 Permanent Mission of Equatorial Guinea, located on 51st Street west of 2nd Avenue | |
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| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
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| Length | 1.9 mi (3.1 km)[1] |
| Location | Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°45′40″N 73°58′53″W / 40.7611°N 73.9814°W |
| West end |  NY 9A (12th Avenue) in Hell's Kitchen |
| East end | Beekman Place in Midtown East |
| North | 52nd Street |
| South | 50th Street |
| Construction | |
| Commissioned | March 1811 |
51st Street is a 1.9-mile (3.1 km) long one-way street traveling east to west across Midtown Manhattan.
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Manhattan, New York City - Video Tour of a furnished apartment on East 51st street (Midtown East)
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Midtown East - Video tour of a furnished apartment on East 51st Street (Manhattan, New York City)
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Manhattan, New York - Video tour of a furnished apartment on East 51st Street (Midtown East)
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New York City - Video tour of a furnished rental on West 51st Street (Midtown West - Manhattan)
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New York City - Video tour of a furnished apartment on West 51st Street (Midtown West - Manhattan)
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Hello and welcome to another New York Habitat furnished apartment video tour. Today we will be taking you to a furnished one bedroom apartment located in Turtle Bay, a neighborhood in Midtown East, Manhattan. New York Habitat - Video Visit - Furnished Apartment 51st St & 2nd Ave Midtown East - Manhattan, NY When you enter the apartment you will find yourself in the living room. This furnished living room has wood floors and TV with cable. Wifi internet access is also available throughout the apartment. Next is the kitchen. The kitchen has tiled floors and is equipped with all amenities needed to prepare meals, including a mini refrigerator, a microwave and a coffee maker. Moving on, we have the bedroom. This furnished bedroom is equipped with a full size bed. Lastly is the bathroom. This white tiled bathroom has a bathtub and shower. Now that we have seen the apartment, let's go check out the neighborhood. Our first stop is Grand Central Terminal, located at Park Avenue and 42nd Street. Grand Central Terminal is the largest train station in the world with its 44 platforms and 67 tracks. Recognized around the world, you will surely want to add this to your list of places to visit in New York! Also, be sure and head over to The Museum of Modern Art located at 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue. This museum offers a collection of modern and contemporary art as well as a library which holds over 300,000 books and periodicals. Our last stop is Rockefeller Center, a complex of 19 commercial buildings, one of the most notable of which is the famous Radio City Music Hall. This entertainment venue has hosted such events as the MTV Music Awards, the Tony Awards and the Grammy Awards. Be sure and check out our website at nyhabitat.com, where you'll find more furnished apartments not only in Midtown East but all over Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. There's no better way to live like a local in NYC. Well, that's a wrap of our furnished apartment video tour today. We thank you for joining us and we hope to see you soon in the Big Apple.
Notable places, east to west
The route officially begins at Beekman Place which is on a hill overlooking FDR Drive. 51st continues for a few feet east of the intersection but the street sign refers to it as Peter Detmold Park (a reference to the dog park at the bottom of the hill) which has a pedestrian footbridge over the FDR to an esplanade along the East River.
Beekman Place
- Yemen Mission to the United Nations
First Avenue
- 351 East 51st Street - An apartment complex on one of several sites where Nathan Hale is believed to have been hanged, after the Battle of Long Island
- Laos Mission to the United Nations
Second Avenue
- Tonga Mission to the United Nations
- Equatorial Guinea Mission to the United Nations
- POD Hotel
- Greenacre Park
- Sutton Place Synagogue
Third Avenue
- 17th Precinct of NYPD
- Engine Company No 8, Ladder 2, 8th Battalion of FDNY
- DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Metropolitan New York City
- Great Britain Consulate
Lexington Avenue
Park Avenue
- 350 Park Avenue
- 320 Park Avenue
- Villard Houses and The New York Palace Hotel
Madison Avenue
- St. Patrick's Cathedral
- 488 Madison Avenue (Look Building)
- John Peirce Residence
- Venezuela Consulate
- Olympic Tower
Fifth Avenue
- Rockefeller Center
- Radio City Music Hall
- 1290 Avenue of the Americas
Sixth Avenue
- Time-Life Building
- SportsNet New York Studios
- 1285 Avenue of the Americas
- 787 Seventh Avenue
- Millennium Plaza (former Taft Hotel)
Sixth and a Half Avenue
- In the middle of block between Sixth and Seventh Avenues is a pedestrian corridor named by the city "Sixth and a Half Avenue", which runs from 51st to 57th Streets.[2]
Seventh Avenue
- Sheraton Manhattan
Broadway
- Novotel Manhattan
- Paramount Plaza
- Mark Hellinger Theatre
- Times Square Church
- George Gershwin Theatre
Eighth Avenue
- St. Paul's House - Church founded by J.J.D. Hall that is noted for its "Sin Will Find You Out" neon sign in the shape of a cross that was featured on Saturday Night Live
Ninth Avenue
- Closed Midtown Branch of Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center (formerly St. Clares Hospital)
Eleventh Avenue
West Side Highway
The route concludes at the West Side Highway (New York Route 9A). Opposite the intersection is the New York Passenger Ship Terminal and the Hudson River.
Transportation
The New York City Subway's 51st Street station is located on the intersection of 51st Street and Lexington Avenue and is served by the 4, 6, and <6> trains.[3]
There is an entrance on the intersection of 51st Street and Eighth Avenue leading to the uptown platforms of the 50th Street station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, which is served by the A, C, and E trains. Another entrance on the intersection leading to the downtown platforms of the station existed until 1992, when it was closed.
References
Notes
- ^ Google (September 1, 2015). "51st Street (Manhattan)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ^ Officially Marking a New Manhattan Avenue, NYTimes - City Room, July 13, 2012 - accessed July 31, 2012
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
External links
- Emporis West 51st profile
- 51st Street: A New York Songline - virtual walking tour
This page was last edited on 8 July 2023, at 19:37