55th Street (Manhattan)

Landmarks, east to west

Sutton Place South

• The route officially begins at Sutton Place South which is on a hill overlooking FDR Drive.
• Plaza 400 Apartments, 40-story, 119 m/392 ft apartment building completed in 1967

  First Avenue

• Terrence Cardinal Cook Building
• Church of St. John the Evangelist
• Bristol Apartments, 33-story apartment building completed in 1973

  Second Avenue

• Brevard Apartments, 30-story apartments completed in 1981
• Marymount Manhattan College Dormitory, 48-story, 144 m / 473 ft mixed apartment house and dormitory completed in 2001
• 919 Third Avenue, 47-story 188 m / 615 ft building completed in 1971
• P. J. Clarke's, antique tavern known for holding its own and remaining intact despite attempts to destroy it for 919 Third.

  Third Avenue

Lexington Avenue

• Central Synagogue
• DLT Entertainment headquarters
• Levin Institute

  Park Avenue

• Park Avenue Place, 38-story, 144 m office tower completed in 2004
• Park Avenue Tower, 36-story 171 m office tower completed in 1987 with a distinctive pyramid roof
• Heron Tower, 96 m , 25-story building completed in 1986

  Madison Avenue

• Sony Tower, 37-story 197 m building completed in 1984 originally to be the headquarters of AT&T
• Finland House, 38-story, 130 m office tower completed in 1970
• The St. Regis Hotel

  Fifth Avenue

• The Peninsula New York, 21-story, 76 m hotel completed in 1905
• Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
• MGM Building, 35-story 127 m office tower completed in 1966

  Sixth Avenue

• Robert Indiana Love
• Capitol-EMI Building 34-story 143 m building
• 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 50 story, 191 m building completed in 1969
• 125 West 55th Street
• New York City Center, theatre at 131 West 55th Street
• 55th Street Playhouse, theatre at 154 West 55th Street
• CitySpire Center, 75-story 248 m tower, north
• The London NYC 54-floor 180 m tower completed in 1990
• Hotel Wellington

  Seventh Avenue

• Park Central Hotel, 25-story 109 m tower completed in 1926 most famous for mafia execution in the barber shop
• Dream Hotel
• Mutual of New York Building, 27-story 114 m building completed in 1950 whose sign inspired the song Mony, Mony

  Broadway

• Random House Tower, 52-story 208 m tower
• Former original location of Soup Nazi from Seinfeld

  Eighth Avenue

Ninth Avenue

• Alvin Ailey Dance Hall
• Julia Miles Theatre
• Independent High School

  Tenth Avenue

• Clinton Towers Apartments 39-story apartment completed in 1974

  Eleventh Avenue

Twelfth Avenue/[West Side Highway]