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Downtown Manhattan

Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan, is the southernmost part of the New York City borough of . The area is the historical birthplace of New York City and in the 17th and 18th centuries composed the entirety of the city.
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  • Type: Quarter with 383,000 residents
  • Description: southernmost part of the island of Manhattan in New York City, United States
  • Also known as: “Downtown” and “Lower Manhattan”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include New York City Hall and Woolworth Building.

Town hall
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is the seat of New York City government, located at the center of in the area of Lower Manhattan, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street.

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The is a 792-foot-tall residential building and early skyscraper at 233 Broadway in the neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in .

Government office
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The is a historic courthouse building at 52 Chambers Street in the of in , New York, U.S. It was built in the Italianate style with Romanesque Revival interiors.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include TriBeCa and Financial District.

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A former industrial district in Lower , , short for "Triangle Below Canal Street", has transformed from artist community to upscale residential district in the 21st century.

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The comprises the southern tip of , with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.

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's famous is a lively neighborhood, full of good values in restaurants and food shopping. Also on sale are cheap knockoffs of designer labels made in , and all sorts of trinkets and toys.

Downtown Manhattan

Latitude
40.71355° or 40° 42′ 49″ north
Longitude
-74.00543° or 74° 0′ 20″ west
Population
383,000
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
87G7PX7V+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8680776076
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
6615325
Wiki­data ID
Q11253
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Downtown Manhattan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مانهاتن السفلى”
  • Armenian: “Ստորին Մանհեթեն”
  • Asturian: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aşağı Manhetten”
  • Balinese: “Manhattan Sor”
  • Basque: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Catalan: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Chinese: “曼哈頓下城”
  • Chinese: “曼哈顿下城”
  • Czech: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Danish: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Dutch: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Esperanto: “Malalta Manhatano”
  • Estonian: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Finnish: “Lower Manhattan”
  • French: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Georgian: “ქვემო მანჰეტენი”
  • German: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hâ Màn-hâ-tun”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Hausa: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Hebrew: “מנהטן תחתית”
  • Hungarian: “Alsó Manhattan”
  • Indonesian: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Irish: “Manhattan Íochtair”
  • Italian: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Japanese: “フロント・ストリート (マンハッタン)”
  • Japanese: “ロウアー・マンハッタン”
  • Korean: “로어맨해튼”
  • Latin: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Lithuanian: “Žemutinis Manhatanas”
  • Macedonian: “Долен Менхетн”
  • Malay: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lower Manhattan”
  • Ossetian: “Дæллаг Манхэттен”
  • Persian: “منهتن جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Portuguese: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Romanian: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Russian: “Нижний Манхэттен”
  • Serbian: “Donji Menhetn”
  • Serbian: “Доњи Менхетн”
  • Slovak: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Slovenian: “Spodnji Manhattan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لوور مانهاتان”
  • Spanish: “bajo Manhattan”
  • Spanish: “Bajo Manhattan”
  • Spanish: “centro de Manhattan”
  • Spanish: “Downtown”
  • Swedish: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Tatar: “Түбән Мәнһәттен”
  • Turkish: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Ukrainian: “Нижній Мангеттен”
  • Vietnamese: “Lower Manhattan”
  • Yiddish: “לאוער מאנהעטען”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Civic Center and World Trade Center.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include NYC Department of Education and Hall des Lumières.

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