50th Street

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Bird's eye view of Rockefeller Plaza, the heart of Rockefeller Center.

50th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The street runs eastbound from 12th Avenue, across the full width of the island, ending at Beekman Place and carries the M50 bus line, which returns on 49th Street. The following subway stations serve the street:

• 50th Street (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line)
• 50th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
• 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center (IND Sixth Avenue Line)

Sites of Interest

Notable places include the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Villard Houses, Rockefeller Plaza, Radio City Music Hall and Worldwide Plaza. The Paramount Plaza building at Broadway was used in Silent Movie as the location of the "Engulf and Devour" company.

A telephone exchange building at 435 West 50th serves the northwestern quadrant of Midtown Manhattan This street is blocked off in the mornings for the broadcast of NBC's The Today Show.

The collapse of a crane on East 51st Street on March 15, 2008 killed four workers and demolished a small apartment house on 50th Street killing a resident. 17 were injured.^[1]

References

External links

• 50th Street: A New York Songline - virtual walking tour

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