Manhattan · New York County
220 East 72nd Street
POPS - Outdoor Plaza
- Location
- 220 East 72nd Street, Upper East Side
- Size
- 0.06 acres
- Hours
- Open during building hours
- Type
- POPS - Outdoor Plaza
220 East 72nd 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 near the 72nd Street commercial corridor.
72nd Street is one of the most important crosstown corridors on the Upper East Side, connecting the Queensboro Bridge approach on the east to Central Park's Bethesda Fountain entrance on the west. The street's commercial activity and transit connections make it one of the busiest on the East Side.
The 72nd Street subway station on the Second Avenue line, opened in 2017, brought dramatically improved transit access to the eastern Upper East Side. The station features public art by Vik Muniz depicting portraits of everyday New Yorkers.
The POPS serves the residential community near this important crosstown corridor, providing outdoor space on a block between the busier avenues where the residential character of the side streets prevails.
This plaza provides public outdoor space near one of the Upper East Side's most significant transit and commercial intersections.