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Privately owned public spaces (POPS) in New York City were introduced in the 1961 Zoning Resolution. The city offers zoning concessions to commercial and residential developers in exchange for a variety of spaces accessible and usable for the public. There are over 590 POPS at over 380 buildings in New York City and are found principally in Manhattan. Spaces range from extended sidewalks to indoor atriums with seating and amenities. International attention was brought to POPS during the Occupy Wall Street movement begun in 2011 in Zuccotti Park.

POPS are required to contain a certain number of amenities and be open to the public. However, as of 2023, about 20 percent of POPs violated the terms of their agreements with the city, often because the POPS was closed, was occupied by a private business, or did not contain required amenities.

List

List of noteworthy spaces.

Manhattan

Downtown

West Side

Central Midtown

In addition, the following POPS are on 6½ Avenue between 51st and 57th Street:

East Midtown

  • 240 East 27th Street
  • 155 East 31st Street, Windsor Court
  • 200 East 32nd Street, Future
  • 243 Lexington Avenue
  • 401 East 34th Street, View 34
  • 626 First Avenue, The Copper
  • 630 First Avenue, Manhattan Place
  • 560 Third Avenue, Murray Hill Mews
  • 240 East 38th Street
  • 311 East 38th Street, Whitney
  • 330 East 38th Street, Corinthian
  • 250 East 40th Street, Highpoint
  • 222 East 39th Street, Eastgate Tower
  • 600 Third Avenue
  • 622 Third Avenue, Grand Central Plaza
  • 235 East 40th Street, Vanderbilt
  • 212 East 42nd Street, The Westin New York Grand Central Hotel
  • 425 Lexington Avenue
  • 140 East 45th Street, Two Grand Central Tower
  • 685 Third Avenue
  • 303 East 43rd Street, International Plaza
  • 3 United Nations Plaza, UNICEF House
  • 320 East 46th Street, Belmont
  • 240 East 47th Street, Dag Hammarskjold Tower
  • 747 Third Avenue
  • 885 Second Avenue, 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
  • 845 First Avenue, Trump World Tower
  • 100 United Nations Plaza/871 United Nations Plaza
  • 767 Third Avenue
  • 777 Third Avenue
  • 780 Third Avenue
  • 805 Third Avenue, Crystal Pavilion
  • 255 East 49th Street, Sterling Plaza
  • 153 East 53rd Street, Citigroup Center
  • 875 Third Avenue
  • Paley Park (3 East 53rd Street)
  • 300 East 54th Street, Connaught Tower
  • 420 East 54th Street, River Tower
  • 415 East 54th Street, St. James Tower
  • 245 East 54th Street, Brevard
  • 360 East 57th Street, Morrison
  • 300 East 59th Street, Landmark
  • 425 East 58th Street, Sovereign
  • 418 East 59th Street, Grand Sutton

Upper East Side

  • 200 East 61st Street, Savoy
  • 303 East 60th Street, Evansview
  • 300 East 62nd Street, Paladin
  • 167 East 61st Street, Trump Plaza
  • 188 East 64th Street, Royale
  • 200 East 64th Street, Carlton Towers
  • 200 East 65th Street, Bristol
  • 304 East 65th Street, Rio
  • 200 East 69th Street, Trump Palace
  • 211 East 70th Street
  • 400 East 70th Street, Kingsley
  • 524 East 72nd Street, Belaire
  • 422 East 72nd Street, Oxford
  • 525 East 72nd Street, One East River Place
  • 300 East 75th Street, Fairmont
  • 515 East 79th Street, Austen House
  • 401 East 80th Street
  • 200 East 82nd Street, Wimbledon
  • 400 East 84th Street, Strathmore
  • 300 East 85th Street, America
  • 171 East 84th Street, Evans Tower
  • 455 East 86th Street, Channel Club
  • 201 East 87th Street
  • 50 East 89th Street, Park Regis
  • 200 East 89th Street, Monarch
  • 40 East 94th Street, Carnegie Hill Tower
  • 300 East 93rd Street, Waterford
  • 340 East 93rd Street, Plymouth Tower
  • 301 East 94th Street, Marmara Manhattan
  • 235 East 95th Street, Normandie Court
  • 175 East 96th Street, Monterey

Brooklyn

Downtown

  • 350 Jay Street, Renaissance Plaza
  • 130 Livingston Street, Livingston Plaza
  • 1 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn Commons

Queens

Long Island City

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