57th Street

Coordinates: 40°46′10″N 73°59′23″W / 40.769376°N -73.989624°E / 40.769376; -73.989624

Apartment buildings lining the residential stretch of East 57th Street between First Avenue and Sutton Place

57th Street is one of New York City's major east-west thoroughfares, which runs east-west in the Midtown section of the borough of Manhattan, from the New York City Department of Sanitation's dock on the Hudson River at the West Side Highway to a small park overlooking the East River built on a platform suspended above the FDR Drive. It is two blocks south of Central Park between Fifth Avenue and Central Park West. 57th Street is notable for prestigious art galleries,^[1] restaurants and up-market shops.^[2]

From west to east

Over the course of its two mile length, 57th Street passes through several distinct neighborhoods with widely differing mixes of commercial, retail, and residential uses.^[3]

The first blocks of 57th Street, from its western end at 12th Avenue near the Hudson River waterfront to Tenth Avenue, are home to low-rise industrial properties, several automobile dealerships, and small-scale residential buildings. Much of south side of the block between 11th and 10th Avenues is occupied by the CBS Broadcast Center, which is the network's primary East Coast production facility.

Looking up the canyon street from the Hudson River

From 10th Avenue to Eighth Avenue, larger residential buildings appear. Beginning at Eighth Avenue and continuing east through the core of Midtown Manhattan, the street is dominated by very large commercial and residential towers, such as at the Hearst Tower at the southwest corner of 57th Street and Eighth Avenue. This stretch of 57th Street is home to several large hotels such as Le Parker Meridien and well known restaurants such as the Russian Tea Room (both between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue), and the offices of several magazines including The Economist. The corner of 57th Street and Seventh Avenue is home to the city-owned performance venue Carnegie Hall.

East of Sixth Avenue, the street is home to numerous high-end retail establishments including Van Cleef and Arpels, Tiffany and Company, and Bergdorf Goodman. The stores located at 57th Street's intersections with Fifth and Madison Avenues occupy some of the most expensive real estate in the world.^[4]

Commercial and retail buildings continue to dominate until Third Avenue, where the street rapidly returns to a preponderance of large residential buildings. As it continues from here through its final blocks leading to its terminus at Sutton Place, the street consists of a nearly unbroken stretch of increasingly upscale apartment buildings with doormen, awnings, and small commercial establishments such as drug stores, bank branches, and restaurants.

57th Street ends at a small city park overlooking the East River just east of Sutton Place.

Notable buildings include 300 East 57th Street by architect Emery Roth.

Attractions

• Four Seasons Hotel between Madison and Park Avenues
• Fuller Building at Madison Avenue: housing many art galleries
• Tourneau TimeMachine (flagship store) at Madison Avenue
• Tiffany & Co. at Fifth Avenue
• Bergdorf Goodman at Fifth Avenue
• Ascot Chang at Fifth Avenue
• Steinway Hall at Sixth Avenue
• Carnegie Hall at Seventh Avenue
• Art Students League of New York between Seventh Avenue and Broadway
• Russian Tea Room, adjoins Carnegie Hall
• Hearst Tower at Eighth Avenue
• CBS Broadcast Center, from Tenth to Eleventh Avenues
• International Flavors & Fragrances, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues

Intersections from east to west

• Sutton Place
• First Avenue
• Second Avenue
• Third Avenue
• Lexington Avenue
• Park Avenue
• Madison Avenue
• Fifth Avenue – East 57th Street becomes West 57th Street
• Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas)
• Seventh Avenue
• Broadway
• Eighth Avenue
• Ninth Avenue
• Amsterdam Avenue
• 11th Avenue
• West Side Highway

Shopping

The following high-end boutiques can be found between Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue:

• Turnbull & Asser
• Bergdorf Goodman
• Bvlgari
• Van Cleef & Arpels
• Louis Vuitton
• Tiffany & Co.
• Yves Saint Laurent
• Burberry
• Miu Miu
• Chanel
• Dior Homme
• Christian Dior
• Montblanc
• Tourneau
• Coach
• Prada
• Brioni
• Christian Lacroix

References

External links

• [1] Shopping 57th Street by NYC Tourist
• 57th Street: A New York Songline - virtual walking tour