Manhattan · New York County
212 East 47th Street
POPS - Indoor Lobby
- Location
- 212 East 47th Street, Midtown East / Turtle Bay
- Size
- 0.06 acres
- Hours
- Open during business hours
- Type
- POPS - Indoor Lobby
212 East 47th Street is a Privately Owned Public Space in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown East, providing an indoor publicly accessible lobby between Second and Third Avenues.
Turtle Bay is a residential enclave tucked within the Midtown office district, with tree-lined streets and a shared private garden running through the interior of the block between 48th and 49th Streets. The neighborhood has attracted literary and diplomatic residents since the mid-20th century.
Notable Turtle Bay residents have included Katharine Hepburn, E.B. White, Stephen Sondheim, and multiple UN ambassadors, reflecting the neighborhood's combination of residential charm and proximity to the United Nations.
The indoor POPS serves this residential-commercial neighborhood with climate-controlled public access near the busier avenues. Turtle Bay's side streets maintain a remarkable quiet given their Midtown location.
This lobby space provides public amenity in one of Manhattan's most surprising residential neighborhoods, a pocket of calm in the heart of the city's most intense commercial district.