Where do Up -town and Down -town begin and end?

I%26#39;m travelling to New York in April for the first time and cannot work out where ';up town'; and ';down town'; begins and ends???

Where do Up -town and Down -town begin and end?

Actually, it is much like asking where ';north'; and ';south'; begin or end -- because in Manhattan, ';uptown'; means ';north of where you are standing';, and ';downtown'; means ';south of where you are standing';. To someone at Wall Street, Grand Central is ';uptown';, while to someone on the Upper East Side, to go to Grand Central is to go ';downtown';.

As a general rule, though, if someone said ';I live downtown'; or ';I work downtown'; without any further qualification, I would take that to mean ';somewhere below 23rd Street';, while saying the same thing about ';uptown'; I would understand that to mean ';somewhere north of 59th Street';.

Where do Up -town and Down -town begin and end?

Interesting question. Most NY%26#39;ers would tend to divide the island into down, mid and up town as opposed to just up and down.

If you needed only one street to differentiate between up and down, I%26#39;d sugest it would be either 42nd or 57th Streets, but it%26#39;s pretty much a question of perspective.

Say, don%26#39;t forget Midtown!!!

I may not be right, but I figure around 60th and up to be the Upper East or West Side. 34th to 60th to be Midtown. Lower than 34th to be dowtown.

According to the NYC visitor%26#39;s bureau, ';uptown'; appears to begin at 59th St/Central Park South. Downtown appears to begin somewhere between 14th Strret and 42nd Street -- you be the judge.

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As a former NYer with roots there, I was always taught:

Above 59th is uptown

Below 34th is downtown.

Have fun!

I%26#39;ll second GWB.

34th Street is downtown compared to 35th Street, but no way is it downtown in mentality.

Uptown: Above 59th

Midtown: Between 59th %26amp; 33rd

Midtown South: Between 33rd and 23rd

Downtown: Below 23rd

It%26#39;s so true that every NYer has their own perception of downtown / uptown depending on where one lives...and downtown/uptown seen from the point of where you%26#39;re at to where you%26#39;re going:) As a native, I%26#39;ve always considered anything below 34th as downtown.. from 34th to 59th (or Columbus Circle) as midtown...and uptown from there (although my personal %26#39;uptown%26#39; doesn%26#39;t really begin till around Lincoln Center or even 72nd St!)

Well as the song states, ';Brooklyn is up and the Battery%26#39;s down';

Also - this may be of some interest:

Midtown Manhattan - The exact size of the Midtown area is disputed. Most agree that the core commercial area extends from 40th Street up to the southern edge of Central Park on 59th Street and from Third Avenue in the east to Ninth Avenue in the west, but some take a broader view and classify Midtown as the whole area of Manhattan between 23rd and 59th Streets and between the Hudson and East rivers.

So, GWB%26#39;s answer is in agreement with blurb from Wikpedia.

Hope this helps.

Poppa

POPPA! the song is '; The BRONX is up and the Battery down (Comden and Green, ';On the Town';)

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