Manhattan · New York County
301 East 45th Street
POPS - Outdoor Seating
- Location
- 301 East 45th Street, Midtown East / United Nations area
- Size
- 0.06 acres
- Hours
- Open during building hours
- Type
- POPS - Outdoor Seating
301 East 45th Street is a Privately Owned Public Space in the diplomatic district near the United Nations in Midtown East, providing outdoor seating between First and Second Avenues.
The blocks surrounding the United Nations campus have a distinctly international character, with flags of member nations, diplomatic license plates, and the languages of the world audible on the sidewalks. The POPS serves this cosmopolitan community.
East 45th Street between First and Second Avenues is part of the residential zone that buffers the UN campus from the commercial corridors to the west. The neighborhood houses UN staff, diplomats, and residents drawn by the area's international atmosphere.
The Robert Moses Playground on East 42nd Street nearby provides recreation for the families who live in this diplomatic neighborhood. Moses, the master builder who reshaped New York, chose this area for UN-adjacent housing development.
This seating area provides outdoor space in the most internationally diverse section of Manhattan, where the daily business of global diplomacy unfolds on the sidewalks of New York.