NYC Neighborhoods Flashcards
Where do house address numbers begin?
At 5th avenue and increase outwards from there. The higher the number the farther east or west
Midtown Center
Where does the Manhattan Grid begin?
When was it established?
North of Houston
1811
Where does SoHo come from?
South of Houston Street
Where is
Morningside Heights
The American Radiator Building
40 West 40th St.
Where is
Manhattanville
Origina of Alphabet City Name?
Comprised of A B C and D avenues
What neighborhood is Washington Square park in?
Greenwich/West Village
Canal Street
What are the Avenues to the East, West and North of Grand Central?
East = Lexington
West = Madison
North = Park
56 Leonard St.
(FiDi)
Lennox Hill
Where does Park Ave S become Park Ave?
32nd St.
What are the boundaries of Chelsea?
N/S 14th st. to 34th
Hudson River and 6th ave
Where is
Carroll Gardens
How to think of Madison Ave.?
Between Park Ave. and 5th Ave.
Can be thought of as 4 1/2 ave
West Village
SoHo
Boerum
The Century Building
Central Park West and west 63rd
The Plaza Hotel
West 59th between 5th and 6th Ave
Where is
Lennox Hill
Manhattan Valley
Chinatown
Where is
Tompkins Square Park
What are the boundaries of Hell’s Kitchen
N/S West 34th and West 42nd
Where is
Bryant Park
Where is
Midtown Center
The Potter Building
Corner of Park Row and Beekman off City Hall park
Canal Street
Carnegie Hall
West 57th and 7th Ave.
Carroll Gardens
Greenwich Village
Where is
Midtown South
Where is
Turtle Bay (Midtown East)
Where/why does Lexington Ave come from?
4th ave merges with broadway into what becomes Park S at Union Square Park, Lexington is 4th Ave continued on the north side of Gramercy Park
Flatiron District
Flatiron Building
West 23rd and 5th Ave
Hudson Square
Where is
Clinton Hill
Broadway
Where is
Washington Heights
Where is
Gowanus
Upper East Side
The Ansonia
West 73rd and Broadway
Financial District
What is the history of the Empire State Building’s height status?
Completed in 1931, was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center’s completion in 1972.
Is now 39th
Where is
TriBeCa
When was the Empire State building Completed? and how long did it take?
1931
Just 14 months iduring the Great Depression
East Harlem
Hearst Magazine Building
West 57th and 8th Ave
The Seagram Building
Off Park Ave. between East 52nd and 53rd
Stuyvesant Town
Union Square Park
Where is
Murray Hill
Where is
Battery Park
Where is
NoLita
East Williamsburg
Where does NoMad come from?
North of Madison Square Park
Seward Park
100 11th Ave.
(off the Hudson)
Williamsburg
Where is
Fort Greene
Union Square
Where is
Koreatown
The Paramount Hotel
West 46th and 8th Ave.
Where does 1st St. start?
Just above Houston St.
Murray Hill
Morningside Heights
Where does Park Ave Start?
Starts at the SE corner of Union Square where Broadway and 4th Ave merge
Where is
Cobble Hill
Dumbo
Alphabet City
Where does 40 Wall St. rank in NYC building height? And American building height?
16th with 927ft
and 30th
Where is
Little Italy
Where is
Two Bridges
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House
Right off Bowling Green
14th St.
Bowery St.
Battery Park
Koreatown
Greenwich Village
Where is
Vinegar Hill
Civic Center
What neighborhoods does Houston Street divide?
Alphabet City, The east village, NoHo Greenwich village and the west village
Bowery
Where is
Bushwick
Bryant Park
UN Headquarters
On the East River between 42nd and 44th
What is the Lower East Side bounded by?
Houston St. to the north
Bowery to the West
Canal St. to the South
What separates Greenwich Village and the East Village?
Broadway
Where is
Lower East Side
Where is
West Village
Which Park is next to the NYU campus?
Washington Square Park
Greenpoint
Where is the East/West street dividing line in Manhattan?
5th Ave.