Manhattan
Wall Street. Madison Avenue. 34th Street. Broadway. Times Square. Manhattan is so well known that even the names of its streets have become iconic and understood the world over.Photo: quintanomedia, CC BY 2.0.
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Popular Destinations
Upper East Side
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The Upper East Side of Manhattan is one of the city's wealthiest districts.
Central Park
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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of Manhattan, Central Park is a district in its own right, neatly separating the Upper East Side from the Upper West Side, stretching from Midtown at the southern end to Harlem at the north.
Theater District
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Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the Theater District is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.
Destinations
Upper West Side
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The Upper West Side covers a large area in upper Manhattan bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and Central Park and Morningside Park on the east.
East Village
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The East Village, east of the Village on Manhattan, was traditionally considered part of the Lower East Side, and constitutes the portion north of Houston St, south of 14th St, and east of Broadway.
Greenwich Village
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Greenwich Village is a well-known, largely residential district in Manhattan, once famous for its vibrant art and literary community.
Financial District
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The Financial District comprises the southern tip of Manhattan, with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.
Midtown East
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Midtown East is the core retail and commercial neighborhood of Manhattan, containing the highest concentration of business and money this side of, well, the planet.
Chinatown
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Manhattan's famous Chinatown is a lively neighborhood, full of good values in restaurants and food shopping.
Harlem and Upper Manhattan
Upper Manhattan is a large, relatively under-visited area that ranges from 125th Street to Inwood Hill Park on the west and from 96th Street northward on the east.TriBeCa
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A former industrial district in Lower Manhattan, TriBeCa, short for "Triangle Below Canal Street", has transformed from artist community to upscale residential district in the 21st century.
SoHo
SoHo, short for "South of Houston" and a reference to its supposed similarities to the London Soho, is a diverse and increasingly upscale neighborhood of Manhattan.Chelsea
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Sitting on the southwest side of Midtown Manhattan, Chelsea has a huge concentration of art galleries and is a popular dining and nightlife district.
Lower East Side
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The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a mix of old and new, bohemian and upscale: you can find trendy bars and music venues, a venerable old no-nonsense place that just might serve up the best pastrami sandwich in the world, and great bialys.
Gramercy Flatiron
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In the shadow of the skyscrapers of Midtown sit some of Manhattan's most colorful and vibrant neighborhoods.
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Notable Places in the Area
American Museum of Natural History
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The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
The Juilliard School
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The Juilliard School, often abbreviated simply as Juilliard, is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City.
Localities in the Area
Long Island City and Astoria
Long Island City is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the extreme western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City in the United States.Metro New York
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Metro New York, also called the Tri-State Area, is the massive metropolitan area around New York City in the states of New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
Union City
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Union City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey. Union City is a small city, roughly 1.283 square miles.
Manhattan
- Type: Suburb with 1,690,000 residents
- Description: borough of New York City, New York, United States
- Neighbors: Bronx, Brooklyn, Fort Lee, Hoboken, Jersey City, Queens, Staten Island and Weehawken
- Categories: borough of New York City and locality
- Location: New York City, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.7896° or 40° 47' 23" northLongitude
-73.9599° or 73° 57' 36" westPopulation
1,690,000Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)United Nations Location Code
US MNHOpen Location Code
87G8Q2QR+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 357644127OpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
5125771Wikidata ID
Q11299Manhattan Satellite Map
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- Korean: 맨해튼
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- Marathi: मॅनहॅटन, न्यू यॉर्क शहर
- Marathi: मॅनहॅटन
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- Moroccan Arabic: مانهاطن
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- Northern Frisian: New York County
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- Russian: Манхеттан
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- Spanish: Distrito de Manhattan
- Spanish: Manhattan
- Spanish: Manhattan (Nueva York)
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- Tamil: மன்ஹாட்டன்
- Tatar: Манхэттэн
- Tatar: Мәнһәттан
- Tatar: Мәнһәттен
- Telugu: మాన్హాటన్
- Thai: แมนฮัตตัน
- Thai: แมนแฮตตัน
- Tosk Albanian: Manhattan
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- Ukrainian: Мангаттан
- Ukrainian: Мангеттен
- Ukrainian: Манхеттен
- Urdu: مینہیٹن
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- Western Armenian: Մենհեթըն
- Western Panjabi: منہیٹن
- Western Panjabi: مینہیٹن
- Wu Chinese: 曼哈顿
- Yakut: Манһэттан
- Yiddish: מאנהעטן
- Yoruba: Manhattan
- Yue Chinese: 曼克頓
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