Manhattan · New York County
950 Third Avenue
POPS - Outdoor Plaza
- Location
- 950 Third Avenue, at East 57th Street, Midtown East / Upper East Side
- Size
- 0.08 acres
- Hours
- Open during business hours
- Type
- POPS - Outdoor Plaza
950 Third Avenue is a Privately Owned Public Space on Third Avenue at 57th Street, providing an outdoor plaza at one of Midtown's most commercially significant crossroads.
The intersection of Third Avenue and 57th Street sits at the boundary between the Midtown commercial district and the Upper East Side residential neighborhood. The 57th Street corridor's luxury retail and Billionaires' Row towers are visible to the west.
Third Avenue at 57th Street is also near Bloomingdale's flagship department store at 59th Street, one of the most famous retail institutions in the world. The POPS serves shoppers, office workers, and residents navigating this busy intersection.
The POPS marks the point where Third Avenue's commercial character definitively transitions to residential, with apartment buildings dominating the avenue north of this point.
This plaza provides public space at the crossroads of Midtown commerce and Upper East Side residential life, on an avenue that has reinvented itself completely within living memory.