Manhattan · New York County
120 Park Avenue
POPS - Indoor Through-Block
- Location
- 120 Park Avenue, at East 42nd Street, Murray Hill / Grand Central
- Size
- 0.15 acres
- Hours
- Open during business hours
- Type
- POPS - Indoor Through-Block
120 Park Avenue is a Privately Owned Public Space near Grand Central Terminal, providing an indoor through-block connection in one of the busiest transit and office corridors in Manhattan.
The blocks surrounding Grand Central Terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue handle some of the heaviest pedestrian volumes in the world. Over 750,000 people pass through Grand Central daily, and the surrounding POPS help distribute this pedestrian flow.
Park Avenue between 40th and 50th Streets is one of the most prestigious corporate addresses in the world, home to major financial institutions, law firms, and corporate headquarters. The POPS along this corridor serve this high-powered business community.
Through-block POPS near Grand Central are especially valuable because they create alternative pedestrian routes that relieve pressure on the terminal's overcrowded main concourse and the congested sidewalks of 42nd Street.
This space is part of the pedestrian infrastructure that keeps Midtown functioning despite population densities that would overwhelm most cities' transportation networks.