Located between 59th street and 14th street, Midtown Manhattan is packed with business, art, and tourism. With attractions like Times Square, MoMA, Broadway, and more, this area is packed with things to do for both locals and tourists alike.
Midtown Manhattan is busy. Although the population is smaller than Upper Manhattan, you wouldn’t know that from walking around. Huge amounts of people travel to Midtown for work and the sheer amount of events happening means there are always tourists out and about.
Once work hours are over, the area becomes slightly less dense, but the bustling nightlife keeps things lively. Though the western and eastern parts of Midtown are a bit more residential and quiet, people are referring to Midtown when they say New York is the city that never sleeps.
Midtown Manhattan is the most accessible place in NYC. There are four major transportation hubs that can take you anywhere in the city and beyond. These hubs are:
Many bike lanes have also been placed on major avenues and streets, making biking in Midtown safer than ever before. More bike lanes continue to be added, and many of the ones already here have easy access to Citi Bike docking stations.
The only mode of transportation we don’t recommend here is a car. The traffic is hectic, parking can be expensive, and there are so many transportation alternatives that it doesn’t make much sense to keep one in this part of town.
New York City makes sure to keep tourist hotspots as safe as can be, especially in the busier parts of Midtown. Violent crime is extremely rare, with the most common crimes being pickpocketing and bag snatching. There are the occasional scammers in areas like Times Square, but as long as you’re vigilant you have nothing to worry about.
Midtown also has a wide array of hospitals with branches of New York Presbyterian and Mt. Sinai. NYU Langdon is also located in this part of town, so there’s no shortage of top notch doctors for any situation.
In Manhattan’s early days, Midtown was considered Uptown and was not the nicest place to live. However, as the city expanded after the revolution, more and more people began to move uptown for more spacious living arrangements and business opportunities.
Midtown West gained popularity in the 19th Century, when it became the center of garment production for the USA. New technologies and the Industrial Revolution only led to further corporate development in the 20th century, when the Garment District became the leading scene for designers, seamstresses, wholesalers, and more.
In 1904, The New York Times opened its new headquarters in Times Square, making the area popular and affluent enough to form the new Theater District, which is currently home to 40 Broadway theaters. Over time, multiple financial struggles left the area in a sorry state of neglect, leading to high rates of crime.
Starting in the 1990s, the Disney Corporation decided to produce shows on Broadway, like The Lion King, and worked with the city to make the area more family-friendly. Today, the buildings still blare with flashing color and advertisements, and residents and tourists of all ages and backgrounds crowd the streets.
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| Studio | $3,495 | $8.00 |
| 1 BR | $4,462 | $6.79 |
| 2 BR | $6,100 | $7.05 |
| 3 BR | $7,395 | $6.60 |
| 4+ BR | $9,000 | $6.44 |
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Midtown Manhattan is located within New York County, New York. This area currently has 1,634,989 residents in 753,385 households. Out of the total population, 40.12% of the residents speak another language at home instead of English. The majority of the inhabitants in this county are currently unmarried and have a median age of 37.
When looking at residents older than 25, around 12.55% have graduated from high school, 31.80% have a bachelor's degree, and 28.64% have obtained their master's degree or above. Employment rate is typically around 62.9% and the median income in this county is $75,513.
At least 76.86% of those living in this county are renting their homes. Most residents will commute to work by public transportation with an average commute time of 31 minutes.
Geographically, New York County, New York is a part of the New York - Newark, NY - NJ - CT Urban Area. This county is currently home to 18,812,161 residents, or 6,707,347 households with a median income of $68,319. the New York - Newark, NY - NJ - CT Urban Area residents have a median age of 38 and 50.07% are currently renting their homes in the area.
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