Manhattan · New York County
780 Third Avenue
POPS - Outdoor Plaza
- Location
- 780 Third Avenue, at East 49th Street, Midtown East
- Size
- 0.08 acres
- Hours
- Open during business hours
- Type
- POPS - Outdoor Plaza
780 Third Avenue is a Privately Owned Public Space on Third Avenue at 49th Street in Midtown East, continuing the chain of corporate plazas along the avenue's postwar office corridor.
Third Avenue in the upper 40s is near the transition from Midtown's commercial core to the more residential character of the Upper East Side. The POPS serves both office workers and the residential community that begins a few blocks north.
The nearby Turtle Bay neighborhood, tucked between the commercial avenues, provides a residential counterpoint to the office corridor. Turtle Bay's townhouses and shared gardens create an intimate scale that is unusual in Midtown.
The POPS provides outdoor seating on an avenue where the commercial energy of Midtown East creates constant pedestrian activity throughout the business day.
This plaza serves the daily needs of the Midtown East office community on one of the East Side's most heavily trafficked commercial avenues.