Manhattan · New York County
685 First Avenue
POPS - Outdoor Seating
- Location
- 685 First Avenue, Murray Hill / Kips Bay
- Size
- 0.06 acres
- Hours
- Open during building hours
- Type
- POPS - Outdoor Seating
685 First Avenue is a Privately Owned Public Space in the Murray Hill / Kips Bay area, providing outdoor seating at a residential building on First Avenue near the United Nations.
First Avenue in the upper 30s and low 40s transitions from the medical campus corridor to the south into the diplomatic district near the United Nations to the north. The POPS sits at this transition point.
The Tudor City residential complex, perched on a bluff above First Avenue between 40th and 43rd Streets, overlooks this section of the avenue. Tudor City's elevated position creates a unique visual relationship with the buildings below.
The POPS serves residents living between the medical institutions to the south and the diplomatic world to the north, in a section of First Avenue that connects two of Manhattan's most specialized corridors.
This seating area provides outdoor space at the intersection of medicine and diplomacy on First Avenue.