115 East 34th Street

115 East 34th Street is a Privately Owned Public Space in the Murray Hill neighborhood, providing a small outdoor seating area in one of Manhattan's quieter Midtown residential neighborhoods.

Murray Hill, roughly bounded by 34th and 40th Streets between Third and Madison Avenues, is a residential neighborhood that maintains a calmer character than the commercial corridors to its north and west. The neighborhood is named for the Murray family, whose estate occupied this area in the 18th century.

Mary Lindley Murray is said to have delayed British General Howe with tea and conversation during the Revolutionary War, allowing George Washington's troops to escape northward. The story, while possibly embellished, is part of the neighborhood's founding mythology.

Residential POPS in Murray Hill serve the neighborhood's apartment dwellers with small outdoor amenities that complement the area's relative lack of large parks. The nearest major green spaces are Madison Square Park and the East River Greenway.

This POPS provides a modest public benefit in a neighborhood where the residential character makes even small outdoor seating areas valuable community assets.