55th Street (Manhattan)

• The route officially begins at Sutton Place South which is on a hill overlooking FDR Drive.
• Plaza 400 Apartments, 40-story, 119 m/392 ft apartment building completed in 1967 (north){{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=plaza400apartments-newyorkcity-ny-usa |title=Plaza 400 Apartments, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211223001/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=plaza400apartments-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-date=February 11, 2007}}

• Terrence Cardinal Cook Building (south)
• Church of St. John the Evangelist (south)
• Bristol Apartments, 33-story apartment building completed in 1973{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=bristolapartments-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211222452/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=bristolapartments-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |title=Bristol Apartments, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}}

• Brevard Apartments, 30-story apartments completed in 1981{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=brevardapartments-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211222443/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=brevardapartments-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |title=Brevard Apartments, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}}
• Marymount Manhattan College Dormitory, 48-story, 144 m / 473 ft mixed apartment house and dormitory completed in 2001{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=marymountuniversitydormitory-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430080303/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=marymountuniversitydormitory-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 30, 2007 |title=Marymount University Dormitory, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}} (north)

• 919 Third Avenue, 47-story 188 m / 615 ft building completed in 1971 (north)
• P. J. Clarke's, antique tavern known for holding its own and remaining intact despite attempts to destroy it for 919 Third. (north){{cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E1DF153FF936A25751C0A9649C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22P.%20J.%20Clarke's%22%20%22919%20third%20avenue%22&st=cse |title=New Team, Old Look for Saloon; P. J. Clarke's Changes Owners, Who Plan to Retain Atmosphere |work=The New York Times |date=February 15, 2002 |access-date=August 4, 2008}}

• Central Synagogue
• 124 East 55th Street
• 116 East 55th Street – now Levin Institute
• DLT Entertainment headquarters
• Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office

• Park Avenue Place, 38-story, {{convert|472|ft|m|abbr=on}} office tower completed in 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=parkavenuenueplace-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118191429/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=parkavenuenueplace-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 18, 2006 |title=Park Avenue Place, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}} (south)
• Park Avenue Tower, 36-story, {{convert|561|ft|m|abbr=on}} office tower completed in 1987 with a distinctive pyramid roof (north)
• Heron Tower, {{convert|314|ft|m|abbr=on}}, 25-story building completed in 1986{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=herontower-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504062803/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=herontower-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 4, 2007 |title=Heron Tower, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}}
• Martin Erdmann House – now New York Friars Club{{cite web | last=Lipsyte | first=Robert | title=Comedy Central | website=The New York Times | date=May 30, 2004 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/30/nyregion/comedy-central.html?mtrref=query.nytimes.com | access-date=May 28, 2024}}

• 550 Madison Avenue, 37-story, {{convert|647|ft|m|abbr=on}} building completed in 1984 originally to be the headquarters of AT&T and later Sony USA (north)
• Finland House, 38-story, {{convert|427|ft|m|abbr=on}} office tower completed in 1970 {{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=finlandhouse-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429215441/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=finlandhouse-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 29, 2007 |title=Finland House, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}} (north)
• The St. Regis Hotel

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• The Peninsula New York, 21-story, {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}} hotel completed in 1905{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=peninsulahotel-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220144112/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=peninsulahotel-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 20, 2007 |title=Peninsula Hotel, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}} (south)
• Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (north)
• MGM Building, 35-story, {{convert|416|ft|m|abbr=on}} office tower completed in 1966 (south){{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=mgmbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220141711/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=mgmbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 20, 2007 |title=MGM Building, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}}
• Rockefeller Apartments (south)
• 46 West 55th Street (south), a landmarked house

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• Robert Indiana Love (sculpture) (south)
• Capitol-EMI Building 34-story, {{convert|470|ft|m|abbr=on}} building (north){{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=capitolemibuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216133032/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=capitolemibuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 16, 2007 |title=Capitol-EMI Building, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}}
• 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 50 story, {{convert|625|ft|m|abbr=on}} building completed in 1969{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=burlingtonhouse-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220144600/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=burlingtonhouse-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 20, 2007 |title=Burlington House, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}} (south)
• 125 West 55th Street (north)
• New York City Center, theatre at 131 West 55th Street (north)
• 55th Street Playhouse, theatre at 154 West 55th Street
• CitySpire Center (north), 75-story, {{convert|814|ft|m|abbr=on}} tower (tallest on street), north{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=cityspirecenter-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205174754/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=cityspirecenter-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 5, 2007 |title=CitySpire Center, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}}
• The London NYC 54-floor, {{convert|590|ft|m|abbr=on}} tower completed in 1990 (south){{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=rihgaroyal-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220141400/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=rihgaroyal-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 20, 2007 |title=The London NYC, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}}
• Hotel Wellington (north)

• Park Central Hotel, 25-story, {{convert|357|ft|m|abbr=on}} tower completed in 1926 most famous for mafia execution in the barber shop{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=parkcentralhotel-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211204054/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=parkcentralhotel-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |title=Park Central Hotel, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}} (north)
• Dream Hotel (south)
• Mutual of New York Building, 27-story, {{convert|375|ft|m|abbr=on}} building completed in 1950 whose sign inspired the song Mony, Mony{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=mutualofnewyorkbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325221657/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=mutualofnewyorkbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 25, 2007 |title=Mutual of New York Building, New York City / |location=US / |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=2013-01-21}}

• Random House Tower, 52-story, {{convert|684|ft|m|abbr=on}} tower (north)
• Former original location of Soup Nazi from Seinfeld

• The Starwood Apts. at 321 West 55th Street was built in 1907. Over the years, it has been the residence of theatrical figures such as Tony Award winners Jane Alexander (former head of the National Endowment for the Arts) and Michael Stewart, librettist of Hello, Dolly!

• Alvin Ailey Dance Hall (north)
• Julia Miles Theatre (Off Broadway venue) (south)
• Independent High School (north)

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• Clinton Towers Apartments 39-story apartment completed in 1974

The road crosses a pedestrian island separating 12th Avenue from the West Side Highway (one of the few places where 12th and the West Side Highway are not the same). The route concludes at the West Side Highway (New York Route 9A). Opposite the intersection is the Hudson River Park and Hudson River.

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• [http://www.nysonglines.com/55st.htm 55th Street: A New York Songline] - virtual walking tour

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