth Avenue to 6th 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 to West 34th Street and from 9th Avenue to 5th Avenue
- Herald Square around the intersection of Broadway, Sixth Avenue, and West 34th Street
- Murray Hill from East 42nd Street to East 34th Street and Fifth Avenue to Second 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 3rd 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 6th 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 surrounding 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 to 23rd Street; and the Tenderloin, from 23rd to 42nd Street and from Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue.

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