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Flatiron & NoMad

From Union Square to the Empire State

45stops
4.9miles
3h 12mwalking
$2.99in the app

In the late 1800s, the stretch of Broadway and Fifth Avenue between Union Square and Madison Square was the Ladies’ Mile, the most fashionable shopping street in America, lined with grand department stores in palaces of cast iron and stone. Then the shops moved uptown, and the neighborhood became a district of toy makers and offices, until the dot-com boom of the 1990s filled the old lofts with tech startups. Today the Flatiron District and NoMad, short for North of Madison Square Park, are full of restaurants, bakeries and some of the city’s most famous buildings. This walk takes you from Union Square past the Flatiron Building and the Empire State Building to Penn Station.

Nearest subway
14 St-Union Sq NQRW · 1 min walk to the start
Map of the Flatiron & NoMad walking route with its 45 stops
The route of the Flatiron & NoMad walk. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The first 3 stops

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  1. 1Union Square Park

    Union Square got its name not from the Union of the Civil War, but because two of Manhattan’s great roads, Broadway and the Bowery, united here.

  2. 2Barnes & Noble

    This Barnes & Noble fills four floors of a grand 1880s building from the days of the Ladies’ Mile.

  3. 3Breads Bakery

    Breads Bakery is famous for its chocolate babka, a twisted, sticky loaf of dough and chocolate that many New Yorkers consider the best in the city.

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42 more stops to discover

Unlock Flatiron & NoMad in the app for $2.99 for the full 4.9 mi route: every stop's photos and stories, and GPS guidance that tells you when you've arrived.

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Also on this walk: Flatiron Building, Empire State Building, Eataly NYC Flatiron and more

Sights

  • Block Beautiful
  • Climate Clock
  • Empire State Building
  • Flatiron Building
  • Gramercy Park
  • Koreatown
  • Madison Square Garden
  • Madison Square Park
  • Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station
  • Museum of Sex
  • National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath)
  • New York Life Building
  • Penn Station
  • Regal Union Square
  • The Church of the Transfiguration
  • The Friends Experience
  • The Morgan Library & Museum
  • The National Arts Club
  • The Players
  • The Stand NYC
  • Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
  • Worth Square

Food and drink

  • 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar
  • Caffè Panna
  • Eataly NYC Flatiron
  • Eleven Madison Park
  • Food Gallery 32
  • Keens Steakhouse
  • Milk Bar
  • Olde City Cheesesteaks & Brew
  • Pete’s Tavern
  • Roberta’s
  • Shake Shack
  • Sundaes Best
  • The Flatiron Room
  • Time Out Market Union Square
  • Unregular Bakery
  • Unregular Pizza

Shops

  • Harry Potter New York
  • Macy’s
  • Rizzoli Bookstore
  • Tannen’s Magic

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