685 First Avenue
685 First Avenue is a residential skyscraper located on the west side of First Avenue between 39th and 40th streets in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.Photo: Kidfly182, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: residential skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
- Address: 685 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include United Nations Headquarters and Empire State Building.
United Nations Headquarters
Photo: Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the East River to the east. United Nations Headquarters is situated 1,300 feet northeast of 685 First Avenue.
Empire State Building
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. Empire State Building is situated 4,000 feet west of 685 First Avenue.
Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Library
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is a library on the grounds of the headquarters of the United Nations, located in the Turtle Bay and East Midtown neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. Dag Hammarskjöld Library is situated 810 feet northeast of 685 First Avenue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tudor City and Murray Hill.
Tudor City
Neighborhood
Photo: Niklem, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tudor City is an apartment complex on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, bordering the Turtle Bay and Murray Hill neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.
Murray Hill
Neighborhood
Murray Hill is a neighborhood on the east side of Manhattan in New York City. Murray Hill is generally bordered to the east by the East River or Kips Bay and to the west by Midtown Manhattan, though the exact boundaries are disputed.
Kips Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: jim.henderson, GFDL.
Kips Bay, or Kip's Bay, is a neighborhood on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by 34th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 23rd Street to the south, and Third Avenue to the west.
685 First Avenue
- Category: skyscraper
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.74739° or 40° 44′ 51″ northLongitude
-73.97135° or 73° 58′ 17″ westLevels
43Height
459 feet (140 metres)Open location code
87G8P2WH+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 144257168OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q136385751
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