55th Street (Manhattan)

55th Street

Maintained by	City of New York
Length	2.0 mi (3.2 km)
Location	New York
East end	Cul-de-sac east of Sutton Place South
West end	NY 9A (West Side Highway)

40°45′49″N 73°58′45″W / 40.7635°N 73.9793°W / 40.7635; -73.9793

55th Street is a two-mile-long, one-way street traveling east to west across Midtown Manhattan.

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Landmarks, east to west

Sutton Place South

The route officially begins at Sutton Place South which is on a hill overlooking FDR Drive.
Plaza 400 Apartments, 40-story, 119 m/392 ft apartment building completed in 1967 (north)^[1]

First Avenue

Terrence Cardinal Cook Building (south)
Church of St. John the Evangelist (south)
Bristol Apartments, 33-story apartment building completed in 1973^[2]

Second Avenue

Brevard Apartments, 30-story apartments completed in 1981^[3]
Marymount Manhattan College Dormitory, 48-story, 144 m / 473 ft mixed apartment house and dormitory completed in 2001 ^[4] (north)

Third Avenue

919 Third Avenue, 47-story 188 m / 615 ft building completed in 1971 (north)
P. J. Clarke's, antique tavern known for holding its own and remaining intact despite attempts to destroy it for 919 Third. (north)^[5]

Lexington Avenue

Park Avenue

Park Avenue Place, 38-story, 472 ft (144 m) office tower completed in 2004^[6] (south)
Park Avenue Tower, 36-story, 561 ft (171 m) office tower completed in 1987 with a distinctive pyramid roof (north)^[6]
Heron Tower, 314 ft (96 m), 25-story building completed in 1986^[7]

Madison Avenue

550 Madison Avenue, 37-story, 647 ft (197 m) building completed in 1984 originally to be the headquarters of AT&T and later Sony USA (north)
Finland House, 38-story, 427 ft (130 m) office tower completed in 1970 ^[8] (north)
The St. Regis Hotel

Fifth Avenue

The Peninsula New York, 21-story, 250 ft (76 m) hotel completed in 1905^[9] (south)
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (north)
MGM Building, 35-story, 416 ft (127 m) office tower completed in 1966 (south)^[10]
Rockefeller Apartments (south)
46 West 55th Street (south), a landmarked house

Sixth Avenue

Robert Indiana Love (sculpture) (south)
Capitol-EMI Building 34-story, 470 ft (140 m) building (north)^[11]
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 50 story, 625 ft (191 m) building completed in 1969^[12] (south)
125 West 55th Street (north)
New York City Center, theatre at 131 West 55th Street (north)
55th Street Playhouse, theatre at 154 West 55th Street
CitySpire Center (north), 75-story, 814 ft (248 m) tower (tallest on street), north^[13]
The London NYC 54-floor, 590 ft (180 m) tower completed in 1990 (south)^[14]
Hotel Wellington (north)

Seventh Avenue

Park Central Hotel, 25-story, 357 ft (109 m) tower completed in 1926 most famous for mafia execution in the barber shop^[15] (north)
Dream Hotel (south)
Mutual of New York Building, 27-story, 375 ft (114 m) building completed in 1950 whose sign inspired the song Mony, Mony^[16]

Broadway

Random House Tower, 52-story, 684 ft (208 m) tower (north)
Former original location of Soup Nazi from Seinfeld

Eighth Avenue

The Starwood Apts. at 321 West 55th Street was built in 1907. Over the years it has been the residence of theatrical figures such as Tony Award winners Jane Alexander (former head of the National Endowment for the Arts) and Michael Stewart, librettist of Hello, Dolly!

Ninth Avenue

Alvin Ailey Dance Hall (north)
Julia Miles Theatre (Off Broadway venue) (south)
Independent High School (north)

Tenth Avenue

Clinton Towers Apartments 39-story apartment completed in 1974

Eleventh Avenue

Twelfth Avenue/West Side Highway

The road crosses a pedestrian island separating 12th Avenue from the West Side Highway (one of the few places where 12th and the West Side Highway are not the same). The route concludes at the West Side Highway (New York Route 9A). Opposite the intersection is the Hudson River Park and Hudson River.

References

Notes

^ "Plaza 400 Apartments, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "Bristol Apartments, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "Brevard Apartments, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "Marymount University Dormitory, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ Dunlap, David W. (February 15, 2002). "New Team, Old Look for Saloon; P. J. Clarke's Changes Owners, Who Plan to Retain Atmosphere". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Park Avenue Place, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2006. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "Heron Tower, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on May 4, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "Finland House, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "Peninsula Hotel, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "MGM Building, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "Capitol-EMI Building, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "Burlington House, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "CitySpire Center, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "The London NYC, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "Park Central Hotel, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
^ "Mutual of New York Building, New York City /". US /: Emporis.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-21.

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Midtown (42nd–59th Streets)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

West of
5th Av

Rockefeller Center	1 Rockefeller Plz 10 Rockefeller Plz 30 Rockefeller Plz 50 Rockefeller Plz 75 Rockefeller Plz 1211 6th Av 1221 6th Av 1251 6th Av 1271 6th Av British Empire Building International Building La Maison Francaise
Times Square	1 Astor Plz 1 Times Sq 3 Times Sq 4 Times Sq 11 Times Sq 20 Times Sq 229 W 43rd St 255 W 43rd St 1500 Broadway 1501 Broadway 1540 Broadway 1552 Broadway 1585 Broadway TSX Broadway

East of
5th Av

Former

Theaters

Broadway theaters	Ambassador American Airlines August Wilson Belasco Bernard B. Jacobs Booth Broadhurst Broadway Circle in the Square Ethel Barrymore Eugene O'Neill Gerald Schoenfeld Gershwin Hayes Hudson Imperial James Earl Jones John Golden Lena Horne Longacre Lunt-Fontanne Lyceum Lyric Majestic Marquis Minskoff Music Box Neil Simon Palace Richard Rodgers St. James Samuel J. Friedman Shubert Stephen Sondheim Studio 54 Walter Kerr Winter Garden
Other venues	55th Street Playhouse Carnegie Hall Ed Sullivan Theater The ImaginAsian New Victory Theater New York City Center Paris Theater Radio City Music Hall Sony Hall The Theater Center The Town Hall York Theatre
Closed/demolished	44th Street 48th Street Apollo Center Capitol Earl Carroll Edison Embassy Fulton George M. Cohan's Loew's State Lyric New Century Olympia Roxy Strand Times Square Victoria Ziegfeld (1927) Ziegfeld (1969)

Hotels

Current

Former

Other points of interest

Restaurants/ nightlife	21 Club Alto Anthos Aureole Burger Heaven Le Bernardin Cafe Chambord The Campbell La Caravelle Caviar Russe Del Pezzo Restaurant Ellen's Stardust Diner Feinstein's/54 Below Gabriel Kreuther Gallagher's Steakhouse Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant La Grenouille Iridium Jazz Club Le Jardinier King Cole Bar Latin Quarter Lespinasse Marea The Pool and the Grill Oceana The Original Soupman P. J. Clarke's Patsy's Le Pavillon Prime Burger The Quilted Giraffe Rainbow Room Restaurant Aquavit Rumpelmayer’s (NYC) Russian Tea Room Sardi's Shun Lee Palace Stage Deli The Campbell
Museums/ cultural centers	Austrian Cultural Forum New York Girl Scout Museum and Archives John M. Mossman Lock Museum Korean Cultural Center New York Madame Tussauds New York Museum of Arts and Design Museum of Broadway Museum of Modern Art New York Transit Museum Paley Center for Media Rose Museum Spyscape
Stores	Argosy Book Store Gotham Book Mart
Clubhouses	American Fine Arts Society The Brook Century Association Columbia University Club of New York Cornell Club of New York Harvard Club of New York City New York Athletic Club New York City Bar Association New York Friars Club New York Yacht Club Penn Club of New York City Princeton Club of New York Racquet and Tennis Club University Club of New York Women's National Republican Club Yale Club of New York City
Green spaces	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden Central Park Grand Army Plaza Greenacre Park Paley Park
Educational institutions	53rd Street Library Circle in the Square Theatre School CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies High School of Performing Arts Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers Saint Thomas Choir School SUNY College of Optometry
Art galleries	Galerie St. Etienne Rehs Galleries

Transportation

Subway stations	Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street Seventh Avenue 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 49th Street 50th Street 50th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 57th Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Grand Central–42nd Street Lexington Avenue/51st Street Lexington Avenue/59th Street Times Square–42nd Street
Railroad stations	Grand Central Madison station Grand Central Terminal
Streets and intersections	Third Avenue Fifth Avenue Sixth Avenue Six and a Half Avenue Seventh Avenue Eighth Avenue 42nd 47th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 57th 59th Broadway Columbus Circle Duffy Square Grand Army Plaza George Abbott Way Lexington Avenue Madison Avenue Park Avenue Park Avenue Viaduct Pershing Square Shubert Alley Times Square Vanderbilt Avenue

Related topics
Billionaires' Row Little Brazil Midtown South Minnesota Strip

See also: Manhattan Community Board 5

East Midtown (34th–59th Sts, east of Lexington Ave) and Turtle Bay