Socony-Mobil Building
The Socony-Mobil Building, also known as 150 East 42nd Street, is a 45-story, 572-foot-tall skyscraper in the Murray Hill and East Midtown neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City.Photo: Jordan Rockerbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: high-rise in New York City
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grand Central Terminal and Empire State Building.
Grand Central Terminal
Railway station
Photo: Fcb981, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand Central Terminal is a commuter rail terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Grand Central is the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines, serving the northern parts of the New York metropolitan area. Grand Central Terminal is situated 880 feet northwest of Socony-Mobil Building.
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 2,900 feet west of Socony-Mobil Building.
Chrysler Building
Building
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
The Chrysler Building is a 1,046-foot-tall, Art Deco skyscraper in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Located at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, it is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Murray Hill and Tudor City.
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.
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.
Diamond District
Neighborhood
Photo: ChrisRuvolo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A diamond district is an area where the cutting, polishing, and trade of diamonds and other gems takes place. There are a number of these districts around the world, including: It may also refer to Diamond District, an American hip-hop group formed by Oddisee, Uptown XO & Yu.
Socony-Mobil Building
- Category: skyscraper
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.75075° or 40° 45′ 3″ northLongitude
-73.97553° or 73° 58′ 32″ westInception
1956Height
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
87G8Q22F+8QOpenStreetMap ID
way 159899676OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q23907605
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Socony-Mobil Building” goes by many names.
- German: “Socony–Mobil Building”
- Japanese: “ソコニー・モービル・ビルディング”
- Spanish: “Socony-Mobil Building”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations and Australian Consulate-General.
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