51st Street (Manhattan)

51st
	Permanent Mission of Equatorial Guinea, located on 51st Street west of 2nd Avenue
Maintained by	NYCDOT
Length	1.9 mi (3.1 km)
Location	Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	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 footbridge over the FDR to an esplanade along 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

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
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Metropolitan New York City
Great Britain Consulate

Lexington Avenue

Park Avenue

Madison Avenue

Fifth Avenue

Sixth Avenue

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

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.

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

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

External links

Emporis West 51st profile^[usurped]
51st Street: A New York Songline - virtual walking tour

[google_maps-1] "51st Street (Manhattan)" (Map). Google Maps. 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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