Locations Manhattan

1 locations

1.1 adjacent counties
1.2 national protected areas
1.3 neighborhoods

locations

liberty island exclave of manhattan, of new york city, , of new york state, surrounded new jersey waters


adjacent counties

bergen county, new jersey—west , northwest
hudson county, new jersey—west , southwest
bronx county (the bronx)—north , northeast
queens county (queens)—east
kings county (brooklyn)—south , southeast
richmond county (staten island)—southwest

national protected areas

african burial ground national monument
castle clinton national monument
federal hall national memorial
general grant national memorial
governors island national monument
hamilton grange national memorial
lower east side tenement national historic site
statue of liberty national monument (part)
theodore roosevelt birthplace national historic site

neighborhoods

manhattan s many neighborhoods not named according particular convention. geographical (the upper east side), or ethnically descriptive (little italy). others acronyms, such tribeca (for triangle below canal street ) or soho ( south of houston ), or far more recent vintages nolita ( north of little italy ). , nomad ( north of madison square park ). harlem name dutch colonial era after haarlem, city in netherlands. alphabet city comprises avenues a, b, c, , d, name refers. have simple folkloric names, such hell s kitchen, alongside more official lesser used title (in case, clinton).

view of empire state building southward top of rockefeller center, 1 world trade center in background, @ sunset

some neighborhoods, such soho, mixed use, known upscale shopping residential use. others, such greenwich village, lower east side, alphabet city , east village, have long been associated bohemian subculture. chelsea 1 of several manhattan neighborhoods large gay populations , has become center of both international art industry , new york s nightlife. washington heights primary destination immigrants dominican republic. chinatown has highest concentration of people of chinese descent outside of asia. koreatown bounded 6th , madison avenues, between 31st , 33rd streets, hangul (한글) signage ubiquitous. rose hill features growing number of indian restaurants , spice shops along stretch of lexington avenue between 25th , 30th streets has become known curry hill.

in manhattan, uptown means north (more precisely north-northeast, direction island , street grid system oriented) , downtown means south (south-southwest). usage differs of american cities, downtown refers central business district. manhattan has 2 central business districts, financial district @ southern tip of island, , midtown manhattan. term uptown refers northern part of manhattan above 72nd street , downtown southern portion below 14th street, midtown covering area in between, though definitions can rather fluid depending on situation.

fifth avenue bisects manhattan island , acts demarcation line east/west designations (e.g., east 27th street, west 42nd street); street addresses start @ fifth avenue , increase heading away fifth avenue, @ rate of 100 per block on streets. south of waverly place, fifth avenue terminates , broadway becomes east/west demarcation line. though grid start 1st street, north of houston street (the southernmost street divided in west , east portions; pronounced how-stin), grid not take hold until north of 14th street, east-west streets numerically identified, increase south north 220th street, highest numbered street on island. streets in midtown one-way, few exceptions being busiest cross-town thoroughfares (14th, 23rd, 34th, , 42nd streets, example), bidirectional across width of manhattan island. rule of thumb odd-numbered streets run west, while even-numbered streets run east.