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Upper Manhattan Upper Manhattan denotes the more northerly region of the New York Lining Central Park West are classic New York buildings like the horses. Among them includes the Lincoln Tunnel, which connects New City Borough of Manhattan. Its southern boundary may be defined Dakota, the San Remo, and the Beresford. For the most part, they’re York City to New Jersey, the huge Port Authority Bus Terminal between anywhere between 59th Street and 155th Street. Between these two co-ops which offer more sales than rentals; condo lovers who covet 40th and 42nd Streets at Eight and Ninth Avenues. Cruise ships extremes lie the most common definitions of Upper Manhattan as Central Park West should check out the Century, one of the Upper continually dock at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal in Piers 88, Manhattan above 96th Street (the southern boundary of Manhattan West Side’s Art Deco triumphs. 90 and 92. Nearby is a collection of planes on display at the Intrepid Valley in the west and Spanish Harlem in the east). This definition of Sea-Air-Space Museum featuring the USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier. Even Upper Manhattan takes in the neighborhoods of Marble Hill, Inwood, Boundaries the horse drawn carriages of Central Park stay in stables just off the Washington Heights (including Fort George, Sherman Creek and 59th St. (excluding Columbus Circle) to 110th St., Central Park West to Hudson River West Side Highway. Hudson Heights), Harlem (including Sugar Hill and Hamilton Heights), and parts of the Upper West Side (Morningside Heights and Subway Stations Boundaries Manhattan Valley). 1 to 66th St.-Lincoln Center | 1,2,3 to 72nd St. | B, C to 72nd St. | 1 to 79th St. | B, C to 34th St. to 59th St., 8th Avenue to Hudson River 81st St. | 1 to 86th St. | B, C to 86th St. | 1,2,3 to 96th St. | B,C to 96th St. | B,C to 103rd St. | Harlem 1 to 103rd St. | B,C to 103rd St. | 1 to 110th St. | B,C to 110th St. Subway Stations Uptown, from 110th Street to 155th Street, from the East River to 7,Q,R,S,N,W to Times Square | 1,2,3 to Times Square | A,C,E to Times Square-Port Manhattan and St. Nicholas Avenues, Harlem is enjoying a new Upper East Side Authority | A,C,E to 34th St.-Penn Station | 1 to 50th St. | C,E to 50th St. renaissance — an explosion in development. Apartment buyers can The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan explore new buildings that range in size and style from studios to in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. The Upper three-bedroom condos, co-ops to luxury lofts, along with renovated East Side lies within an area bounded by 59th Street to 96th Street, and historic brownstones and townhouses. Often a terrace or a garden the East River to Fifth Avenue-Central Park. provides a respite from the noise of the city, and many renters are drawn to complexes such as Lenox Terrace, a 1,700-unit collection Upper East Side is home to world-famous museums, exclusive schools that offers doormen, private courtyards and parking. and luxury boutiques, not to mention its proximity to the most well known park in the world – Central Park. This family-oriented district is Harlem residents are also finding a new range of shopping options, home to some of Manhattan’s rich and famous but it also has a as 125th Street, once known for its independent bazaars that offered neighborhood where living is surprisingly affordable. anything and everything for sale, is now also home to uptown sites for chains such as Disney, H&M, and Old Navy. There’s easy access In the Upper East Side, there’s something for everyone. Mansions and to retail from such beautiful architectural enclaves as Harlem’s huge prewar apartments lined up Fifth to Park Avenues with “Striver’s Row,” which features beautiful townhouses. spectacular views of Central Park, immediacy to expensive dining, shopping and the best private schools in the city – basic necessities Boundaries for the seriously wealthy. There are also studios, one- or two-bedrooms Central Harlem: 110th St. to Harlem River, 5th Ave. to St. Nicholas Ave. East condominiums and rentals as well. The area east of Lexington Avenue Harlem: 96th St. to Harlem River, East River to 5th Ave. offers surprisingly affordable residential conversions (prewar and postwar co-ops, condos and mid-block townhouses) than west of Subway Stations Lexington. The farther east you go the more affordable residential 6 to 96th St. | 2,3 to 110th St. | 6 to 110th St. | 2,3 to 116th St. | 6 to 116th St. | A,B,C,D to 125th enclaves are. St. | 2,3 to 125th St. | 4,5,6 to 125th St. | 2,3 to 135th St. | B,C to 135th St. | A,B,C,D to 145th St. | 3 to 145th St. | 3 to 148th St.-Lenox Term | C to 155th St. | B,D to 155th St. Boundaries 59th St. to 96th St., East River to Fifth Ave. Upper West Side Upper West Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, Subway Stations New York City, which lies between Central Park and the Hudson River 4,5,6 to 59th St.-Lexington Ave. | R,W to 59th St.-Lexington Ave. | N,R,W to Fifth Ave.-59th and between West 59th Street and West 110th Street. St. | F to 63rd St.-Lexington Ave. | 6 to 68th St. | 6 to 77th St. | 4,5,6 to 86th St | 6 to 96th St.

Every ten blocks of the Upper West Side seem to have their own Clinton character: the 70s and 80s have their share of “Classic Six” prewar Hell’s Kitchen, also known as Clinton, is a neighborhood of apartments (that’s three bedrooms, a living room, dining room, and Manhattan in New York City between 34th Street and 59th Street, kitchen, as opposed to a “Classic Seven,” which has all that plus a from 8th Avenue to the Hudson River. room for the maid or domestic staff, sometimes used as a home Chelsea is located just underneath Midtown West and just above office.) Along Riverside Drive on the Upper West Side, there are This former stronghold of poor and working-class Irish-Americans has the West Village and is home to artists and over 200 art galleries contain some grand-scale apartment buildings with magnificent undergone a major facelift since the former days of the West Side from the cutting edge to world recognized. It also has some of the river views to match the street’s name. Meanwhile, the southern bit of Story and is now home to a diverse number of people of different best luxury shopping the city has to offer and Barney’s downtown the Upper West Side embraces the cultural backgrounds. As a testament, Restaurant Row on West 46th flagship. One of the biggest attractions in Chelsea is the Highline Street between Eight and Ninth Avenues became well known for its Park and Chelsea Piers which is a gigantic sports complex with golf, Time Warner Center, which has some of the most spectacular many ethnic restaurants serving all sorts of imaginable cuisine, from bowling, skating, rock climbing, and a health club. The eastern part luxury condos in the city, along with high-end shops like Coach Afghan dishes to Vietnamese oriental cooking.Midtown West is a of Chelsea is home to some of the most desired real estate from and Hugo Boss, once-in-a-lifetime eateries like Per Se, and a giant transportation hub as every mode of transportation that you can spectacular high rises, super spacious lofts, and elegant subterranean Whole Foods that seems to hold every resident of think of has some form of infrastructure in the area including townhouses. If you are into the nightlife scene and want to be near the Upper West Side at once. automobiles, ocean going ships, trains, buses, airplanes, and even

some of the city's best restaurants this is the place for you. Also, home to the Renzo Piano designed Whitney Museum the area has attractions for everyone.

Boundaries 14th St. to 29th St., Broadway to Hudson River.

Midtown East horses. Among them includes the Lincoln Tunnel, which connects New Midtown East is actually a combination of several neighborhoods. York City to New Jersey, the huge Port Authority Bus Terminal between Most New Yorkers would recognize that Turtle Bay/United Nations, 40th and 42nd Streets at Eight and Ninth Avenues. Cruise ships Tudor City, Beekman Place and Sutton Place are part of Midtown East. continually dock at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal in Piers 88, What most people commonly refer to as Midtown East is the area 90 and 92. Nearby is a collection of planes on display at the Intrepid between 40th Street and 60th Street. The aforementioned Turtle Bay, Sea-Air-Space Museum featuring the USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier. Even Tudor City, Beekman Place and Sutton Place are "sub-neighborhoods" the horse drawn carriages of Central Park stay in stables just off the in that area. West Side Highway. When people talk about Midtown East, the first thing that comes into Boundaries their mind is most probably the Chrysler Building on Lexington Avenue, 34th St. to 59th St., 8th Avenue to Hudson River which has become an iconic landmark. The area contains a lot of energy for commerce and hosts a myriad of other buildings with Subway Stations magnificent architecture. Don’t let your jaw drop when you visit Grand 7,Q,R,S,N,W to Times Square | 1,2,3 to Times Square | A,C,E to Times Square-Port Central Terminal. Many of Midtown East residents go about with their Authority | A,C,E to 34th St.-Penn Station | 1 to 50th St. | C,E to 50th St. shopping at Bloomingdale’s on Lexington Avenue while Central Park provides the needed space for relaxation and unwinding. Midtown West Boundaries In general, the Midtown West neighborhood is walk-to-work for any 40th St. to 59th St., East River to Fifth Ave. number of people, from the aspiring Broadway hopefuls who share brownstone apartments and co-ops to the corporate executives Subway Stations who head to Rockefeller Center. The neighborhood is home to a 7 to Grand Central | 4,5,6 to Grand Central | 7 to Fifth Ave. | E,V to Fifth Ave.-53rd. St. | 6 number of Manhattan arts institutions, such as Carnegie Hall and to 51st St. | E,V to 53rd St.-Lexington Ave. | 4,5,6 to 59th St.-Lexington Ave Alvin Ailey, and the northern end is close enough to Central Park that the park’s quiet and greenery are star attractions. For dining, whether fine or casual, Midtown West co-op and condo dwellers hit Sutton Place Ninth Avenue, the area’s restaurant strip. Sutton Place is the name given to one of the most affluent streets (and surrounding enclave) of Manhattan in New York City, situated on the In the winter, the Times Square area’s big draw is the Rockefeller border between the Midtown and Upper East Side neighborhoods. In Center Christmas tree, unmatched anywhere else in the world. the strictest sense, Sutton Place is the wide (north/south) avenue that During the summer, many Midtown West residents head to Bryant runs only two blocks, from 57th Street to 59th Street, along the East Park for the luxury of free movie screenings and jazz concerts. River and south of the Queensboro Bridge. Midtown West stretches down to the new home of Hudson Yards below 34th Street, which will host several new high, rise towers. The Sutton Place in the East Fifties is quite the retreat from bustling Midtown area will become a city within NYC with everything from Neiman Manhattan — a stretch of elegant prewar co-ops and townhouses; Marcus to Michelle stared restaurants, corporate headquarters, this is where Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall rented their penthouse residential towers, and cultural attractions. in How to Marry a Millionaire. Running parallel to First Avenue, Sutton Place (which is called Sutton Place South below 57th Street) has some Midtown West is a transportation hub as every mode of wonderful prewar apartment buildings with grand river views. This tiny transportation that you can think of has some form of infrastructure area has some green too, with two parks located just five blocks from in the area including automobiles, ocean going ships, trains, buses, each other. airplanes, and even horses. Among them includes the Lincoln Tunnel, which connects New York City to New Jersey, the huge Port Authority Boundaries Bus Terminal between 40th and 42nd Streets at Eight and Ninth 52nd St. to 59th St., East River to 2nd Avenue Avenues. Cruise ships continually dock at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal in Piers 88, 90 and 92. Nearby is a collection of planes Subway Stations Hell’s Kitchen, also known as Clinton, is a neighborhood of on display at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum featuring the USS E,M to Lexington Avenue | N,Q,R to Lexington Ave/59th Street | 4,5,6 to 59th Street Manhattan in New York City between 34th Street and 59th Street, Intrepid Aircraft Carrier. Even the horse drawn carriages of Central from 8th Avenue to the Hudson River. Park stay in stables just off the West Side Highway. Chelsea Chelsea is located just underneath Midtown West and just above Boundaries This former stronghold of poor and working-class Irish-Americans has the West Village and is home to artists and over 200 art galleries 29th St. to 59th St., Fifth Ave. to Hudson River undergone a major facelift since the former days of the West Side from the cutting edge to world recognized. It also has some of the Story and is now home to a diverse number of people of different best luxury shopping the city has to offer and Barney’s downtown Subway Stations cultural backgrounds. As a testament, Restaurant Row on West 46th flagship. One of the biggest attractions in Chelsea is the Highline 7 to Fifth Ave. 7,Q,R,S,N,W to Times Square | 1,2,3 to Times Square | A,C,E to Street between Eight and Ninth Avenues became well known for its Park and Chelsea Piers which is a gigantic sports complex with golf, Times Square-Port Authority | B,D,F,V to 42nd St.-Bryant Park | B,D,F,N,Q,R,W,V to many ethnic restaurants serving all sorts of imaginable cuisine, from bowling, skating, rock climbing, and a health club. The eastern part Hearld Sq. | 1,2,3 to 34th St.-Penn Station | A,C,E to 34th St.-Penn Station | E,V to Afghan dishes to Vietnamese oriental cooking.Midtown West is a of Chelsea is home to some of the most desired real estate from Fifth Ave.-53rd St. | B,D,F,V to Rockefeller Center | N,R,W to 49th St. | 1 to 50th St. | transportation hub as every mode of transportation that you can spectacular high rises, super spacious lofts, and elegant C,E to 50th St. | B,D,E to Seventh Ave. | F to 57th St. | N,Q,R,W to 57th St. | 1,A,B,C,D think of has some form of infrastructure in the area including townhouses. If you are into the nightlife scene and want to be near automobiles, ocean going ships, trains, buses, airplanes, and even to Columbus Circle

some of the city's best restaurants this is the place for you. Also, home to the Renzo Piano designed Whitney Museum the area has attractions for everyone.

Boundaries 14th St. to 29th St., Broadway to Hudson River.

Subway Stations N,Q,R,W to Union Sq. | F,L,V to Sixth Ave. | 1,2,3 to 14th St. | A,C,E,L to Eighth Ave.-14th St. | 1 to 18th St. | 1 to 23rd St. | F,V to 23rd St. | R,W to 23rd St. | C,E to 23rd St. | 1 to 28th St. | R,W to 28th St. Chelsea is located just underneath Midtown West and just above the West Village and is home to artists and over 200 art galleries from the cutting edge to world recognized. It also has some of the best luxury shopping the city has to offer and Barney’s downtown flagship. One of the biggest attractions in Chelsea is the Highline Park and Chelsea Piers which is a gigantic sports complex with golf, bowling, skating, rock climbing, and a health club. The eastern part of Chelsea is home to some of the most desired real estate from spectacular high rises, super spacious lofts, and elegant townhouses. If you are into the nightlife scene and want to be near

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some of the city's best restaurants this is the place for you. Also, generous backyards and smaller apartments alike coincide in a home to the Renzo Piano designed Whitney Museum the area has collage of architecture in Gramercy Park. attractions for everyone. The quiet streets perpendicular to Irving Place have maintained their status as fashionable residential blocks reminiscent of London's West Boundaries End. 14th St. to 29th St., Broadway to Hudson River.

Boundaries Subway Stations 14th St. to 34th St., East River to Broadway. N,Q,R,W to Union Sq. | F,L,V to Sixth Ave. | 1,2,3 to 14th St. | A,C,E,L to Eighth Ave.-14th St. | 1 to 18th St. | 1 to 23rd St. | F,V to 23rd St. | R,W to 23rd St. | C,E to 23rd St. | 1 to 28th St. | R,W to Subway Stations 28th St. L to First Ave. | L to Third Ave. | 4,5,6,N,Q,R,W,L to Union Square | 6 to 23rd St.| R,W, to 23rd Murray Hill St. | R,W to 28th St. | 6 to 28th St. | B,D,F,N,Q,R,W,V to 34th St.-Herald Sq.| 6 to 33rd St. Murray Hill is a Midtown Manhattan neighborhood in New York City. Greenwich / West Village Around 1987 many real estate promoters of the neighborhood and newer residents described the boundaries as within East 34th Street, Greenwich Village in New York often simply called “the Village” is a East 42nd Street, Madison Avenue, and the East River. largely residential neighborhood, which sits towards the western end of Manhattan and is home to the famous Washington Square Park and Murray Hill was named after the Murray family, 18th-century Quaker its world-renowned arch. It is also home to NYU, one of the cities merchants who moved to New York in 1753. Living in this part of the biggest universities, which creates a mix of student and urban life like city may not be as charming as in other parts of Manhattan but no other area of NYC. Along with students, the area has many housing here is slightly cheaper compared to its neighbors, which professionals, which like the area because of its convenience and many find extremely practical. Majority of the residents are young over 15 subway lines located in the same vicinity. Once known for its people in their twenties and thirties, mostly students and the young counterculture, Greenwich Village has matured into a more professionals of New York. sophisticated place, and home to the upper middle class.

Living here is less expensive than in nearby Greenwich Village or Boundaries SoHo. Most of the cheap but good restaurants are mostly located Houston St. to 14th St., Fourth Ave. to Sixth Ave. on the edges of Murray Hill although casual eateries are plentiful. Go straight to Third Avenue for a delightful selection of delis, bars Subway Stations and boutiques. Marvel at the architectural genius of the Morgan B,D,F,V to Broadway-Lafayette | 6 to Bleecker St. | 6 to Astor Pl. | R,W to NYU | L,N,Q,R,W Library and Sniffen Court carriage houses on 36th Street. to Union Square | A,B,C,D,E,V to W. 4th St. | F,L,V to Sixth Ave.-14th St.

Boundaries East Village 34th St. to 40th St., East River to Madison Ave. The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, lying east of Greenwich Village, south of Gramercy and Subway Stations Stuyvesant Town, and north of the Lower East Side. 6 to 33rd | 6 to 28th | 4,5,6,7 to Grand Central The area was once generally considered to be part of the Lower East Gramercy Park Side, but began to develop its own identity and culture in the 1960s, Gramercy Park is a fenced in private park in the borough of when many artists, musicians, students and hippies began to move into Manhattan in New York City. The park is at the core of both the the area, attracted by cheap rents and the base of Beatniks who had neighborhood referred to as either Gramercy or Gramercy Park. The lived there since the 1950s.The East Village is still known for its diverse Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. approximately 2 acre park is one of only two private parks in New community, vibrant nightlife and artistic sensibility. Much of the East The largest borough in area, and second largest in population, it is York City; only people residing around the park who pay an annual Village housing stock is tenement-style walkups with co-ops for sale or coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New fee have a key, and the public is not generally allowed in – although rentals that make great shares, but some offer hidden delights like roof York state, in the United States. the sidewalks of the streets around the park are a popular jogging, decks and garden access to their residents. strolling and dog-walking route. Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties Boundaries of New York and was supposedly named for the Queen consort, Whether the neighborhood is called "Gramercy Park" or "Gramercy", it Houston St. to 14th St., East River to Fourth Ave. Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), the Portuguese princess who is generally considered to be a quiet and safe area. While real estate married King Charles II of England in 1662.The borough is considered in Manhattan is rarely stable, the apartments in the neighborhood Subway Stations one of the more suburban boroughs of New York City. The around Gramercy Park have experienced little turmoil. East 19th Street F, V to Second Ave. | L, N, Q, R, W, 4, 5, 6 to Union Sq. | L to First Ave. | L to Third Ave. neighborhoods in eastern Queens have a look and feel similar to between Third Avenue and Irving is labeled "Block Beautiful" for its to 50th St. | B,D,E to Seventh Ave. | F to 57th St. | N,Q,R,W to 57th St. | 1,A,B,C,D to the bordering suburbs of western Nassau County. In its northwestern wide array of architecture and pristine aesthetic Townhouses with Columbus Circle section, however, Queens is home to many urban neighborhoods and

several central business districts. Long Island City, on the Queens' waterfront across from Manhattan, is the site of the Citicorp Building, the tallest skyscraper in New York City outside of Manhattan, and the tallest building on geographic Long Island. Chelsea is located just underneath Midtown West and just above the West Village and is home to artists and over 200 art galleries from the cutting edge to world recognized. It also has some of the best luxury shopping the city has to offer and Barney’s downtown flagship. One of the biggest attractions in Chelsea is the Highline Park and Chelsea Piers which is a gigantic sports complex with golf, bowling, skating, rock climbing, and a health club. The eastern part of Chelsea is home to some of the most desired real estate from spectacular high rises, super spacious lofts, and elegant townhouses. If you are into the nightlife scene and want to be near

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SoHo Boundaries some of the city's best restaurants this is the place for you. Also, One of the more upscale neighborhoods in the city, it's home to a Vesey St. to Canal St., Broadway to Hudson River home to the Renzo Piano designed Whitney Museum the area has good amount of new money, business moguls, and celebrities alike. attractions for everyone. "SoHo", short for "south of Houston Street", has a reputation for having the best shopping in NYC, which makes for large tourist Subway Stations 1 to Canal St. A,C,E to Canal St. | 1 to Franklin St. | N,Q,R,W to Canal St. | 1,2 to Boundaries crowds on the weekends. SoHo used to be filled with warehouses Chambers St. | A,C to Chambers St. | R,W to City Hall | 2,3 to Park Pl. | E to World 14th St. to 29th St., Broadway to Hudson River. but after revitalization, residents have transformed the area and turned the old warehouses into high-end residential lofts. A major Trade Center Subway Stations restoration effort has been underway, and this effort can be scene N,Q,R,W to Union Sq. | F,L,V to Sixth Ave. | 1,2,3 to 14th St. | A,C,E,L to Eighth Ave.-14th St. | 1 with some of Manhattan's finest buildings. Almost all of SoHo is Financial District included in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, which was declared a to 18th St. | 1 to 23rd St. | F,V to 23rd St. | R,W to 23rd St. | C,E to 23rd St. | 1 to 28th St. | R,W to The Financial District of New York City (sometimes called FIDI) is a National Historic Landmark in 1978. It consists of 26 blocks and 28th St. neighborhood on the southernmost section of the borough of approximately 500 buildings, many of them incorporating cast iron Manhattan, which comprises the offices, and headquarters of many architectural elements. of the city's major financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Boundaries Canal St. to Houston St., Lafayette St. to Hudson River As a district, it encompasses roughly the area south of City Hall Park but excluding Battery Park and Battery Park City. The heart of the Subway Stations Financial District is often considered to be the corner of Wall Street 6 to Canal St. | N,Q,R,W to Canal St. | A,C,E to Canal St. | 1 to Canal St. | 6 to and Broad Street, both of which are contained entirely within the Spring St. | R,W to Prince St. | B,D,F,V to Broadway-Lafayette | C,E to Spring St. | 1 district. to Houston St. It also has a growing number of tourist attractions such as the adjacent Lower East Side South Street Seaport Historic District, New York City Police Museum, The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part and Museum of American Finance. Bowling Green is the starting point of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by of traditional ticker-tape parades on Broadway, where here it is also Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge known as the Canyon of Heroes. The Museum of Jewish Heritage and Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street. the Skyscraper Museum are both in adjacent Battery Park City, which is also home to the World Financial Center. The Lower East side, LES, is bordered in the south and west by Chinatown (which extends north to roughly Grand Street), in the west Also home to the Freedom Tower and the World Trade Center by NoLIta and in the north by East Village. Memorial and the Calatrava transportation hub the area is a cultural epicenter of downtown. It was traditionally an immigrant, working class neighborhood. But it has undergone rapid gentrification in 2005 and is now home to Boundaries upscale boutiques, and to trendy dining establishments along its Chambers St. to southern tip of Manhattan, East River to Broadway. Clinton Street restaurant row. Subway Stations Boundaries 4,5 to Bowling Green | 4,5 to Wall St. | R,W to Rector | 1 to Rector | R,W to City Hall | Canal St. to Houston St., East River to Bowery 2,3 to Park Pl. | 4,5,6 to Brooklyn Bridge | 4,5 to Fulton | A,C to Broadway | 2,3 to Fulton | J,M,Z to Fulton | J,M,Z to Broad St. | 2,3 to Wall St. | R,W to Whitehall St. Subway Stations F to East Broadway | F,J,M,Z to Essex-Delancey | B,D to Grand St. | J,M to Queens Bowery| F,V to Second Ave. Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area, and second largest in population, it is TriBeCa coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New Tribeca is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, of New York City. Its York state, in the United States. name is an acronym based on the words "Triangle below Canal Street": Canal Street, West Street, Broadway, and Vesey Street Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties properly bound the triangle. The neighborhood is home to the Tribeca of New York and was supposedly named for the Queen consort, Film Festival. Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), the Portuguese princess who married King Charles II of England in 1662.The borough is considered Tribeca is dominated by former industrial buildings that have been one of the more suburban boroughs of New York City. The converted into residential buildings and Lofts, similar to those of the neighborhoods in eastern Queens have a look and feel similar to neighboring SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Many of these apartments the bordering suburbs of western Nassau County. In its northwestern have high ceilings, open floor plans and private key-locked elevators. section, however, Queens is home to many urban neighborhoods and

Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties of New York and was supposedly named for the Queen consort, Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), the Portuguese princess who married King Charles II of England in 1662.The borough is considered one of the more suburban boroughs of New York City. The neighborhoods in eastern Queens have a look and feel similar to the bordering suburbs of western Nassau County. In its northwestern section, however, Queens is home to many urban neighborhoods and

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several central business districts. Long Island City, on the Queens' Noho waterfront across from Manhattan, is the site of the Citicorp Building, NoHo, for North of Houston Street (as contrasted with SoHo, South of the tallest skyscraper in New York City outside of Manhattan, and the Houston Street) is a landmarked, primarily residential upper-class tallest building on geographic Long Island. neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is bounded by Broadway to the west and the Bowery to the east, and Brooklyn from East 9th Street in the north to East Houston Street in the south. Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second largest in area. Since 1896, The Landmarks Preservation Commission has declared most of the Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now 125-building area a historic district, divided into the NoHo Historic the most populous county in New York State and the second-most District and the NoHo East Historic District, created in 2003. densely populated county in the United States, after New York County (Manhattan). It is also the westernmost county on Long Island. The NoHo Historic District, which comprises approximately 125 buildings, represents the period of New York City's commercial history Brooklyn was an independent city until its consolidation with New York from the early 1850s to the 1910s, when this section prospered as one of City in 1898, and continues to maintain a distinct culture, independent its major retail and wholesale dry goods centers. Acclaimed architects art scene, and unique architectural heritage. Many Brooklyn were commissioned to design ornate store and loft buildings in neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves where particular ethnic groups popular architectural styles, providing a rich fabric against which and cultures predominate. shoppers promenaded, looked at display windows, and bought goods, and merchants sold products. The district also contains early-nineteenth century houses, nineteenth- and twentieth-century Flatiron institutional buildings, turn-of-the-century office buildings, as well as modest twentieth-century commercial structures, all of which testify to The Flatiron District is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of each successive phase in the development of the historic district. Manhattan, named after the Flatiron Building at 23rd Street, Broadway Today, the effect is of powerful and unifying streetscapes of marble, and Fifth Avenue. Generally the Flatiron District is bounded by 20th cast iron, limestone, brick, and terracotta facades. Street, Union Square and Greenwich Village to the south; the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) or Seventh Avenue and Chelsea to the west; 25th Street and NoMad to the north; Rose Hill to the northeast, and Lexington Avenue/Irving Place, Gramercy Park to the east.

Broadway cuts through the middle of the district, and Madison Avenue begins at 23rd Street and runs north. At the north (uptown) end of the district is Madison Square Park, which was completely renovated in 2001. The Flatiron District encompasses within its boundaries the Ladies' Mile Historic District and the birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt, a National Historic Site. The Flatiron District was also the birthplace of Silicon Alley, a metonym for New York's high technology sector, which has since spread beyond the area. Notable buildings in the district include the Flatiron Building, one of the oldest of the original New York skyscrapers, and just to east at 1 Madison Avenue is the Met Life Tower, built in 1909 and the tallest building in the world until 1913, when the Woolworth Building was completed. It is now occupied by Credit Suisse since MetLife moved their headquarters to the Pan Am Building. The 700-foot (210 m) marble clock tower of this building dominates Madison Square and the park there.

Nearby, on Madison Avenue between 26th and 27th Streets, on the site of the old Madison Square Garden, is the New York Life Building, built in 1928 and designed by Cass Gilbert, with a square tower topped by a striking gilded pyramid. Also of note is the statuary adorning the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court on Madison Avenue at 25th Street.

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