West 59th Street Generating Station
West 59th Street Generating Station is a power station in Manhattan, New York. West 59th Street Generating Station is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lincoln Square, as well as near the arts center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and The Juilliard School.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Arts center
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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 16.3-acre complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to five million visitors annually. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is situated 2,200 feet east of West 59th Street Generating Station.
The Juilliard School
University
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The Juilliard School is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became the Juilliard School, named after its principal benefactor Augustus D. The Juilliard School is situated 2,600 feet east of West 59th Street Generating Station.
Museum of Modern Art
Museum
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. Museum of Modern Art is situated 1 mile southeast of West 59th Street Generating Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Theater District.
Lincoln Square
Neighborhood
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Lincoln Square is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Lincoln Square is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.
Theater District
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Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the Theater District is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.
New York City
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New York is a global center for media, entertainment, art, fashion, research, finance, and trade. The bustling, cosmopolitan heart of the 4th largest metropolis in the world and by far the most populous city in the United States, New York has long been a key entry point and a defining city for the nation.
West 59th Street Generating Station
- Type: Power station
- Address: New York, NY
- Categories: industry and building
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.7719° or 40° 46′ 19″ northLongitude
-73.9921° or 73° 59′ 32″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Inception
1904Height
175 feet (53 metres)Operator
Consolidated Edison Company of New YorkOpen location code
87G8Q2C5+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 269210910OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialGeoNames ID
6341210
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