Sutton Place, Manhattan
neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City
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.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sutton Place, Manhattan” as neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q194644. VIAF identifies the subject as 239657455. Authority coordinates are 40.758, -73.960. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
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Three-step research path
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- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Sutton Place, Manhattan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.