How do we know if we are "downtown," "midtown" or "uptown" Manhattan? How are those areas defined?

Answer 1

Downtown -- Area below 14th Street
Midtown South -- Area between 23rd to 34th Street
Midtown -- Area between 34th to 59th Street
Uptown -- Area above 59th Street

Answer 2

IT depends where you live and where you are standing. If you are in midtown, which can be part of downtown, uptown cab be above 60th Street. If you are Uptown, and your going above 125th Street, you may say you are going "uptown" Cofusinig isnt it. Down town includes midtown as well as lower Manhattan. Then there are areas like the Village and others that dont fit into any of those words. Basically, escpt for Midtown, 34th - 60th, they mean northing

Answer 3

I consider uptown to be the area of Manhattan that's above 60th st., Midtown anywhere below 60th and above 28th st., and downtown to be anywhere below 28th st. There are a lot of named areas (such as Soho, the village, the east village, central park, China Town, Little Italy and times square to name a few) These are areas that make up the different sections of the city. Hope this helps!

Answer 4

downtown is the financial district, chinatown, little italy, the villages, SoHo, and tribecca. midtown is midtown. uptown is central park, and the upper east and west sides. then there is what i call WAYuptown which is harlem and and bunch of other areas.

Answer 5

Midtown is Time Square/Rockefeller Center are. Upper East is east side of Central Park. Upper West is west side of C.P. Lower Manhattan is Ground Zero area. SOHO is "SOuth of HOuston ave"

Answer 6

There are no real boundaries and you'll get get different answers depending upon who you ask. Generally, downtown is below (south of) 23rd St., mid-town is between 23rd St. and 59th St., and uptown is anything north of 59th St. which happens to be the southern border of Central Park.

Answer 7

Don't let them confuse you. Everybody agrees "uptown" starts above 59th st. Most agree "Midtown" is 59th to 23d (some say to 18th - Union Sq.) & downtown is below that.

Answer 8

those terms are not entirely accurate since they refer to the southern half of the island where all the white people are, the northern half, inwood, washington heights, harlem, contain none of the tourist attractions, so really downown refers to the southern third of the southern half, midtown the next area north, and uptown north of that. i believe 96th street is the white people/ghetto border.

Answer 9

A really handy thing to have to help you learn the NYC neighborhoods is a "Streetwise Manhattan" pocket map. It has all the neighborhoods labeled, from Inwood all the way down to the Financial District. It also has subways, and arrows that show one-way streets. They sell them in most NYC bookstores and gift shops. Make sure you get the 2006 edition so the subways are correct. I checked amazon.com and bn.com - they only have 2005, but I think I saw 2006 available in gift shops just yesterday.

If you want to learn neighborhoods in the outer boroughs (Rego Park - Queens, Williamsburg - Brooklyn), get a Hagstrom "New York City 5 Borough Atlas". It comes in pocket size, large type, laminated, etc. It's a great atlas to have. Most streets are white, major streets are yellow, and highways are red. Most writing is in dark blue, but neighborhood names (outer boroughs only) and zip codes are written lightly in all caps in red. It also includes periodic street address numbers. If you get the Hagstrom, check out the pages at the beginning and end of the book - they include interesting stuff, including an index of the neighborhoods (including Manhattan, even though they are not actually labeled on the maps), a Manhattan address finder, & maps of the airports (that might not be included anymore b/c of security issues).

So, according to Hagstrom, here are the Manhattan neighborhood boundaries (I don't necessarily completely agree, but I have copied this exactly out of the "Localities" index at the front of the atlas):
Battery Park City: West St. S End Av. W Thames
Bowery: Bowery, Canal Sts.
Chelsea: W 14th to W 18th Sts., 6th to 10th Aves.
Chinatown: Center, Bowery, Mulberry, Canal Sts.
Civic Center: City Hall
Clinton: 34th-57th Sts., 8th Av-12th Av.
East Harlem: E 116th, 3rd Av
East Village: Broadway, E14th & E Houston Sts.
Financial District: Wall, Pearl, Fulton Sts. & Broadway
Garment District: W23rd to 24th Sts., 6th to 9th Aves.
Gramercy Park: E 20th St., Park & 3rd Aves.
Great White Way: Broadway, W 42nd to W 59th St.
Greenwich Village: Broadway, Bleeker, & W 14th Sts.
Harlem: Lenox Av, 125t St.
Inwood: Dyckman St., Broadway
Kips Bay: 31st to 39th Sts., 1st & 3rd Aves.
Little Italy: Mott, Lafayette, Canal Sts.
Lower East Side: Delancey, Broome, Allen Sts.
Marble Hill: W 225th St., W 228th St., Terracevoew Av & Broadway
Midtown: 42nd to 57th Sts., 2nd to 7th Aves.
Morningside Heights: W 109th St., W 125th St., Broadway Morningside Dr.
Randall's Island: East River
Roosevelt Island: East River
Soho: Lafayette St., 6th Av., So of Houston
Spanish Harlem: E 106 to E 116 Sts., 3rd Av.
Theater District: W 42nd to W 57th, Broadway, 6th & 8th Aves.
Times Square: Broadway, W 42nd St.
Tribeca: Broadway, W 42nd St.
Tribeca: Broadway, Vesey, Canal Sts.
Upper East Side: 1st to 5th Aves., E 60th to 96th Sts.
Upper West Side: Central Park W, W End Av, W 60th to W 96th Sts.
Washington Heights: W 151st St to Dyckman St.
West Side: W 57th to W 72nd Sts., 9th to 11th Aves.
Yorkville: E 86th to 90th Sts., 1st & 4th Aves.