240 East 38th Street

240 East 38th Street is a Privately Owned Public Space in Murray Hill, providing outdoor seating at a residential building in the eastern portion of the neighborhood.

Eastern Murray Hill between Second and Third Avenues has a denser, more apartment-oriented character than the brownstone blocks closer to Madison and Park Avenues. The neighborhood provides relatively affordable housing in a central Manhattan location.

The Murray Hill neighborhood has attracted a large South Asian community, with Indian and Pakistani restaurants concentrated along Lexington Avenue in the upper 20s (known informally as 'Curry Hill'). The cultural influence extends into the surrounding residential blocks.

The POPS serves the diverse residential community of eastern Murray Hill, an area that combines the neighborhood's traditional identity with the culinary and cultural contributions of its immigrant communities.

This seating area provides a modest outdoor amenity in a neighborhood where diverse cultures share the same residential blocks.