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Manhattan Valley

New York, United States · North America

About Manhattan Valley

Manhattan Valley works well as a base: 5 minutes from Fairview, 1km from Central Park.

Manhattan Valley is a town located in New York, United States. With a population of 38,500, it is an important destination in North America.

On a road trip, Manhattan Valley sits in United States, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/New York time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Manhattan Valley to your route.

About Manhattan Valley

Manhattantown, now known as Park West Village or West Park Apartments, was a massive urban renewal project in New York City's Manhattan Valley neighborhood (formerly known as the Bloomingdale District). The project, which stretched between West 96th and West 100th streets, bordering Central Park West, was funded by

Read more Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, which financed slum clearance under urban redevelopment initiatives. Allegations of corruption were leveled soon after the project's inception in the spring of 1949, culminating in hearings in the Senate's Banking and Currency Committee in 1954. But the Senate hearings garnered little publicity. It was not until 1956 that a series of investigative articles in the World Sun-Telegram by Gene Gleason and Fred Cook revealed the extent of the mismanagement. It was the first instance in which Robert Moses' practice of "honest graft"—the method by which Slum Clearance chairman Moses distributed premiums, contracts and retainers to favored and incompetent friends—was revealed in the press. Under Title I, the plot of tenements worth $15 million (equivalent to $203 million in 2025) had been sold, for $1 million (equivalent to $14 million in 2025), to developer Samuel Caspert, charged with building public housing. Instead of relocating occupants, bulldozing the slum, and constructing public housing, Caspert and Co. merely sat on the newly acquired property collecting millions in rents. In the end, the city was forced to facilitate the transfer of Manhattantown to another developer, William Zeckendorf.

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Where is Manhattan Valley located?

Manhattan Valley is located in New York, United States, North America. The coordinates are 40.7939 latitude, -73.9650 longitude.

What is the population of Manhattan Valley?

Manhattan Valley has a population of approximately 38,500 people, making it a town in United States.

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Quick Information

Population
38,500
Continent
North America
Country
United States
Region
New York
Timezone
America/New_York
Coordinates
40.7939, -73.9650

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Worth the detour from Manhattan Valley

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

landmark

Central Park

An 843-acre urban oasis in the heart of Manhattan, one of the most visited urban parks in the world with meadows, lakes, and iconic bridges.

1 km · about 5 min drive

museum

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic spiral masterpiece housing an outstanding collection of Impressionist and modern art.

1 km · about 5 min drive

museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

America's largest art museum, with over two million works spanning 5,000 years of world culture.

2 km · about 5 min drive

museum

American Museum of Natural History

A beloved New York institution famous for its dinosaur halls, dioramas, and the Rose Center's spectacular planetarium.

2 km · about 5 min drive

landmark

Times Square

Dazzling commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan known for its giant digital billboards and New Year's Eve ball drop.

4 km · about 10 min drive

museum

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

The most influential modern art museum in the world, home to Starry Night, Campbell's Soup Cans, and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

4 km · about 5 min drive

landmark

Empire State Building

Legendary 102-storey Art Deco skyscraper that defined the New York City skyline when completed in 1931.

5 km · about 10 min drive

restaurant

Katz's Delicatessen

Lower East Side deli open since 1888, hand-carving some 15,000 pounds of pastrami a week under fluorescent light and salami-strung ceilings. You take a paper ticket at the door and guard it.

8 km · about 15 min drive

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Fairview

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Cliffside Park

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4 km awayPop. 24,857

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