Midtown
Neighborhood Intelligence

Midtown (Manhattan Community District 5) stretches from 14th Street in the south to 59th Street in the north, bounded roughly by Eighth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas to the west and Lexington Avenue to the east. The district encompasses Times Square, the Theater District, the Garment District, Herald Square, Bryant Park, the Flatiron District, Madison Square Park, Union Square, and Gramercy Park. It is the densest concentration of commercial office space in the United States, yet the resident population is a relatively modest 63,600 (2020 Census), as much of the land area is non-residential. The western portions near Times Square generate enormous pedestrian and tourist volume.

Zoning is primarily C6 high-density commercial, reflecting the district's role as a global business center, with C5 and C4 overlays along Fifth Avenue and in the theater subdistricts. Residential occupancy is concentrated in the quieter blocks of the Flatiron and Gramercy Park areas, where R8 and R8B zones exist. The district is served by one of the densest transit networks in the world, with major interchange stations at Times Square–42nd Street, Grand Central Terminal, Penn Station, and Union Square giving access to every major subway line serving Manhattan.