Manhattan · New York County
200 East 62nd Street
POPS - Outdoor Plaza
- Location
- 200 East 62nd Street, Upper East Side
- Size
- 0.06 acres
- Hours
- Open during building hours
- Type
- POPS - Outdoor Plaza
200 East 62nd Street is a Privately Owned Public Space on the Upper East Side, providing an outdoor plaza at a residential building between Second and Third Avenues in the low 60s.
This section of the Upper East Side is near the Queensboro Bridge and the transition from the Midtown commercial district to the residential neighborhood above 60th Street. The blocks east of Lexington Avenue have a more practical, neighborhood-oriented character than the luxury corridor along Madison and Fifth.
The POPS serves the residential community of the eastern Upper East Side, an area that benefits from proximity to the East River Esplanade and the recreational waterfront access it provides.
Upper East Side POPS in the 60s tend to serve a mix of longtime residents, young professionals attracted by the neighborhood's relative affordability compared to the avenues, and medical workers employed at the nearby hospital campuses on York Avenue.
This outdoor plaza provides public space in a residential corridor where the daily rhythms of neighborhood life take precedence over the glamour associated with the Upper East Side's more famous avenues.