Manhattan · New York County
245 Park Avenue
POPS - Outdoor Plaza
- Location
- 245 Park Avenue, at East 46th Street, Midtown East
- Size
- 0.25 acres
- Hours
- Open during business hours
- Type
- POPS - Outdoor Plaza
245 Park Avenue is a Privately Owned Public Space on one of the most prestigious corporate addresses in the world. The outdoor plaza provides public space at a major office tower in the heart of the Park Avenue commercial corridor.
Park Avenue between Grand Central Terminal and 59th Street is the most concentrated corridor of corporate power in America, home to the headquarters of major banks, law firms, and multinational corporations. The avenue's wide, tree-lined median creates a boulevard character unique among Manhattan's avenues.
The building at 245 Park Avenue has housed the headquarters of major financial institutions, reflecting Park Avenue's identity as the address of choice for the most powerful companies in the world.
The plaza serves the enormous daytime population of the Park Avenue office corridor, providing outdoor seating and gathering space for workers from 245 Park Avenue and the surrounding towers. The space sees intense use during lunch hours on pleasant days.
This POPS provides public space on the avenue that has become synonymous with corporate America, where the concentration of economic power within a few blocks is unmatched anywhere in the world.