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United Nations Secretariat Building

The United Nations Secretariat Building is a skyscraper at the in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of in .
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  • Type: Office building
  • Description: headquarters building of the United Nations
  • Also known as: “S”
  • Address: 405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017
  • Roof shape: flat

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United Nations Headquarters and Dag Hammarskjöld Library.

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The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of in . It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the to the east.

Library
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The is a library on the grounds of the , located in the Turtle Bay/ neighborhood of in .

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The is a 102-story, Art Deco-style supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of , New York City, United States. is situated 1 mile west of United Nations Secretariat Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tudor City and Murray Hill.

Neighborhood
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is an apartment complex on the East Side of in , bordering the Turtle Bay and neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the east side of in . is generally bordered to the east by the or and to the west by , though the exact boundaries are disputed.

Neighborhood
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, or Kip's Bay, is a neighborhood on the east side of the borough of . It is roughly bounded by 34th Street to the north, the to the east, 23rd Street to the south, and Third Avenue to the west.

United Nations Secretariat Building

Latitude
40.74893° or 40° 44′ 56″ north
Longitude
-73.9681° or 73° 58′ 5″ west
Inception
1952
Levels
39
Open location code
87G8P2XJ+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 137989966
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Wiki­data ID
Q7888512
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“United Nations Secretariat Building” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “联合国秘书处大楼”
  • Chinese: “聯合國祕書處大樓”
  • Chinese: “聯合國秘書處大樓”
  • Dutch: “VN-secretariaatsgebouw”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مبنى الامانه العامه للامم المتحده”
  • Esperanto: “Konstruaĵo de Sekretariejo de Unuiĝintaj Nacioj”
  • German: “Sekretariatsgebäude der Vereinten Nationen”
  • German: “Sekretariatshochhaus der Vereinten Nationen”
  • Hebrew: “בניין המזכירות של האומות המאוחדות”
  • Indonesian: “Gedung sekretariat perserikatan bangsa-bangsa”
  • Indonesian: “Gedung Sekretariat Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa”
  • Italian: “Palazzo di vetro del Segretariato delle Nazioni Unite”
  • Japanese: “国連事務局ビル”
  • Japanese: “国際連合事務局ビル”
  • Korean: “유엔 사무국 건물”
  • Malay: “Bangunan Sekretariat Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu”
  • Portuguese: “Edifício do Secretariado das Nações Unidas”
  • Russian: “Здание Секретариата ООН”
  • Spanish: “Edificio de la Secretaría de las Naciones Unidas”
  • Swedish: “FN-huset i New York”
  • Swedish: “FN-skrapan”
  • Tagalog: “Gusaling Sekretarya ng Mga Nagkakaisang Bansa”
  • Turkish: “Birleşmiş Milletler Sekreterlik Binası”
  • Vietnamese: “Tòa nhà Ban thư ký Liên Hợp Quốc”

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