Even more so than the average Manhattan neighborhood, Midtown East contains multitudes. While Midtown East’s borders are easy enough to identify -- the neighborhood runs west to Fifth Avenue and east to the East River, from 42nd to 57th Streets -- but its contents somewhat less so. Midtown East contains some of Manhattan’s most iconic skyscrapers, the mini-neighborhoods of Turtle Bay, Beekman, Tudor City and the Plaza District and several promising new construction condominiums and pre-war condo conversions. Add it all up and you’ve got Midtown East -- a deceptively diverse neighborhood at the center of everything.

While Midtown East is home to a number of iconic landmarks -- the gloriously designed transit hub that is Grand Central Station; the art deco grandeur of The Chrysler Building and Rockefeller Center; the opulent retail mecca of Bloomingdale's -- it is most distinguished as a residential neighborhood by a surprisingly low-key gentility. Turtle Bay has a lively nightlife scene of its own, but it's striking just how sedate, welcoming and neighborhood-y Midtown East can be, given how central its location is. World class dining and shopping destinations are tucked away on these quiet, tree-lined blocks, as are unpretentious neighborhood pubs and coffeeshops.

Nestled within Midtown East is Sutton Place, one most desirable housing locations in Manhattan. The Flatiron District gives Midtown East a bit of a welcoming artsy field. Midtown East is a study in contrasts, and all the more quintessentially New York for that.

Unsurprisingly, given its central location, Midtown East is a vertical neighborhood. What's more surprising is how varied these mid-rise and high-rise apartment buildings actually are. From the luxurious co-ops of Tudor City to blue-chip pre-war condominium conversions like The Beekman Regent to ultra-contemporary new construction condo listings such as Number 5 and The Alexander, Midtown East offers some top-tier examples of just about every type of apartment for sale in Manhattan. What this diverse array of luxury apartment buildings have in common, of course, are prime Manhattan locations and addresses in Midtown East, at the very center of the city that's at the center of the world.