51st Street (One way from east to west)
Maintained by New York City
Length:	1.9 mi (3 km)
East end:	Beekman Place
West end:	NY 9A West Side Highway
Counties:	New York
Major cities:	New York City

51st Street is a 1.9-mile (3.1 km) long one-way street traveling east to west across Midtown Manhattan.

[edit] East to West

[edit] East 51st Street

• The route officially begins at Beekman Place which is on a hill overlooking FDR Drive. 51st continues for a few feet east of the intersection but the street sign refers to it as Peter Detmold Park (a reference to the dog park at the bottom of the hill) which has a pedestrian walk way over the FDR to the East River
• Yemen Mission to the United Nations

[edit] First Avenue (Manhattan)

• 351 East 51st Street - An apartment complex on the site where Nathan Hale is believed to have been hanged during the Battle of Long Island
• Laos Mission to the United Nations

[edit] Second Avenue (Manhattan)

Equatorial Guinea mission

Sutton Place Synagogue (Jewish Center for the United Nations)

• Tonga Mission to the United Nations
• Equatorial Guinea Mission to the United Nations
• POD Hotel
• Jewish Center for the United Nations
• Great Britain Consulate

[edit] Third Avenue (Manhattan)

• 17th Precinct of New York City Police
• Engine Company No 8, Ladder 2, 8th Battalion of New York City Fire Department
• Double Tree Hotel

[edit] Lexington Avenue (Manhattan)

• General Electric Building
• St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York
• 345 Park Avenue

[edit] Park Avenue (Manhattan)

• 350 Park Avenue
• 320 Park Avenue
• The New York Palace Hotel

[edit] Madison Avenue (Manhattan)

• St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
• Venezuela Consulate
• Olympic Tower

[edit] West 51st Street

[edit] Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)

• Rockefeller Center
• Radio City Music Hall
• 1290 Avenue of the Americas

[edit] Avenue of the Americas

• Time-Life Building
• SportsNet New York Studios
• 1285 Avenue of the Americas
• 787 Seventh Avenue
• Millineum Plaza (former Taft Hotel)

[edit] Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)

• Sheraton Manhattan

[edit] Broadway (Manhattan)

• Novotel Manhattan
• Paramount Plaza
• Mars 2112
• Mark Hellinger Theatre
• Times Square Church
• George Gershwin Theatre

[edit] Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)

• St. Paul's House - Church founded by J.J.D. Hall that is noted for its "Sin Will Find You Out" neon sign in the shape of a cross that was featured on Saturday Night Live

[edit] Ninth Avenue (Manhattan)

• Closed Midtown Branch of Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center (formerly St. Clares Hospital)

[edit] Tenth Avenue (Manhattan)

[edit] Eleventh Avenue (Manhattan)

• Hustler Club

[edit] West Side Highway

The route concludes at the West Side Highway (New York Route 9A). Opposite the intersection is the New York Passenger Ship Terminal and the Hudson River

[edit] References

• Emporis West 51st profile
• Emporis East 51st profile
• 51st Street: A New York Songline - virtual walking tour