58th Street (Manhattan)

Route description

As with numbered streets in Manhattan, Fifth Avenue separates 58th Street into "east" and "west" sections.

58th Street is one-way, one-lane westbound for its entirety.

A section of East 58th Street () between Lexington and Second Avenues is known as Designers' Way and features a number of high-end interior design and decoration establishments.

Several buildings in Billionaires' Row touch 58th Street.

History

58th Street was created under the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 as one of the minor east-west streets across Manhattan.

Transportation

No subway lines or city buses run through 58th Street, making it a quieter street than the adjacent 57th Street and 59th Street.

Notable buildings

From West to East:

• IRT Powerhouse: Between Twelfth and Eleventh Avenue
• John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Haaren Hall: Between Eleventh and Tenth Avenue
• Mount Sinai West: Between Tenth and Ninth Avenue
• Deutsche Bank Center: Northwest corner with Eighth Avenue
• 2 Columbus Circle: Between Eighth Avenue and Broadway
• 5 Columbus Circle: Southwest corner with Broadway
• 220 Central Park South: Between Broadway and Seventh Avenue
• Saint Thomas Choir School (202 West 58th Street): Situated between Broadway and Seventh Avenue.
• Alwyn Court (180 West 58th Street): At the corner of West 58th Street and Seventh Avenue.
• Solow Building (9 West 57th Street): While its primary address is on 57th Street, its curved facade and plaza extend to West 58th Street. It is situated between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas.
• Plaza Hotel: Northwest corner with Grand Army Plaza
• Paris Theater: South end of intersection with Grand Army Plaza
• Bergdorf Goodman Building: Southwest corner with Fifth Avenue
• 745 Fifth Avenue: Southeast corner with Fifth Avenue
• General Motors Building: Between Fifth and Madison Avenues
• The Modulightor Building (246 East 58th Street): Designed and owned by the architect Paul Rudolph, this building was completed in 1993 and designated a city landmark in 2023.
• 311 and 313 East 58th Street: Built in the mid-19th century, these two-story brick dwellings were designated as landmarks in 1967 and 1970.
• The Sovereign (425 East 58th Street): Designed by Emery Roth & Sons and completed in 1974, this 48-story luxury cooperative is a distinctive post-war building.
• 422 East 58th Street: a six-story Beaux-Arts architecture rental apartment building in Sutton Place, designed by George F. Pelham and completed in 1900.
• Sutton Tower (430 East 58th Street): Also known as 3 Sutton Place, this 62-story residential skyscraper in Sutton Place topped out in 2020.
• 444 East 58th Street: a six-story Beaux-Arts architecture cooperative apartment building in Sutton Place, designed by George F. Pelham and completed in 1901.

References

Notes

References

1. (8 July 1998). "In Interior Design, a Clash of Rivals; Owner of Uptown Center Wants Promotional Street Signs". The New York Times.
2. [[Gouverneur Morris. Morris, Gouverneur]], [[Simeon De Witt. De Witt, Simeon]], and [[John Rutherfurd. Rutherford, John]] {{sic (March 1811) [https://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu/DOCS/nyc1811.htm "Remarks Of The Commissioners For Laying Out Streets And Roads In The City Of New York, Under The Act Of April 3, 1807"], [[Cornell University Library]]. Accessed June 27, 2016.
3. (2 April 2025). "The Retro Subway Map That Design Nerds Love Makes a Comeback". The New York Times.
4. "MTA Manhattan Bus Map".
5. "NYCityMap". [[New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications]].