The Town School

The Town School is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational elementary school located at 540 East 76th Street on the of Manhattan in New York City.
Tap on a place
to explore it
  • Type: School building
  • Description: coeducational, independent school based in New York City, founded in 1913
  • Address: 540 East 76th Street, 10021

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Lycée Français de New York.

Museum
The , often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 between 88th and 89th Streets on the of in New York City. is situated 1 mile northwest of The Town School.

School
The , commonly called the Lycée, is an independent bilingual French school based in , New York City. The school serves students from Nursery-3 to grade 12. is situated 520 feet west of The Town School.

Hospital
is a psychiatric hospital located at 420 East 76th Street on the of , in New York City. The hospital was built and founded by Cynthia Zirinsky, a mental health care professional, and her husband Richard Zirinsky, a New York City real-estate developer in 1958-1959. is situated 1,000 feet northwest of The Town School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lenox Hill and Upper East Side.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood on the of in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.

The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of , the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the western portion of the borough of . is bounded by the and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, to the southeast, and and to the east.

The Town School

Latitude
40.76832° or 40° 46′ 6″ north
Longitude
-73.94978° or 73° 56′ 59″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Height
71 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q392+83
Open­Street­Map ID
way 265616034
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­school
Geo­Names ID
6329632
Wiki­data ID
Q7769780
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover The Town School from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Japanese—“The Town School” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: مدرسة المدينه
  • Japanese: ザ・タウン校

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Yorkville and Roosevelt Island.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as East 75th Street Substation and The Pavillion.

Manhattan: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Central Park, Upper East Side, Theater District, and Upper West Side.

Curious Schools to Discover

Uncover intriguing schools from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Town School”. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.