List of Manhattan neighborhoods
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This list of Manhattan neighborhoods has all areas in the Manhattan borough of New York City (U.S.). The list is arranged, by neighborhood location, from north to south on the island (use browser "find" button to search for a name).
Please note the following general definitions:
- Uptown Manhattan refers to the area above 59th Street;
Upper Manhattan refers to the area above 96th Street. - Downtown Manhattan refers to the area below 14th Street;
Lower Manhattan refers to the area below Chambers Street. - Midtown Manhattan refers to the area between 34th Street and 59th Street.
- East Side refers to the area east of Fifth Avenue.
- West Side refers to the area west of Fifth Avenue.
Neighborhood names and boundaries are not officially defined. They may change, from time to time.
Uptown Neighborhoods
Name of the Neighborhood | Limits South to North and East to West |
Upper Manhattan | above 95th St |
Marble Hill | physically located on the mainland |
Inwood | above Dyckman St |
Fort George | Between Nagel Ave, Dyckman St and 192nd, includes Broadway South to Fairview Avenue |
Washington Heights | W155 (once 125) to Dyckman St |
Hudson Heights (Part of Washington Heights) | W173 to Fort Tryon Park; Broadway to the Hudson River |
West Harlem | W125-155; Saint Nicholas Avenue to the Hudson River |
Hamilton Heights (West Harlem) | W135-155; St. Nick to the Hudson River |
Manhattanville (West Harlem) | W125-135; St. Nick to the Hudson River |
ViVa, Viaduct Valley | W125-132; the Hudson River |
Morningside Heights, SoHa (or "South of Harlem") | W96-125; Columbus to Riverside Drive |
Central Harlem | E110-155; Park Avenue to St. Nick |
Harlem | E96-141 (east), W110-155 (central), W125-155 (west) |
Strivers' Row (Central Harlem) | W137-138; 7th-8th Avenue |
Astor Row (Central Harlem) | centered at W130 |
Sugar Hill (Central Harlem) | W125-155; Edgecombe Avenue to Amsterdam Ave. |
Marcus Garvey Park, Mount Morris Historical District | E120-124; Madison Avenue to Fifth Avenue |
Le Petit Senegal (Little Senegal) | W. 116; East of Morningside Park, rapidly growing neighborhood |
East Harlem | E96-141; East River to 5th |
Spanish Harlem | northeast of Central Park; E96-130; East River to 5th |
Upper East Side, Lenox Hill, Silk Stocking District | E59-96; East River to 5th (and E96-110 along 5th) |
Carnegie Hill | E86-98; 3rd to 5th (centered at E91 and Park) |
Yorkville | E79-96; the river to 3rd (centered at E86 and 3rd) |
Upper West Side | W59-110; Central Park W to the Hudson River |
Manhattan Valley, Bloomingdale District | W96-110; Eighth Avenue to Broadway (Manhattan) |
Lincoln Square (once San Juan Hill, Manhattan) | W65-66; Ninth Avenue to Broadway |
Midtown Neighborhoods
Name of the Neighborhood | Limits South to North and East to West |
Midtown Manhattan | 34th to 59th St |
Columbus Circle | W59 and 8th Avenue |
Sutton Place | E53-59 and Sutton Pl |
Rockefeller Center, Radio City | W49-51 and 5th to 6th |
Diamond District | W47 and 5th to 6th |
Theater District | W42-53 and 6th to 8th |
Turtle Bay | E42-53 and East River to Lex |
Midtown East | 42-59 and East River to 5th |
Midtown | 40-59 and 3rd to 9th |
Tudor City | E40-43 and 1st Avenue to 2nd |
Little Brazil | W46 and 5th to 6th |
Times Square | W39-52 and 7th-9th Avenue |
Hudson Yards | W28-43 and 7th to the Hudson River |
Midtown West | W34-59 and 5th to Hudson River |
Hell's Kitchen, Clinton | W34-57 (59) and 8th to the Hudson River |
Garment District | W34-42 and 5th to 9th |
Herald Square | W34 and 6th Avenue |
Koreatown | W31-36 and 5th to 6th |
Murray Hill | E29-42 and 2nd to 5th |
Tenderloin | W23-42 and 5th to 7th |
Madison Square | W23-26 and 5th to Broadway |
Neighborhoods between Midtown and Downtown
Name of the Neighborhood | Limits South to North and East to West |
Flower District | W26-28 and 6th |
Brookdale | E25th and 1st to FDR |
Kips Bay | E23-34 and the river to 3rd |
Rose Hill | E25-30 and 3rd to Madison |
NoMad | W25-30 and Lex to 6th |
Peter Cooper Village† (former Gas House district) | E20-23 and C to 1st |
Chelsea | W14-34 and 6th to the river |
Flatiron District, Toy District, Photo District | E&W16-27 and Park Avenue South to 6th |
Gramercy Park | E14-23 and 1st to Park Avenue So. |
Stuyvesant Square | E15-E18 and 1st to 3rd |
Union Square | E14-17 and 4th to University Pl |
Stuyvesant Town† (former Gas House district) | E14-20 and C to 1st |
Meatpacking District | Gansevoort to W15th and Hudson to the river |
Waterside Plaza | E25-29th and FDR Drive |
†Large scale developments
Downtown Neighborhoods
Name of the Neighborhood | Limits South to North and East to West |
Downtown Manhattan | below 14th Street |
Little Germany (historic) | E7-10 and A to B |
Alphabet City, Loisaida | Houston to E23rd (14th) and FDR to A |
East Village | Houston to E14th and the East River to Bowery |
Greenwich Village, the Village | Houston to W14th and Broadway to the Hudson River |
NoHo | Houston to Astor and Bowery to Broadway |
Bowery | Canal to E4 and Allen to Bowery |
West Village | Houston to W14th and 6th to the river |
Lower East Side | Canal to Houston and the river to Bowery |
SoHo | Canal to Houston and Lafayette to Varick |
Nolita (NoLIta) | Broome to Houston and Bowery to Lafayette |
Little Italy | Canal to Broome along Mulberry |
Chinatown | Chambers to Delancey and East Broadway to Broadway |
Lower Manhattan, Financial District | below Chambers |
Five Points (historic) | Worth & Baxter |
Cooperative Village† | Frankfort to Grand and FDR to E B-way |
Two Bridges | Brooklyn Bridge to Montgomery, St. James Pl to the river |
TriBeCa | Park Pl to Canal and Broadway to the Hudson River |
Civic Center | Vesey to Chambers and the East River to Broadway |
Radio Row (historic) | Cortlandt to Dey and Greenwich St (WTC) |
South Street Seaport Historical District | south of Fulton and along FDR |
Battery Park City† | west of West Street |
†Large scale developments
Islands
Related pages
Other websites
- Neighborhood Map from NYC Department of City Planning Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine