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GRAMERCY AND THE
FLATIRON DISTRICT

Four squares were laid out in this area by real- clubs and posh town houses, designed by
estate developers in the 1830s and 1840s to Calvert Vaux and Stanford White. Gertrude
emulate the quiet, private residential areas in Vanderbilt Whitney’s bronze statue of
many European cities. Chief among them is Peter Stuyvesant, overlooked by the stately
Union Square, a bustling space that hosts St. George Episcopal Church, stands in tranquil
New York’s best farmers’ market. To the Stuyvesant Square. Finally, at the north end of
northeast lies Gramercy, with its private the Flatiron District is Madison Square Park.
Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets and Buildings Restaurants see pp294–9
2 New York Life Insurance Company 1 Aldea 10 Tocqueville
3 Appellate Division of the 2 Artisanal 11 I Trulli
Supreme Court of the State 3 Blue Smoke
of New York 4 Brother Jimmy’s BBQ
4 Metropolitan Life 5 Craft
Insurance Company 6 Eleven Madison Park
5 Flatiron Building 7 Gramercy Tavern
6 Ladies’ Mile 8 Saravanaa Bhavan
8 National Arts Club 9 Shake Shack
9 The Players
q Block Beautiful
r Con Edison Building
Museums and Galleries E A ST 3 4 T H
7 Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace E A S T 3 3 R D
Churches 6 33rd St ST RE E T
y The Little Church Around F I F T H A V E N U E S T
the Corner E A S T 3 2 N D S T R E E T
Parks and Squares M A D I S O N A V E N U E E A S T 3 1 S T S T R E E T U E
1 Madison Square 6 S O U T H E N
0 Gramercy Park E A S T L E X I N G T O N A V E N U E A V
e Stuyvesant Square 23rd St SQUARE
E A S T 3 O T H S T R E E T
F.M
MADISON
t Union Square PLAZA 28th St 2 8 T H S T R E E T
E A S T 2 9 T H S T R E E T
AVE OF THE AMERICAS (SIXTH AVE) N.R 23rd St 24TH STREET
E A S T 2 7 T H S T
Markets WEST 23RD STREET P A R K A V E D
w Eataly WEST 21ST STREET 23rd St E A S T 2 5 T H S T R E E T T H I R
WEST 22ND STREET
EAST 26TH STREET
EAST
6
WEST 20TH STREET
WEST 19TH STREET
WEST 18TH STREET
WEST 17TH STREET
EAST
14th St F I F T H A V E N U E B R O A D W A Y PARK AVE SOUTH GRAMERCY PARK
WEST 16TH STREET
F.M EAST 21ST V E N U E STREET
22ND
E A S T 2 3 R D S T R E E T
SQUARE WEST UNION SQUARE EAST IRVING PLACE T H I R D A V E N U E EAST 19TH N D A STREET
WEST 15TH STREET
UNION
20TH
EAST
W E ST 14 T H STREE T
STREET
14th St- EAST 18TH E C O STREET
Union Sq EAST S
14th St- 4.5.6 17TH STREET F I R S T A V E N U E
Union Sq
L.N.Q.R E A S T EAST STREET
L 15TH STREET E 16TH ST
Third Ave 1 4 T H S T R E E T
0 meters 500 First Ave
L
0 yards 500
See also Street Finder maps 8, 9
Pete’s Tavern, a popular neighborhood bar in Gramercy Park District For keys to symbols see back flap
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