51st Street (Manhattan)

51st Street

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°WCoordinates: 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.

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)

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
• Double Tree Hotel
• Great Britain Consulate

Lexington Avenue

• General Electric Building
• St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York
• 345 Park Avenue

Park Avenue

• 350 Park Avenue
• 320 Park Avenue
• The New York Palace Hotel

Madison Avenue

• St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
• 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

• 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

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

External links

• Emporis West 51st profile
• 51st Street: A New York Songline - virtual walking tour