51st Street (Manhattan)

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51st
Equatorial Guinea Mission to UN 51 jeh.JPG
Permanent Mission of Equatorial Guinea, located on 51st Street west of 2nd Avenue
Maintained by NYCDOT
Length 1.9 mi[1] (3.1 km)
Location Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates 40°45′40″N 73°58′53″W / 40.7611°N 73.9814°W / 40.7611; -73.9814Coordinates: 40°45′40″N 73°58′53″W / 40.7611°N 73.9814°W / 40.7611; -73.9814
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.

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 walk way over the FDR to 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[]

Sutton Place Synagogue (Jewish Center for the United Nations)
Greenacre Park
Venezuela consulate
  • 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
  • Great Britain Consulate

Lexington Avenue[]

Park Avenue[]

  • 320 Park Avenue
  • Villard Houses and The New York Palace Hotel

Madison Avenue[]

Fifth Avenue[]

  • Rockefeller Center
  • Radio City Music Hall

Sixth Avenue[]

  • Time-Life Building
  • SportsNet New York Studios
  • 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[]

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[]

Eleventh Avenue[]

  • Hustler Club

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

  1. ^ Google (September 1, 2015). "51st Street (Manhattan)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  2. ^ Officially Marking a New Manhattan Avenue, NYTimes - City Room, July 13, 2012 - accessed July 31, 2012
  3. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

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