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This is a list of neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Manhattan arranged geographically from the north of the island to the south. The following approximate definitions are used: Upper Manhattan is the area above 96th Street. Midtown Manhattan is the area between 34th Street and 59th Street. Lower Manhattan is the area below 14th Street.
Manhattan (/ m æ n ˈ h æ t ən, m ə n-/ ⓘ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by geographical area in the U.S. state of New York.
The earliest surviving map of the area is the Manatus Map. [ 1 ] According to Robert T. Augstyn and Paul E. Cohen in their study Manhattan in Maps: 1527 - 1995 , New York City is unique in that it is young enough that, unlike major European and Asian cities, and unlike other American cities of about the same age, its early maps have survived.
The five boroughs of New York City. New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state. It is located in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.
Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan and serves as the city's primary central business district.Midtown is home to some of the city's most prominent buildings, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, the headquarters of the United Nations, Grand Central Terminal, and Rockefeller Center, as ...
Union Square is part of Manhattan Community District 5 [9] and its primary ZIP Code is 10003. [10] It is patrolled by the 13th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. [11] The New York City Subway's 14th Street–Union Square station, served by the 4, 5, 6, <6> , L , N, Q, R, and W trains, is located under Union Square.
A map of Upper Manhattan, with Harlem in red. Upper Manhattan is the most northern region of the New York City borough of Manhattan.Its southern boundary has been variously defined, but some of the most common usages are 96th Street, 110th Street (the northern boundary of Central Park), 125th Street, or 155th Street.
Greenwich Village. Greenwich Village, [pron 1] or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Greenwich Village also contains several subsections, including the West Village ...