Midtown Manhattan, New York City

Midtown Manhattan is the central part of Manhattan, home to some of NYC's most prominent buildings, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Hudson Yards, the headquarters of the United Nations, MetLife Building, Waldorf Astoria, Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, as well as several prominent tourist destinations including Broadway Theater District, Museum of Modern Art, Madison Square Garden, Times Square, the New York Public Library Main Branch and many others. Penn Station is the busiest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere.

Its boundaries are loosely defined as the area between Hudson and East rivers, below 59th Street and above 23rd Street (or above somewhere between the 14th and 34th streets).

Midtown's development gained momentum after the first subway line opened in 1904. The same year, the old Long Acre Square was renamed Times Square.

Morning at 42nd Street and 1st Avenue, with Chrysler Building in the background, Midtown Manhattan. Vintage postcard, about mid-20th century, from original watercolor study by Marcus A. Van Der Hope. Source: Columbia University Libraries.

More of Midtown Manhattan:

• 5th Avenue ►

• 6th Avenue ►

• 7th Avenue ►

• 42nd Street ►

• 59th Street ►

• Bowery ►

• Herald Square ►

• Lexington Avenue ►

• Madison Square ►

• Park Avenue ►

• Times Square ►

• United Nations ►

Skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan seen from Hudson River, with the Empire State Building in the distance and Hudson Yards on the right. Credit: Julienne Schaer/ NYC Tourism + Conventions.