Midtown Manhattan
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Midtown is a neighborhood in
Manhattan,
New York City that has such world-famous commercial buildings as
Rockefeller Center,
Radio City Music Hall, and the
Empire State Building.
The exact size of the Midtown area is disputed, as is the case to some extent with every neighborhood. Most agree that the core commercial area extends from 40th Street up to the southern edge of
Central Park on 59th Street and from Third Avenue in the east to Ninth Avenue in the west, but some take a broader view and classify Midtown as the whole area of Manhattan in the 30s, 40s, and 50s between the
Hudson and
East Rivers. Midtown is sometimes broken into "Midtown East" and "Midtown West" or into more traditional neighborhood distinctions like
Turtle Bay,
Murray Hill-
Kips Bay,
Hell's Kitchen-Clinton, and others.
Nonwithstanding any discrepancies over its area and boundaries, Midtown Manhattan is indisputably the busiest single commercial district in the United States. The great majority of the city's skyscrapers, including most of its hotels and many apartment towers, lie within Midtown. More than 3 million 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.
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View of Midtown from Empire State Building. |
Other important sights in Midtown:
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Museum of Modern Art*
St. Patrick's Cathedral*
Grand Central Terminal*
New York Public Library*
Chrysler Building*
Time Warner Center*
United Nations Headquarters*
Carnegie Hall*
Manhattan Center*
Times Square* Shops like
F.A.O. Schwarz on
Fifth AvenueImportant streets and thoroughfares in Midtown:
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Madison Avenue*
Fifth Avenue*
Broadway*
Park Avenue*
34th Street*
42nd Street*
Air visit of 'Midtown Manhattan' in Photographs
