With its canyons made of sky-high towers and neon, Midtown West/Clinton is the heart of Manhattan – and that translates to convenience and constant activity. More affordable than many think, there are plenty of high-rise homes and brownstones to choose from, and if you’re coming with the kids, they’ll tell their friends its cool to live near the MTV Studios and the newly arrived American Girl. On the flip side, if you’ve got lots of out-of-town friends and family, count on more requests than Letterman gets for seats in the audience for stopovers due to your proximity to well, everything. All roads do lead to Times Square – particularly on New Year’s Eve – but this part of town includes other just-as-famous enclaves and must-see sights. The short list includes the Garment District, Theater District, Diamond District, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Madison Square Garden, Pennsylvania Station and the I.M. Pei-designed Javits Center.

High-rise residential development, especially along the Eighth Avenue corridor, has been on the scene now for some time – but housing runs the gamut from walk-ups to haute-luxury living in residential towers like CitySpire and Metropolitan Tower. The two-tower Manhattan Plaza between 42nd and 43rd Streets is federally subsidized and 70% of the coveted apartments are reserved for tenants involved in the performing arts, 15 percent for the elderly and 15 percent for people who already lived in the neighborhood. Unless you’re on the already long and closed waiting list, don’t even waste your time.

A multi-national and multi-generational neighborhood, it’s also one of the city’s most politically active, as evidenced by the amount of block associations and community groups.

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