47th Street (Manhattan)

47th Street

Diamond Jewelry Way
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, located at the east end of 47th Street
Maintained by	NYCDOT
Length	1.8 mi (2.9 km)[1]
Location	Manhattan
Postal code	10036, 10167, 10017
Nearest metro station	47th–50th Streets ​​​
Coordinates	40°45′31″N 73°59′00″W / 40.7586°N 73.9832°W / 40.7586; -73.9832
West end	NY 9A (12th Avenue) in Hell's Kitchen
East end	First Avenue in Midtown East
North	48th Street
South	46th Street
Construction
Commissioned	March 1811

47th Street is an east–west running street between First Avenue and the West Side Highway in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Traffic runs one way along the street, from east to west, starting at the headquarters of the United Nations. The street features the Diamond District in a single block, where the street is also known as Diamond Jewelry Way, and also courses through Times Square.