Civic Center is a neighborhood in downtown Manhattan covering the area around New York City Hall. It is bounded on the west by Broadway, on the north by Chinatown, on the east by the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge, and on the south by the Financial District.
As in other civic centers, it is the location of official buildings including City Hall, One Police Plaza, the Manhattan Municipal Building, and the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. Foley Square and New York City Hall Park are in the neighborhood. Pace University, Beekman Downtown Hospital, and the South Street Seaport are nearby, and sometimes counted as within the Civic Center.
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