57th Street (Manhattan)
West-east street in Manhattan, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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40.7649°N 73.9787°W / 40.7649; -73.9787
 Apartment buildings lining East 57th Street between First Avenue and Sutton Place | |
| Location | Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
|---|---|
| West end | West Side Highway |
| East end | York Avenue and Sutton Place |
57th Street is a broad thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan, one of the major two-way, east-west streets in the borough's grid. As with Manhattan's other "crosstown" streets, it is divided into its east and west sections at Fifth Avenue. The street runs from a small park overlooking the East River in the east to the West Side Highway along the Hudson River in the west. 57th Street runs through the neighborhoods of Sutton Place, Midtown Manhattan, and Hell's Kitchen from east to west.
57th Street was created under the Commissioners' Plan of 1811. It was developed as a mainly residential street in the mid-19th century. The central portion of 57th Street was developed as an artistic hub starting in the 1890s, with the development of Carnegie Hall. The section between Fifth and Eighth Avenues is two blocks south of Central Park. Since the early 21st century, the portion of the street south of Central Park has formed part of Billionaires' Row, which contains luxury residential skyscrapers such as 111 West 57th Street, One57, and the Central Park Tower.