Manhattan · New York County
31 West 52nd Street
POPS - Indoor Lobby
- Location
- 31 West 52nd Street, Midtown
- Size
- 0.08 acres
- Hours
- Open during business hours
- Type
- POPS - Indoor Lobby
31 West 52nd Street is a Privately Owned Public Space in Midtown, providing an indoor publicly accessible lobby between Fifth and Sixth Avenues on one of the most commercially valuable blocks in Manhattan.
West 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues is in the immediate orbit of Rockefeller Center, one of the most successful mixed-use developments in urban history. The block is lined with office towers, luxury retail, and the restaurants that serve the area's enormous daytime population.
The '21 Club,' the legendary speakeasy-turned-restaurant at 21 West 52nd Street, operated on this block from 1930 to 2020. The club served as a gathering spot for presidents, movie stars, and business titans for nine decades before closing during the pandemic.
The indoor POPS provides climate-controlled public access in the heart of Midtown's most commercially intense corridor, where the density of office workers, tourists, and shoppers creates extraordinary pedestrian volumes.
This lobby space serves the Midtown community on a block that has hosted some of the most powerful and glamorous figures in American history.