Midtown East East of Fifth Avenue from 23rd Street to 59th Street on the East Side of Manhattan, offers hotels, office buildings, restaurants and residential buildings that are conveniently located near many of NYC's most popular sights.
They include The Museum of Modern Art, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Grand Central Terminal. Access to the Queens Midtown Tunnel is on East 34th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues.
Besides its centralized location, an aspect that makes Midtown East even more attractive is the exclusive shopping that 5th Avenue offers.
Tiffany and Saks 5th Avenue are just some of the retailers along the corridor.
The United Nations is on 46th Street and 1st Avenue.
The neighborhoods that comprise Midtown East include Murray Hill, Sutton Place, Turtle Bay and Kips
Bay. Housing in Midtown East is divided between four-story,19th-century town houses—mostly brownstones and limestones—on the cross-streets, with high-rise apartment building mainly on the avenues.