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Midtown Manhattan Travel Guide

Interior of St Patrick's Cathedral, ManhattanInterior of St Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan
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Midtown Manhattan is one of the subdivisions of Manhattan into three parts, the other two being Lower Manhattan and Upper Manhattan. It is usually understood as the section of Manhattan between 14th Street and 59th Street, with the Hudson River to the west and East River to the east.

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Midtown Manhattan covers 5 sq mi (12 sq km) and is characterized by its dense concentration of skyscrapers. Within Midtown Manhattan itself, the closer one gets to 59th Street, the more expensive the real estate becomes. The section between 42nd Street and 59th Street is often called Plaza District. This is the most expensive part of Midtown.

Midtown Manhattan is the largest central business district in New York, and by extension, in the United States. You can find within this section of New York City its tallest hotels and tallest skyscrapers, including the tallest among them, the Empire State Building. Also within Midtown Manhattan are mammoth multi-purpose complexes such as Rockerfeller Center and major shopping destinations such as Times Square and Fifth Avenue.

8th Avenue at 32nd Street, Midtown Manhattan8th Avenue at 32nd Street, Midtown Manhattan
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Going to Midtown Manhattan

There are a number of subway trains you can take to reach Midtown. Traveling under Park Avenue are trains 4, 5 and 6 which stop at 42nd St. (Grand Central Station) and 51st St. Station, and train 6 also stopping at 51st St. Station.

Traveling under 6th Avenue are trains B, D, F and M. They stop at the 34th St. Station, 42nd St. Station and 47-50 St. Station. The F train also stops at the 57th St. Station. The E and M trains travel under 53rd Street, and stop at the 5th Avenue Station and Lexington Avenue Station. The 7 and S trains travel under 42nd Street, both stopping at Grand Central Station. Trains N, R and Q stop at the 34th St. and 6th Av. Station.

Diamond District at 5th Avenue and 47th Street, Midtown ManhattanDiamond District at 5th Avenue and 47th Street, Midtown Manhattan
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Neighborhoods in Midtown Manhattan

  1. Chelsea
  2. Diamond District

  3. Hell's Kitchen

  4. Herald Square

  5. Kips Bay

  6. Koreatown

  7. Ladies' Mile Historic District

  8. Lower Midtown
  9. Madison Square

  10. Murray Hill

  11. Peter Cooper Village

  12. Rose Hill

  13. Stuyvesant Town

  14. Theater District
  15. Theatre Row

  16. Times Square

  17. Tudor City

  18. Turtle Bay

  19. Union Square

Sights in Midtown Manhattan

  1. Bryant Park

  2. Carnegie Hall

  3. Chrysler Building

  4. Citicorp Center

  5. Empire State Building

  6. Grand Central Terminal

  7. James Farley Post Office

  8. Madison Square Garden

  9. Manhattan Center

  10. Museum of Modern Art

  11. New York Public Library

  12. One Bryant Park

  13. Pennsylvania Station

  14. Plaza Hotel

  15. St Patrick's Cathedral

  16. Time Warner Center

  17. Trump Tower

  18. United Nations Headquarters

  19. Waldorf Astoria Hotel

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