Turtle Bay, Manhattan

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Turtle Bay
Neighborhood of Manhattan
Townhouses in Turtle Bay in June 2006
Townhouses in Turtle Bay in June 2006
Map
Location of Turtle Bay in New York City
Coordinates: 40°45′22″N 73°58′12″W / 40.756°N 73.970°W / 40.756; -73.970
Country United States
State New York
CityNew York City
BoroughManhattan
Community DistrictManhattan 6[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total1.04 km2 (0.403 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total24,856
 • Density24,000/km2 (62,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity
[3]
 • White77.1%
 • Asian13.0%
 • Hispanic5.8%
 • Black2.1%
 • Other0.4%
Economics
[2]
 • Median income$135,360
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
10017, 10022
Area code212, 332, 646, and 917

Turtle Bay is a neighborhood in New York City, on the east side of Midtown Manhattan. It extends from roughly 43rd Street to 53rd Street, and eastward from Lexington Avenue to the East River's western branch (facing Roosevelt Island).[4][5][6][7][8] The neighborhood is the site of the headquarters of the United Nations and the Chrysler Building. The Tudor City apartment complex is next to the southeast corner of Turtle Bay.[9]

Turtle Bay is named after a former cove of the East River. The neighborhood was originally settled as a Dutch farm in the 17th century, and was subsequently developed with tenements, power plants, and slaughterhouses in the 19th century. These industrial structures were largely demolished in the 1940s and 1950s to make way for the United Nations headquarters. Today, Turtle Bay contains multiple missions and consulates to the nearby United Nations headquarters.

Turtle Bay is part of Manhattan Community District 6, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10017 and 10022.[1] It is patrolled by the 17th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Turtle Bay neighborhood in New York". Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference PLP3A was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Giner, Val. "Turtle Bay" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2., p. 1340
  5. ^ Hanlon, Pamela Manhattan's Turtle Bay: Story of a Midtown Neighborhood Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. p. 14; "...bounded by Lexington Avenue and the East River from roughly 43rd Street to 53rd Street..."
  6. ^ "About the Turtle Bay Association". Turtle Bay Association. Retrieved October 5, 2018. The neighborhood of Turtle Bay extends from 43rd to 53rd Street, and eastward from Lexington Avenue to the East River.
  7. ^ "Turtle Bay Association - Neighborhood association for New York City's Turtle Bay". Archived from the original on July 24, 2004.
  8. ^ "Map Archived May 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine." Turtle Bay Association. Retrieved on January 25, 2009
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference nyt-2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).