55th Street (Manhattan)
55th Street is a two-mile-long, one-way street traveling east to west across Midtown Manhattan.Landmarks, east to west
- The route officially begins at Sutton Place South which is on a hill overlooking FDR Drive.
- Plaza 400 Apartments, 40-story, 119 m/392 ft apartment building completed in 1967
First Avenue
- Terrence Cardinal Cook Building
- Church of St. John the Evangelist
- Bristol Apartments, 33-story apartment building completed in 1973
Second Avenue
- Brevard Apartments, 30-story apartments completed in 1981
- Marymount Manhattan College Dormitory, 48-story, 144 m / 473 ft mixed apartment house and dormitory completed in 2001
- 919 Third Avenue, 47-story 188 m / 615 ft building completed in 1971
- P. J. Clarke's, antique tavern known for holding its own and remaining intact despite attempts to destroy it for 919 Third.
Third Avenue
Lexington Avenue
- Central Synagogue
- DLT Entertainment headquarters
- Levin Institute
- Park Avenue Place, 38-story, 144 m office tower completed in 2004
- Park Avenue Tower, 36-story 171 m office tower completed in 1987 with a distinctive pyramid roof
- Heron Tower, 96 m , 25-story building completed in 1986
Madison Avenue
- Sony Tower, 37-story 197 m building completed in 1984 originally to be the headquarters of AT&T
- Finland House, 38-story, 130 m office tower completed in 1970
- The St. Regis Hotel
Fifth Avenue
- The Peninsula New York, 21-story, 76 m hotel completed in 1905
- Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
- MGM Building, 35-story 127 m office tower completed in 1966
Sixth Avenue
- Robert Indiana Love
- Capitol-EMI Building 34-story 143 m building
- 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 50 story, 191 m building completed in 1969
- 125 West 55th Street
- New York City Center, theatre at 131 West 55th Street
- 55th Street Playhouse, theatre at 154 West 55th Street
- CitySpire Center, 75-story 248 m tower, north
- The London NYC 54-floor 180 m tower completed in 1990
- Hotel Wellington
Seventh Avenue
- Park Central Hotel, 25-story 109 m tower completed in 1926 most famous for mafia execution in the barber shop
- Dream Hotel
- Mutual of New York Building, 27-story 114 m building completed in 1950 whose sign inspired the song Mony, Mony
Broadway
- Random House Tower, 52-story 208 m tower
- Former original location of Soup Nazi from Seinfeld
Eighth Avenue
Ninth Avenue
- Alvin Ailey Dance Hall
- Julia Miles Theatre
- Independent High School
Tenth Avenue
- Clinton Towers Apartments 39-story apartment completed in 1974
Eleventh Avenue
The road crosses a pedestrian island separating 12th Avenue from the West Side Highway.
The route concludes at the West Side Highway. Opposite the intersection is the Hudson River