Flatiron District

Location: The Flatiron District (also sometimes called simply "Flatiron") is located in south-central part Midtown Manhattan (often referred to as "Midtown South").

The northern and southern boundaries are a bit fuzzy - for the purposes of our classification, 34th street and 14th street, respectively.

The eastern border is Park Avenue (beyond which lie Gramercy Park and Kips Bay). The western border is Sixth Avenue (the Flatiron District's western neighbor is Chelsea).

Sub-divisions: Some people like to single out Little Korea, aka Koreatown (30th to 34th between Broadway and Fifth).

Also, the Union Square are is commonly referred to as a neighborhood in its own right.

Demographics: The district is popular with photographers who appreciate what the area's loft buildings can offer in terms of space and light, while not being as expensive as those of SoHo and TriBeCa. The newer "high-rise" apartment buildings attract professionals and the proximity of both SVA and NYU Medical School adds some student residents to the mix.

Apartments & Real Estate

In the immediate vicinity of the Flatiron Building there are quite a few loft apartment building (mostly conversions). On both eastern and western edges, the housing stock is more traditional. Recent construction (1990 on) brought a handful of high-rise building to the area. Side streets south of the Flatiron Building contain older low-rises.

Selected Rental Buildings

• 121 Madison Avenue (Flatiron District) [3 available no-fee apts]
  A nineteenth century mid-rise doorman building.
• The Capitol at Chelsea (55 West 26th Street, Flatiron District) [5 available no-fee apts]
  A modern high-rise doorman building offering a gym, a garage and laundry facilities. Located on the border between the Flatiron District and Chelsea.
• The Madison Belvedere (10 East 29th Street, Flatiron District) [4 available no-fee apts]
  A modern high-rise doorman building offering a gym and a garage.
• Park 23 (295 Park Avenue South, Flatiron District) [3 available no-fee apts]
  A turn-of-the-century mid-rise doorman building offering laundry facilities. The apartments have high ceilings.
• Vanguard Chelsea (77 West 24th Street, Flatiron District)
  A modern high-rise concierge building offering a gym and a garage.

See all Flatiron District Rental Apartment Buildings (35 buildings)

Selected No-Fee Rental Listings

See all Flatiron District No-Fee Rental Apartments (17 total)

Condo & Co-op Buildings

• 325 Fifth Avenue (Flatiron District)
  A luxury condominium building on Fifth Avenue between 32nd and 33rd streets. The building includes 6,000 square feet of retail space and two levels of below grade parking, a....
• Madison Green (5 East 22nd Street, Flatiron District)
  A modern high-rise doorman condo building offering a gym, a garage, a children's play area and laundry facilities.
• The Stanford (45 East 25th Street, Flatiron District)
  A modern high-rise doorman condo building offering a gym and laundry facilities.

See all Flatiron District Condo Apartment Buildings (21 buildings)

• 10 West 15th Street (Flatiron District)
  A post-war mid-rise doorman building offering laundry facilities.
• 284 Fifth Avenue (Flatiron District)
  A turn-of-the-century mid-rise landmark elevator building offering laundry facilities.

See our list of Flatiron District Co-op Apartment Buildings (7 buildings)

NAME

The Flatiron District (or simply "Flatiron") gets its name from one of the world's most famous (and arguably, one of the most beautiful) buildings, the Flatiron Building. Actually, it's more confusing than that, because the building is officially called the Fuller Building, yet its shape prompted a much more popular name. So, to summarize, the name of the district comes from the shape of one of its building.