About Midtown East
Midtown East is home to many of NYC's iconic landmarks and attractions, these include:
Grand Central Station, the Chrysler Building, the U.N building (Turtle Bay Neighbourhood)
as well as St. Patricks Catherdal. Another is the famed Rockefella Center. In Midtown
East New York you can visit some of Manhattans most popular department stores including
Saks Fifth Avenue. Neighbourhoods include East Harlem, Yorkville, Upper East Side,
Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Gramercy, East Village, and Lower East Side.
Grand Central Station is located at the intersection of 42nd street and Park Avenue,
and is a city by itself, with over a 100 retail outlets, police station, an annex
of the New York transit museum, several restaurants and the Beaux-arts masterpiece.
Spread across 49 acres and with over 125,000 daily commuters, Grand Central has
been a part of a number of prominent productions to include The Fisher King, Spiderman,
Madagascar and North by Northwest. The station is regarded as the longest station
in the world, with 67 tracks and 47 platforms and in addition to commuters, an overwhelming
500,000 people simply frequenting its realms. With several dining options to choose
from, the one that must be visited is the Oyster Bar, which opened to the public
in 1913, the same year the Grand Central Station was inaugurated. The restaurant
is noted for its arched ceramic tiled ceilings designed by Spanish architect Rafael
Gustavino and is popular with tourists and New Yorkers. Most of the terminal facade
consists of brilliant bronze and gold accents and are accented with NYC art statues.
Some of the other main features of the Grand Central Station worth capturing are
the cerulean blue ceiling flourished with astronomical details, the renowned four-faced
clock, chandeliers, grand staircases, ticket booths and its huge arched windows.