650 West 42nd Street

650 West 42nd Street is a Privately Owned Public Space in the far western section of 42nd Street in Hell's Kitchen, providing an outdoor plaza near the Hudson River waterfront.

West 42nd Street at this location has been transformed from an industrial waterfront area into a residential and entertainment district, with luxury apartment towers, a bowling alley, and restaurants replacing the former warehouses and parking lots.

The 42nd Street corridor stretches from the United Nations on the East River to the Hudson River on the west, passing through Grand Central Terminal, Times Square, and the Theater District along the way. The POPS sits at the western end of this legendary crosstown route.

The Hudson River Park waterfront, accessible from the western end of 42nd Street, provides recreational piers, sports facilities, and the Circle Line sightseeing cruises that circumnavigate Manhattan.

This plaza provides public outdoor space at the western terminus of New York's most famous street, where the commercial spectacle of Times Square gives way to the calm of the river.