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Midtown

Welcome to the Jungle

52stops
6.9miles
4h 06mwalking
$2.99in the app

This is the New York of postcards and movie openings: the Chrysler Building’s silver crown, the windows of Fifth Avenue, the bright lights of Times Square. It is also where New York goes to work, so the sidewalks move fast and nobody stops in the middle of them. Midtown was built in a hurry. In the 1920s and 30s, rival developers raced each other into the sky, and many of the towers on this walk went up in just a few years. You’ll start under the painted stars of Grand Central, pass skyscrapers, cathedrals and a pocket park with its own waterfall, cross Times Square and finish high above it all.

Nearest subway
Grand Central-42 St 456 · 2 min walk to the start
Map of the Midtown walking route with its 52 stops
The route of the Midtown walk. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The first 3 stops

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  1. 1Grand Central Terminal

    Walk into the main concourse and look up.

  2. 2Grand Central Oyster Bar

    The Oyster Bar is as old as the station: the night before Grand Central opened in 1913, its architects threw their celebration dinner right here.

  3. 3Chrysler Building

    In 1930 the Chrysler Building was in a race with a bank tower on Wall Street to become the tallest building in the world.

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49 more stops to discover

Unlock Midtown in the app for $2.99 for the full 6.9 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: Times Square, Rockefeller Center, United Nations Headquarters and more

Sights

  • Big Bus Tours
  • Billionaires’ Row
  • Broadway Musicals
  • Bryant Park
  • Carnegie Hall
  • Columbus Circle
  • Daily News Building
  • Essex House
  • Fifth Avenue
  • Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice
  • General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York
  • Grand Army Plaza and the Pulitzer Fountain
  • Harvard Club
  • Hearst Tower
  • Madame Tussauds New York
  • Museum of Broadway
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • New York Public Library
  • New York Times Building
  • Paley Park
  • Port Authority Bus Terminal
  • Radio City Music Hall
  • RiseNY
  • Rockefeller Center
  • St. Patrick’s Cathedral
  • St. Thomas Church
  • Studio 54
  • SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
  • The Plaza Hotel
  • The St. Regis Hotel
  • Times Square
  • Top of the Rock
  • Trump Tower
  • United Nations Headquarters

Food and drink

  • Ellen’s Stardust Diner
  • Gallagher’s Steakhouse
  • Junior’s Restaurant and Bakery
  • Russian Tea Room
  • Sardi’s
  • Vanderbilt Market
  • Wafels & Dinges

Shops

  • Apple Fifth Avenue
  • Delvaux New York City Fifth Avenue
  • FAO Schwarz
  • M&M’s World New York
  • Midtown Comics Grand Central
  • Saks Fifth Avenue
  • The Lego Store Fifth Avenue
  • Tiffany & Co. (The Landmark)

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