54th Street is a two-mile-long (3.2 km), one-way street traveling west to east across

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Notable places, west to east

Twelfth Avenue

*The route begins at

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(

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). Opposite the intersection is the New York Passenger Ship Terminal and the

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. This is the only two-way portion of 54th Street; the remainder (east of Eleventh Avenue) is one-way eastbound. * De Witt Clinton Park. The West Side neighborhood of Clinton derives its name from the park. (south)

Eleventh Avenue

*Clinton Towers Apartments, 39-floor apartment building completed in 1974 (north) *'' The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore'' studios *AT&T Switching Center at 811 Tenth Avenue, 21-story, 113 m/370 ft switching station completed in 1964 (south)

Tenth Avenue

Sony Music Studios Sony Music Studios was an American music recording and mastering facility in New York City. The five-story building was a music and broadcasting complex located at 460 W. 54th Street, at 10th Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan ...

, 460 West 54th (south) *

The Hit Factory The Hit Factory is a recording studio in New York City owned and operated by Troy Germano. History On March 6, 1975, Edward Germano, a singer, record producer, and one of the principal owners of the Record Plant Studios New York, purchased the ...

, 421 West 54th (north)

Ninth Avenue

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Rapid Transit Division's Rail Command Control Center, on former site of 54th Street Bus Depot and

Ninth Avenue Railroad The Ninth and Tenth Avenues Line or Ninth Avenue Line is a surface transit line in the New York City borough of Manhattan, running mostly along Ninth Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue from Lower Manhattan to Manhattanville. Originally a streetcar ...

barn at 354 West 54th (south) *

Midtown Community Court The Midtown Community Court is a part of the New York City Criminal Court that focuses on quality-of-life offenses, such as prostitution, shoplifting, farebeating and vandalism, with a view toward rehabilitation instead of punishment. For example ...

(south) *Midtown North precinct of

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(south)

Eighth Avenue

*The section between Eighth and Broadway is signed Señor Wences Way, for the ventriloquist who had appeared on ''

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'' (produced nearby) and who lived in the Ameritania Hotel. *The Marc, 260 West 54th, 42-floor, 142 m / 464 ft apartment tower on top of municipal garage (south) *

Studio 54 Studio 54 is a Broadway theater and a former disco nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Operated by the Roundabout Theatre Company, Studio 54 has 1,006 seats on two levels. The theater w ...

(south) *Ameritania Hotel (south)

Broadway

*The corner of Broadway and 54th is signed "Big Apple Corner" in honor of writer

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who lived there and popularized the phrase

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. *1700 Broadway, 42-story, 162 m / 533 ft office tower that is headquarters of

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Seventh Avenue

*1325 Avenue of the Americas (north) (actually closer to Seventh Avenue) 35-story 153 m / 502 ft, is the office tower that was portrayed in ''

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'' as Elaine's workplace. It is connected to the Hilton Hotel. (south) * Conrad (formerly The London NYC), 54-floor 180m/590ft mixed-use tower; tallest building on West 54th (north) * Ziegfeld Theatre (north) * New York Hilton Hotel, 49-floor, 148 m hotel completed in 1963. Designed by Lapidus, it was originally supposed to resemble

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's curved

Fontainebleau Hotel The Fontainebleau Miami Beach (also known as Fontainebleau Hotel) is a hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. Designed by Morris Lapidus, the luxury hotel opened in 1954. In 2007, the Fontainebleau Hotel was ranked ninety-third in the American Institute ...

, but was later changed to resembled the nearby New York Sheraton which Lapidus had also designed. (south) *

1345 Avenue of the Americas 1345 Avenue of the Americas, also known as the Building, is a -tall, 50-story skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Located on Sixth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets, the building was built by Fisher Brothers and designed by Em ...

, 50-story, 191 m / 625 ft office tower (north)

Sixth Avenue

*1330 Sixth Avenue, called "Brown Rock" when it was headquarters of ABC Television (south) *''

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'' Building, 41-story, 151 m / 496 ft office tower completed in 1965 (south) *

The Warwick Hotel The Warwick New York is a luxury hotel at 65 West 54th Street, near Sixth Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Constructed between 1925 and 1927, it is owned by Warwick Hotels and Resorts. Architecture The 36-floor Renaissance Revival b ...

, 36-story, 111 m / 363 ft hotel completed in 1927 (north) * Tower Verre, an under-construction 77-story, 320 m / 1,050 ft tower at 53 West 53rd Street (south) *

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of t ...

(south) *Museum Tower 52-story

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tower completed in 1985 *

Rockefeller Apartments The Rockefeller Apartments is a residential building at 17 West 54th Street and 24 West 55th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Wallace Harrison and J. André Fouilhoux in the International Style, the ...

, a New York City landmark *Residences at 5–15 West 54th Street, a series of townhouses built in the late 1890s. All of these are New York City designated landmarks and collectively form a

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district. **

13 and 15 West 54th Street 13 and 15 West 54th Street (also the William Murray Residences) are two commercial buildings in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. They are along 54th Street's northern sidewalk between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. The four- ...

occupied by

John D. Rockefeller Jr. John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in M ...

and

Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. A member of t ...

** 9–11 West 54th Street, occupied by James J. Goodwin and Josephine Goodwin **

7 West 54th Street 7 West 54th Street (also the Philip Lehman Residence) is a commercial building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is along 54th Street's northern sidewalk between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. The four-story building wa ...

occupied by

Philip Lehman Philip Lehman (November 9, 1861 – March 21, 1947) was an American investment banker. Biography Philip Lehman was born in New York City to Emanuel Lehman (1827–1907) and Pauline Sondheim (1843–1871). Emanuel was a co-founder of the now- ...

and Robert Lehman **

5 West 54th Street 5 West 54th Street (also the Dr. Moses Allen Starr Residence) is a commercial building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is along 54th Street's northern sidewalk between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. The four-story bui ...

, occupied by Moses Allen Starr and Alice Dunning Starr *4 West 54th Street, Mansion and Residence of John D. Rockefeller (now

) * University Club (north)

Fifth Avenue

*520 Madison Avenue, 43-story, 176 m / 577 ft office tower with sloping lower walls and a section of the

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in its adjoining park (south) *

William H. Moore House The William H. Moore House, also known as the Stokes-Moore Mansion and 4 East 54th Street, is a commercial building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is along 54th Street (Manhattan), 54th Street's southern sidewalk be ...

, 4 East 54th Street (south) *

689 Fifth Avenue 689 Fifth Avenue (originally the Aeolian Building and later the Elizabeth Arden Building) is a commercial building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, at the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 54th Street. The building ...

(north) *

19 East 54th Street 19 East 54th Street, originally the Minnie E. Young House, is a commercial building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is along 54th Street's northern sidewalk between Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue. The building was de ...

(north)

Madison Avenue

* Dillon, Read & Company Building, 36-story 141 m /464 ft building completed in 1982 *527 Madison, 26-story, 107 m building completed in 1986 * Hotel Elysee (south)

Park Avenue

399 Park Avenue 399 Park Avenue is a 41-story office building that occupies the entire block between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street and 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was the world headquarters of Citigroup from 1 ...

, headquarter of

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(south) *

Lever House Lever House is a office building at 390 Park Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The building was designed in the International Style by Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) as ...

(south)

Lexington Avenue

Citigroup Center The Citigroup Center (formerly Citicorp Center and also known by its address, 601 Lexington Avenue) is an office skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Built in 1977 to house the headquarters of Citibank, it is t ...

, tallest building on street (south)

Third Avenue

* Lipstick Building (south) *909 Third Avenue, 32-floor tower built above the FDR Station (a post office) (north) **

Second Avenue

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, 340 East 54th Street * East 54th Recreation Center * Mondrian Condominiums, 43-story 134 m apartment complex completed in 1992

First Avenue

*Rivertower Apartments, 39-floor apartments (south) *Saint James' Tower, 30-floor apartments

Sutton Place South

*The street ends at a

cul-de-sac A dead end, also known as a cul-de-sac (, from French for 'bag-bottom'), no through road or no exit road, is a street with only one inlet or outlet. The term "dead end" is understood in all varieties of English, but the official terminology ...

off Sutton Place South.

References

External links

54th Street: A New York Songline
- virtual walking tour {{Manhattan streets, state=collapsed

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Midtown Manhattan