Est. 2026 · New York City

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200 West 79th Street

POPS - Outdoor Seating

Location
200 West 79th Street, Upper West Side
Size
0.06 acres
Hours
Open during building hours
Type
POPS - Outdoor Seating

200 West 79th Street is a Privately Owned Public Space on the Upper West Side, providing outdoor seating at a residential building between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway.

The Upper West Side in the upper 70s is the heart of the neighborhood's residential core, with pre-war apartment buildings, brownstone townhouses, and the nearby American Museum of Natural History creating one of the most family-friendly environments in Manhattan.

The American Museum of Natural History, stretching from 77th to 81st Streets along Central Park West, is one of the largest museums in the world and a defining institution of the Upper West Side. The museum's Rose Center for Earth and Space, with its giant glass cube housing the planetarium sphere, is one of the neighborhood's most striking architectural landmarks.

The Upper West Side between 72nd and 86th Streets has a village-like quality, with local shops, restaurants, and institutions that give residents the sense of living in a neighborhood rather than just a section of the city.

This seating area serves the residential community of the Upper West Side's most established blocks, where the proximity to Central Park and the Natural History Museum creates one of the most livable environments in Manhattan.

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