Sutton Place, Manhattan

Sutton Place
Buildings on Sutton Place
Interactive map of Sutton Place
OwnerCity of New York
Maintained byNYCDOT
Length2 mi (3.2 km)
LocationManhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°45′29″N 73°57′37″W / 40.758094°N 73.960180°W / 40.758094; -73.960180
South end53rd Street in Midtown East
Major
junctions
FDR Drive in Lenox Hill
North end59th Street in Midtown East
EastFDR Drive
WestFirst Avenue
Construction
CommissionedMarch 1811
Sutton Place Historic District
Location1--21 Sutton Pl. & 4--16 Sutton Sq., New York, New York
Coordinates40°45′28″N 73°57′57″W / 40.75778°N 73.96583°W / 40.75778; -73.96583 (Sutton Place Historic District)
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian revival
NRHP reference No.85002294
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1985

Sutton Place is a short avenue and a neighborhood on the East Side of Manhattan, in New York City. Sutton Place and Sutton Place South run through their namesake neighborhood along the East River and south of the Queensboro Bridge. Sutton Place South runs from 57th to 53rd Streets. Unlike most north–south streets in Manhattan, building address numbers along Sutton Place South increase when headed south. Sutton Place runs from 57th to 59th Streets. The greater Sutton Place neighborhood is considered among the city's most affluent, and is known for upscale apartments, townhouses and historic landmarks, much like the Upper East Side. Part of the neighborhood comprises the Sutton Place Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Addresses on Sutton Place and Sutton Place South do not follow the usual pattern in Manhattan. North of 59th Street, Sutton Place becomes York Avenue.

The greater Sutton Place neighborhood, which sits north of the neighborhood of Turtle Bay, runs from 53rd Street to 59th Street and is bounded on the east by the East River and on the west by either First Avenue or Second Avenue. Sutton Square is the cul-de-sac at the end of East 58th Street, just east of Sutton Place; Riverview Terrace is a row of townhouses on a short private driveway that runs north from Sutton Square.