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Manhattan is the heart of New York City. This is one of the world's leading financial, cultural, commercial, manufacturing, and medical centers.
The smallest and oldest borough, Manhattan is the most dense in population. Comprised of an island surrounded by the Spuyten Dyvil and the Harlem River, the Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, and the East River, Manhattan is approximately 31 square miles in size and also includes a small portion of the Bronx and several islands in the East River.
With over 1.5 million people packed into the small area, personal transportation in Manhattan is challenging at best. Most New Yorkers opt for public transportation as the city has one of the most extensive subway systems in the world which connect to national railroads in the main hubs of Grand Central Station and Pennsylvania Station. Taxis are plentiful, but be prepared to fight for one as they are in high demand. Streets are crowded with pedestrians as the busy New Yorkers spill out from the subway stations and go about their business.
The architecture of the city varies, but on the whole it has made a practice of preserving important landmarks while building on top of other structures after demolishing them. This has created a myriad of hidden tunnels and unused structures tucked away among the towering sky scrapers that dominate the landscape of Manhattan.
Manhattan refers both to the Island of Manhattan which borders the lower Hudson River, and also to the Borough of Manhattan (one of the five boroughs of New York City), which includes the Island of Manhattan itself, as well as several other smaller islands and a small portion of the mainland
Midtown Manhattan
Midtown is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial buildings as Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, and the Empire State Building. Midtown, along with "Uptown" and "Downtown", is one of the three major subdivisions of Manhattan. Midtown Manhattan is indisputably the busiest single commercial district in the United States, and among the most intensely and diversely used pieces of real estate in the world. The great majority of New York City's skyscrapers, including its tallest hotels and apartment towers, lie within Midtown.
Upper East Side
The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA, between Central Park and the East River. Embedded within the Upper East Side are the neighborhoods of Yorkville, centered on 86th Street and Third Avenue, and Carnegie Hill, centered on 91st Street and Park Avenue and Lenox Hill centered on 69th Street and First Avenue.
Upper West Side
The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. Like the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side is primarily a residential and shopping area, with many of its residents working in more commercial areas in Midtown and Lower Manhattan.
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On this world, Manhattan is also a hub for Super-Human activity. The Fantastic Four, Ultimates, Spider-Man, and other super powered heroes and villains have been spotted in Manhattan, particularly in Mid-town. The fist and primary Triskelion is normally located on or around Manhattan as. Stark Tower and the Baxter Building are also in the locale as well.
A map of New York City's Manhattan within Earth-616, complete with points of interest
Points of Interest
- 21st Street
- 22nd Street
- 23rd Street
- 24th Street
- 28th Street
- 32nd Street
- 34th Street
- 38th Street
- 39th Street
- 40th Street
- 42nd Street
- 47th Street
- 51st Street
- 76th Street
- 86th Street
- Ace Picture Company
- Aleister Building
- American Museum of Natural History
- Apex National Bank
- Ash Hotel
- Avalon Trading Company
- Avengers Mansion
- Avengers Tower
- Babel's
- Bailey's Auction House
- Battery Park
- Baxter Building
- Bedford Tower
- Bellevue Hospital
- Big Apple Hotel
- Blessing Hospital
- Blind Spot
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Bishop Publishing
- Cafe Luna
- Cafe Transia
- Carlo's
- Carnegie Hall
- Casa Tindolini
- Centennial University
- Central Park
- Chemco Building
- Chemical Exchange Bank
- Chrysler Building
- City Hospital
- Cloisters
- Club Noir
- Coffee Bean
- Collegiate Academy
- Columbia University
- County Memorial Hospital
- Crash Pad
- Daily Bugle Building
- Daily Grind
- Darnell Building
- Da Silvio's
- DeCarlo's
- Dulcie's
- East River Drive
- Eastside High School
- Eighth Avenue
- Elle Gym
- Ellis Island
- Empire State Building
- Empire State University
- Ennis' Tavern
- Exhibition Hall
- Falzone's Billiards and Pub
- FBI Headquarters
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Fifth Avenue
- First Avenue
- Fisk Towers
- Flatiron Building
- Fleming-Gardner Memorial Hospital
- Fogwell's Gym
- Foley Square
- Four Freedoms Plaza
- Frank's Bakery
- Freedom Tower
- Galby Building
- Gamma Ray Research Center
- Gee Cee
- George Washington Bridge
- Governors Island
- Gracie Mansion
- Gramercy Park
- Grand Central Station
- Ground Zero
- Guggenheim Museum
- Happy Islands
- Henly Building
- High Line Park
- Holland Tunnel
- Hotel Excelsior
- Houston Street
- Institute of Seismoharmonic Research
- Invisible Manor
- Kraus Center of the Arts
- Kwikkee Burger
- Lark Building
- Lexington Avenue
- Lincoln Center
- Live Bait Bar and Grill
- Macro Science Museum
- Madison Avenue
- Madison Square
- Madison Square Garden
- Maguire's
- Mammoth Motors Building
- Manhattan Bridge
- Manhattan Correctional Facility
- Manhattan Hospital
- Manhattan Museum of Antiquities
- Matt Murdock's Apartment
- Mercy General Hospital
- Metropolitan Art Museum
- Midtown Bank
- Midtown Business Executives Club
- Midtown Hospital
- Midtown Hotel
- Midtown Museum
- Midtown North Precint
- Moondance Diner
- Morlock Tunnels
- Mort's Autobody
- Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Museum of Modern Art
- Museum of Natural Science
- New York County Courthouse
- New Yorker Hotel
- New York Museum of Anthropology
- New York Public Library
- New York University Medical Center
- Ninth Avenue
- O'Leary's Bar
- One Police Plaza
- Oracle Headquarters
- Osborn Foundation
- Other Side of Zero
- Our Lady of Saints Church
- Park Avenue
- Peerless Paste Company
- Pembrooke Academy
- Pennsylvania Station
- Pepe's Pizza
- Phelcorp Industries
- Pier Four
- Plaza Hotel
- Plummer Advertising Agency
- Polaski Towers
- Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Queensboro Bridge
- Queens-Midtown Tunnel
- Rand Building
- Renault Diamond Exchange
- Rio
- Ritz Plaza Hotel
- Riverside Park
- Rockefeller Center
- Roosevelt Hospital
- Royer Building
- Ryker's Island
- Second Avenue
- SHIELD Barber Shop Headquarters
- Silver Spoon Cafe
- Saint Patrick's Cathedral
- St. Luke's Hospital
- St. Mary's Hospital
- St. Timothy's Hospital
- Statue of Liberty
- Sanctum Sanctorum
- Stillwell Adoption Agency
- Sufindian Embassy
- Symkarian Embassy
- Tenth Avenue
- Third Avenue
- Times Square
- Top of New York
- Trump Tower
- Uncle Henry's
- Village Cigars
- Vorozheikan Embassy
- Wai-Go Industries
- Wall Street
- Walt Weezies Diner
- Washington Street
- WBZM Studios
- West 44th Street
- West Side Highway
- Westside Medical Center
- Williamsburg Bridge
- World Motors Building
- Worthington Industries
- X-Factor Investigations Headquarters
- Yancy Street
- York Avenue
Residents
Notes
- Fantastic Four #20 - The entire island of Manhattan was encased in a glass-like dome by the Molecule Man.
- During Spider-Island, the villain known as The Jackal, following orders of Spider-Queen, super-powered every human citizen with spider-powers, which later derived in mutations to giant spiders.
See Also
- 13377 appearance(s) of Manhattan
- 7 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Manhattan
- 495 minor appearance(s) of Manhattan
- 173 mention(s) of Manhattan
- 10 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Manhattan
- 221 image(s) of Manhattan
- 965 article(s) related to Manhattan
Links and References
Also see:
- Neighborhoods
- Other New York City boroughs
Alternate Realities
Earth-689
Returning from their adventure back in the era of World War II, the Avengers walked down the streets to reach their headquarters and noticed that everyone was oddly staring at them[1].