View of central Manhattan from Stuyvesant Town.

Stuyvesant Town, as well as the adjacent Peter Cooper Village, is a large private residential development on the East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. One of the most iconic and successful of postwar private housing communities, Stuyvesant Town was planned in 1943.^[1] Its first tenants, two World War II veterans and their families, moved into the first completed building on August 1, 1947.^[2] The complex itself is based on Parkchester, which was completed in 1942. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (573x832, 46 KB)[edit] Summary Photograph of Stuyvesant Town. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (573x832, 46 KB)[edit] Summary Photograph of Stuyvesant Town. ... Peter Cooper Village is a residential development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. ... The Five Boroughs of New York City: 1: Manhattan 2: Brooklyn 3: Queens 4: Bronx 5: Staten Island In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government used to administer the five constituent counties that make up the city; it differs significantly from other borough forms of... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Parkchester is a housing development and neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx. ...

The model, middle-income housing development was named for the last Director-General of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, whose farm occupied the site in the seventeenth-century. In the late Nineteenth Century, the area became known as the Gashouse District because of the many huge gas tanks that dominated the streetscapes. The tanks, which sometimes leaked, made the area undesirable, as did the Gas House Gang and others that operated in the area. With the construction of the East River Drive, the area began to improve. By the 1930s, all but four tanks were gone and, while shabby, the area was no more blighted than many parts of the city after the years of the Great Depression. New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) was the name of the 17th century town which grew outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in the New Netherland territory (1614–1674) which was situated between 38 and 42 degrees latitude as a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic since 1624. ... Peter Stuyvesant circa 1660 Peter Stuyvesant (circa 1600 – August 1672) served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664. ... For other uses, see Farm (disambiguation). ... Town gas is a generic term referring to manufactured gas produced for sale to consumers and municipalities. ... The Gas House Gang was a New York street gang during the late nineteenth century. ... This New York State route article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject New York State routes. ... The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ...

Before the construction of Stuyvesant Town, the neighborhood contained eighteen typical city blocks, with public schools, churches, factories, private homes, apartments, small businesses, and even relatively new modern-style apartment buildings. In all, 600 buildings, containing 3,100 families, 500 stores and small factories, three churches, three schools, and two theaters, were destroyed. As would be repeated in later urban renewal projects, some 11,000 persons were forced to move from the neighborhood. In 1945, The New York Times called the move from the site "the greatest and most significant mass movement of families in New York's history" (NYT, March 3, 1945). The last residents of the Gashouse District, the Delman Family, moved out in May 1946, allowing demolition to be soon concluded. Blight often stands side-by-side with new structures during urban renewal efforts. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Today, Stuyvesant Town is a sprawling collection of red brick apartment buildings with typical housing project-style architecture, stretching from First Avenue to Avenue C, between 14th and 20th Streets. It covers about 80 acres of land. Stuyvesant Town has 8,757 apartments and with its sister development Peter Cooper Village they have a combined 110 buildings, 11,250 apartments, and over 25,000 residents. It is bordered by the East River on the east, the Gramercy neighborhood on the west, the East Village (or Alphabet City) to the south, and Kips Bay to the north. This area is notable for historic Stuyvesant Square, a two-block park surrounded by the old Stuyvesant High School, Saint George's Church, and the Beth Israel Medical Center. An old brick wall in English bond laid with alternating courses of headers and A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry construction and sized to be layed with one hand using mortar. ... A red brick apartment block in central London, England, on the north bank of the Thames An apartment building, block of flats or tenement is a multi-unit dwelling made up of several (generally four or more) apartments (US) or flats (UK). ... Public housing describes a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ... First Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from Houston Street northbound for over 125 blocks before terminating at the Willis Avenue Bridge into The Bronx at the Harlem River near East 127th Street. ... Avenue C is the name of a number of streets in various cities. ... 14th Street looking west from Fifth Avenue 14th Street is an important east-west thoroughfare in Manhattan in New York City. ... An apartment estate in Singapore; such blocks make up the majority of public housing in Singapore. ... Peter Cooper Village is a residential development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... Gramercy, also called Gramercy Park, is a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, focused around Gramercy Park, a private park between East 20th and 21st Streets. ... Looking south from 6th Street down Second Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares through the East Village. ... Alphabet City, formerly considered a slum, is now a trendy part of the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... The Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan is the area between 23rd and 34th streets to the east of 3rd Avenue. ... Stuyvesant Square is a park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... Stuyvesant High School, affectionately known as Stuy, is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. ... Beth Israel Medical Center is a hospital in New York. ...

In spite of its project-style architecture and layout, and its controversial history, Stuyvesant Town remains as desirable a place to live today as it was in 1946, when the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company began taking applications. On the first day the company received 7,000 applications; it would receive 100,000 applicants by the time of first occupancy. In 1947, rents ranged from $50 to $91. MetLife, Inc. ...

Stuyvesant Town history

Due to a housing crisis building since the Depression, Stuyvesant Town was planned as a post-war housing project already in 1942-43, some years before the war's end. Provision was made that the rental applications of veterans would have selection priority. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1136 KB)[edit] Summary The author of this image is me, David Shankbone. ...

Stuyvesant Town was controversial from the beginning. It was championed by Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, who, at the behest of Mayor La Guardia, sought "to induce insurance companies and savings banks to enter the field of large-scale slum clearance" (Moses, Letter to The New York Times, June 3, 1943). It was enabled by various state laws and amendments which permitted private companies to enter what was previously a public field of action. The new public-private partnership, and the contract entered between the city and the developer, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, were the source of much debate. Robert Moses with a model of his proposed Battery Bridge Robert Moses (December 18, 1888–July 29, 1981) was the master builder of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, and other suburbs. ... LaGuardia redirects here. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...

Among the issues at stake were use of the power of eminent domain for private purposes; the reversion of public streets and land, such as public school property, to private ownership; the twenty-five year tax exemption granted by the contract; and the rights of the company to discriminate in selecting tenants. Eminent domain (U.S.), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption (Australia) or expropriation (Canada, South Africa) in common law legal systems is the inherent power of the state to expropriate private property, or rights in private property, without the owners consent, either for its own use or...

When the $50,000,000 Stuyvesant Town plan was approved by the City Planning Commission on May 20, 1943 by a five to one vote, discrimination against African-Americans was already a significant topic of debate. Councilmen Stanley M. Isaacs and A. Clayton Powell Jr. sought to introduce a provision into the contract that would prevent racial or religious discrimination in tenant selection. This provision was not accepted, with those rejecting it, including Robert Moses, arguing that the company's profitability would be harmed and that opponents were "obviously looking for a political issue and not for results in the form of actual slum clearance" (NYT, May 29, 1943). Lee Lorch, a City University of New York professor, petitioned to allow African-Americans into the development and was fired from his teaching position as a result of pressure from Metropolitan Life. Upon accepting position at Penn State, Lorch allowed a black family to occupy his apartment thus circumventing the "No Negroes" rule. As a result of pressure from Met Life he was dismissed from his new position as well.[1] May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Adam Clayton Powell (left) with Martin Luther King: both were prominent civil rights leaders. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Lee Lorch (born 1915) is a mathematician and was an early civil rights activist. ... The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym: IPA pronunciation: ), is the public university system of New York City. ...

Lawsuits were filed on the basis that the project was public or semi-public, and thus violated anti-discrimination laws for New York City public housing. In July 1947, the New York Supreme Court determined that the development was private and that, in the absence of laws to the contrary, the company could discriminate as it saw fit. The court wrote, "It is well settled that the landlord of a private apartment or dwelling house may, without violating any provision of the Federal or State Constitutions, select tenants of its own choice because of race, color, creed or religion... Clearly, housing accommodation is not a recognized civil right" (NYT, July 29, 1947). The suit brought by three African-American war veterans was thus settled. The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the basic New York State trial court of general jurisidiction. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

By this date, Metropolitan Life was building a "separate-but-equal" housing project in Harlem, Riverton Houses. Some years later, the company admitted a few black families to Stuyvesant Town and a few white families to Riverton Houses. Both projects, however, remain largely black and white, as do many housing projects to this day. The Riverton Houses is a large residential development in Harlem, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...

A host of other issues and controversies surrounded Stuyvesant Town's urban planning and design. From the first debates in 1943, objections were made to the haste with which the project was approved and lack of public participation in the process; the project's population density; the absence of any public facilities such as schools, community centers, or shops in the development; the gated-community, private property character and the denial of city residents to walk through a part of the city that was once public; violations of the city's master plan; and the "walled city" character of its design. Lawsuits were brought by property owners of the land, but in February 1944 the Supreme Court of the United States refused to review the constitutionality of the New York State redevelopment companies law that enabled the development, despite the taking of public property for private profit, the granting of tax exemptions, and the public benefits advanced by the developers and their advocates. Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest judicial body in the...

Stuy Town today

Dubbed "Stuy Town" by many of its residents, the complex is home to trees, grass, black squirrels, and twelve parks open to use by its residents. As initially offered by Metropolitan Life president Frederick Ecker in 1943, Stuy Town made it possible for generations of New Yorkers "to live in a park--to live in the country in the heart of New York."

Famous individuals who have lived in or still live in Stuy Town/Peter Cooper include Paul Reiser, of Mad About You, conservative columnist David Brooks, and New York restaurateur, Drew Nieporent. The famed Stuy Town waiting list, which was incredibly long, was abolished recently when Metropolitan Life spent millions on renovations for the almost sixty-year old complex in preparation first for bringing market-price rents to as many apartments as possible, and then to sell the complex to the highest bidder. Paul Reiser (March 30, 1957 – March 19, 2007) was an American actor, author and stand-up comedian, best known for his role in Mad About You. ... Mad About You was an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999. ... David Brooks, conservative commentator for the New York Times and other publications. ... Drew Nieporent is a New York City restaurateur. ...

In 2006 and 2007, there was a widely-publicized controversy over the actions of Metropolitan Life in its attempts to turn the complex into luxury apartments. Indeed, Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village have, as many see it, become the front line for rent control battles in New York City. Until recently, the under-$2,000/month rents for one bedroom and two bedroom apartments in the complex were in tune with market rates in Manhattan for much smaller apartments ("projects" apartments in Manhattan are vastly larger in comparison to typical apartments costing far more in rent). In recent years, the Alphabet City and Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan have seen a surge in popularity and in property values, and as of 2005 the market rate for two bedroom apartments in Stuyvesant Town surpassed $4,000/month. Residents who have lived in the apartments for several years are thus paying thousands less than market rate due to rent control laws, and, in turn, Metropolitan Life had come under fire for, as many saw it, attempting to drive out rent-controlled residents, or raise their rents enough to be able to charge market rates. Rent control refers to laws or ordinances that set price controls on residential housing. ... Alphabet City, formerly considered a slum, is now a trendy part of the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... Mural on Orchard Street and Houston Street by artist Marco L.E.S. redirects here. ...

Opposition to Metropolitan Life's actions and plans began with a small protest in the center of the apartment complex in the summer of 2001, and quickly grew into an organized effort to resist many of the major capital improvements that Metropolitan Life stated were necessary for the complex, but which many residents just felt were being completed with the sole intention of raising rents, and prior to its eventual sale. (New York State law states that one of the few ways to raise rents is to add a portion of legally permitted major capital improvements (MCI's). Another way to create vacancies is to commence a legal action against illegal sublets or so-called non-primary residents who actually live elsewhere and are not entitled to the protections of Rent Stabilization. In addition, those tenants who earn over $175,000 per year and also have a rent of $2000 or more will lose their rent protection.)

Recent renovations, such as modernized elevators and lobbies, a new community center, a central fountain, and a highly controversial photo-ID key-card key replacement system, led residents to correctly surmise that Metropolitan Life was preparing the complex for sale. Initial suspected buyers included such disparate concerns as New York University (NYU), a different owner, or to the residents themselves as a co-op. The requirement of photo ID card-keys was touted by the development as a security precaution, but was viewed as a means of identifying those residents who live there under the lease of an absent (or deceased) tenant for the purpose of improperly benefiting from low controlled rents. As of early 2006, the ID-key issue had appeared to have been set aside. New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... Co-op is: A cooperative education program. ...

One result of the recent move to market rents has been a more rapid shift in the demographics of the community, from an aging community with many government workers such as police and court employees, to more young professional families with higher incomes and small children. This demographic shift, as well as a similar shift in the nearby East Village/Alphabet City -- the region south of 14th Street, and east of First Avenue -- is having profound effects on the surrounding area, its businesses, schools and character.

Stuyvesant Town was once home to a yearly "flea market," a two-day event in which residents were encouraged to sell various secondhand wares and socialize with their neighbors. This has been discontinued in recent years, sparking a minor outcry from some residents who miss the occasion.

Multiple schools reside in the area, including such as elementary school Public School 40, Middle School 104, and the very popular Epiphany School.

The neighborhood is currently known for producing the infamous squirrel-hunter Johnny Fever and baseball icon Peter Ramos.

Town & Village newspaper

The community of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village has its own newspaper, Town & Village, a.k.a. "The T&V." Town & Village was first published in 1947 and has come out every week since, covering news in Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village, Waterside Plaza and Gramercy Park. It was founded by Charles G. Hagedorn and is now published by Hagedorn Communications. Town & Village is not affiliated with MetLife or Tishman Speyer.

2006 sale

This section documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.

On October 17, 2006, MetLife agreed to sell Stuyvesant Town to Tishman Speyer Properties and the real estate arm of BlackRock for $5.4 billion. The sale was expected to close by November 15, 2006, according to documents CB Richard Ellis, a commercial real estate broker representing Met Life, sent to bidders. The sale of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village thus apparently was the biggest deal for a single American property in modern times. MetLife hired a broker, who started registering bidders, and intended to name a winner by November of 2006. The sale had drawn interest from dozens of prospective buyers, including New York's top real estate families, pension funds, international investment banks and investors from Dubai, the New York Times said, citing real estate executives^[3]. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Tishman Speyer Properties is a leading real estate building and operating company set up in 1978 by two founding partners, Jerry Speyer and Robert Tishman. ... BlackRock Inc. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. ...

New York City Council member Daniel Garodnick, a lifelong resident of Peter Cooper Village, attempted to organize tenants and investors to place a buyout bid on Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town. Initially, MetLife deemed the tenants group an unqualified bidder, but, after being pressured by elected officials, MetLife reversed itself, and distributed bid books to the tenant group; bids were to have been submitted by October 5, 2006.^[4] New York City Hall The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. ... Daniel R. (Dan) Garodnick is a New York City Councilman representing the 4th district, which comprises Midtown East, Murray Hill, Stuyvesant Town, and much of the Upper East Side. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (279th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Stuyvesant Town was constructed with a transfer of public benefits to Metropolitan Life. Among these, the land under the complex was transferred to Metropolitan Life free of charge, and Met Life enjoyed a tax abatement for many years. It is therefore expected that Metropolitan Life was to accommodate the needs of the community in determining the appropriate purchaser for the complex.^{[citation needed]} On October 10, 2006, Senator Charles Schumer telephoned the chief executive officer of Metropolitan Life to emphasize that the insurance giant should heed the calls for a tenant-sponsored acquisition of the complex, rather than simply seeking to sell to the highest bidder. A tax holiday is a temporary reduction or elimination of a tax. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Charles Ellis Chuck Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is a Jewish American politician. ...

On January 22, 2007, a class action lawsuit was filed against MetLife, Tishman Speyer Properties and their associates on behalf of the market rate tenants of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. The suit claims that MetLife was improperly charging tenants market rate rents while at the same time receiving real estate tax benefits from the City of New York under the J-51 program, which requires property owners to maintain apartments as rent stabilized during the period in which they are receiving benefits. The lawsuit asks for a monetary award of between $215,000,000 and $320,000,000 in rent overcharges and damages. It furthermore calls for the market rate apartments to be reverted to rent stabilization until the expiration of the J-51 benefit period, sometime after 2017. January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Peter Cooper Village is a residential development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. ... 2017 (MMXVII) will be a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

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See also

• Mitchell Lama
• Park Merced, San Francisco, California
• Park La Brea, Los Angeles, California

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External links

• Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village timeline of sale
• MetLife: making money at the government's expense?
• MetLife May Sell Stuyvesant Town
• MetLife Looking to Sell Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town in NYC?
• Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village official tenants Web site(MetLife sponsored site)
• Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association
• Official Web site (MetLife sponsored site)
• MetLife sells NYC apartment complex for $5.4 bln

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A German band in New York, around 1876 Little Germany, also called in German Kleindeutschland was a densely populated German neighborhood around Tompkins Square, in an area bounded by Avenues A and B and 7th and 10th Sts, in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York. ... Food vendors line the streets of Little Italy. ... Loisaida mural by local artist Antonio Garcia, aka Chico. Loisaida is a term derived from the Hispanic (and especially Puerto Rican) pronunciation of Lower East Side, a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. ... Mural on Orchard Street and Houston Street by artist Marco L.E.S. redirects here. ... Woolworth Building, looking south along Broadway Lower Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge, 2005 Rigid airship the USS Akron over Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. ... Madison Square, 1908. ... Manhattan Valley is a small area of the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. ... 125th Street station at Broadway and 125th Street, one of Manhattanvilles primary landmarks Manhattanville is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan bordered on the south by Morningside Heights on the west by the Hudson River, on the east by Harlem and on the north by... Marble Hill is the northernmost section of the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York. ... The Meatpacking District, also known as Gansevoort Market, is a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. ... View of Midtown from Empire State Building. ... Residental buildings on West 116th Street opposite Columbia University between Morningside Drive and Amsterdam Avenue For the El Paso, Texas neighborhood, see Morningside Heights, El Paso, Texas Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is bounded by the Upper West Side, Morningside... The Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan extends south from 42nd street to meet the neighborhood of Gramercy (or Rose Hill/Curry Hill as the northern half of Gramercy is often referred to) at 29th street. ... NoHo can also refer to North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. ... Nolita, sometimes written as NoLIta (North of Little Italy), is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Peter Cooper Village is a residential development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. ... Radio Row was a warehouse district in lower Manhattan, New York City. ... Randalls Island is situated in the East River in New York City. ... Main Street on Roosevelt Island Roosevelt Island, formerly known as Welfare Island, is a narrow island in the East River of New York City. ... Rose Hill is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Soho is an area of central Londons West End, in the borough of the City of Westminster. ... A view of the South Street Seaport in New York with the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Sugar Hill is an neighborhood in the northern part of Harlem, Manhattan, New York City defined by 155th St. ... Sutton Place is a classically elegant neighborhood. ... Tenderloin was a neighborhood of the West Side of Manhattan north and east of Chelsea on the far West Side, which stretched south to West 14th Street and up to West 57th Street, from the mid 1800s to the 1920s. ... The Theatre District is an area in Midtown Manhattan in which are located the many Broadway theatres as well as many other theatres, movie theatres, restaurants, hotels and other places of entertainment. ... Times Square Times Square is the name given to a principal intersection at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... Hudson Street in TriBeCa. ... Tudor City is an apartment complex located on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City. ... Turtle Bay is a neighborhood in New York City, on the east side of Midtown Manhattan. ... The view of the East River and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges from Two Bridges, Manhattan Two Bridges is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York City, United States. ... Union Square Union Square (also known as Union Square Park) is an important and historic intersection in New York City, located where Broadway and the Bowery came together in the early 19th century. ... The Upper East Side at Sunset The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. ... Upper Manhattan is an area in New York City consisting of the thin, northern neck of the island of Manhattan. ... The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. ... Wards Island is situated in the East River in New York City. ... Nagle Avenue Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. ... // For the West Village development in Dallas, Texas, see West Village, Dallas The West Village is west of the Greenwich Village neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, bounded by the Hudson River and roughly Sixth Avenue, extending from 14th Street down to Houston Street. ... A section of Yorkville as seen from a high rise on Second Avenue and 87th Street Yorkville is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side of the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York City. ...