Kips Bay, Manhattan

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'''Kips Bay''', or '''Kip's Bay''', is a neighborhood on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by 34th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 23rd Street to the south, and Third Avenue to the west.<ref name=FEIS>{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/applicants/env-review/first_ave/09_feis.pdf |title=First Avenue Properties Rezoning Final SEIS |page=9-7 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811055742/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/applicants/env-review/first_ave/09_feis.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Enc/><ref name=aia/><ref name="nyt1999-04-11"/>

Kips Bay is part of Manhattan Community District 6, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10010 and 10016.<ref name="NYCPlanning"/> It is patrolled by the 13th and 17th Precincts of the New York City Police Department.

== Geography == [[File:Waterside Plaza Jan 2025.jpg|thumb|300px|Towers of Waterside Plaza from across the East River]] According to ''The Encyclopedia of New York City'' and the New York City Department of City Planning, Kips Bay proper is generally bounded by East 34th Street to the north, the East River to the east, East 27th Street to the south, and Third Avenue to the west.<ref name=FEIS/><ref name=Enc/> City documents have also used New York City census tract 70 (from 29th to 34th streets, First to Third avenues) as an approximation for Kips Bay, and referred to tract 66, immediately below it, as "Bellevue South".<ref>[https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/community/197a-plans/mn6_stuyvesant_cove_197a.pdf Stuyvesant Cove 197-a Plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129060115/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/community/197a-plans/mn6_stuyvesant_cove_197a.pdf |date=November 29, 2018 }}, spring 1997</ref><ref>See also [http://www.infoshare.org/misc/NYCNeighborhoods.pdf NYC NEIGHBORHOODS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904225837/http://www.infoshare.org/misc/NYCNeighborhoods.pdf |date=September 4, 2018 }} for "Kips Bay" and "Bellevue Area"</ref><ref name=Scoping>See also [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/downloads/pdf/operations/draft-scoping-document-east25-6and8garage-2013-05.pdf Draft Scoping Document for an Environmental Impact Statement for DSNY East 25th Street Manhattan Districts 6/6A/8 Garage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301221616/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/downloads/pdf/operations/draft-scoping-document-east25-6and8garage-2013-05.pdf |date=March 1, 2017 }} for "Bellevue area"</ref>

The ''American Guide Series'' defines the combined Kip's Bay–Turtle Bay area as running from 27th Street north to 59th Street, and from Third Avenue to the East River, excluding the neighborhoods of Beekman Place and Sutton Place.<ref>{{Cite fednyc |pages=182–84, 192–93, 208–12}}</ref>

For its entry on Kips Bay, the American Institute of Architects' ''AIA Guide to New York City'' uses the area from 23rd Street north to roughly 38th Street, and from the East River west to just past Second Avenue. In ''AIA Guide'', Kips Bay is adjacent to Tudor City and the United Nations/Turtle Bay area on the north, Murray Hill and Rose Hill on the west, and the Stuyvesant Square area and Peter Cooper Village on the south.<ref name=aia>{{cite AIA4}}</ref>

Other popular definitions of the neighborhood, such as that by ''The New York Times'', include 23rd Street to the south, 34th Street to the north, Lexington Avenue to the west, and the East River to the east.<ref name="nyt1999-04-11">{{cite news |title=If You're Thinking of Living In Kips Bay |first=Joyce |last=Cohen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/11/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-kips-bay-cohesive-with-a-relaxed-ambiance.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 11, 1999 |access-date=October 15, 2009 |archive-date=April 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416033615/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/11/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-kips-bay-cohesive-with-a-relaxed-ambiance.html |url-status=live }}</ref> To the north is Murray Hill; to the west is Madison Square, NoMad, and/or Rose Hill; and to the south is the Bellevue area or the Gramercy Park neighborhood and Peter Cooper Village.

== History ==

===Colonial settlement=== thumb|left|165px|A 1781 British map depicting Manhattan; Kip's Bay is labeled as "Kepps Bay" Kips Bay was an inlet of the East River running from what is now 32nd Street to 37th Street. The bay extended into Manhattan Island to just west of what is now First Avenue and had two streams that drained into it. Although the bay later became reclaimed land, Kips Bay remained the name of the area.

The bay was named after New Netherland Dutch settler Jacobus Hendrickson Kip (1631–1690); son of Hendrick Hendricksen Kip), whose farm ran north of present-day 30th Street along the East River.<ref name="post">{{cite book |last=Post |first=John J. |title=Abstract of Title of Kip's Bay Farm in the city of New York: with all known maps relating thereto, together with the water grants on the East River adjoining said farm, and releases from the city on the Eastern Post Road... also, the early history of the Kip family |year=1894 |publisher=S. Victor Constant |location=New York}}</ref> "Kip's Bay Farm" comprised a much wider area than the present neighbourhood and four properties established by early Dutch settlers: "Pieter van der Linde's Plantation", an area originally granted to Teunis Cray, "Gregorys Plantation" (probably in or near Midtown East) and "Schepmoes Plantation" (the northernmost, possibly in the vicinity of Lenox Hill).<ref>Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1915), ''The Iconography of Manhattan Island'', Vol. 1; New York, Robert H. Dodd (publisher); p. 112. </ref> In 1655, Jacobus Kip built a large brick and stone house, near the modern intersection of Second Avenue and East 35th Street. The house was expanded more than once during the next two centuries,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/new-york-history-7.shtml |title=Early New York - Panorama Of Ancient East River Homes |work=Old And Sold |access-date=January 9, 2010 |quote=It was a large double structure, with three windows on one side of the door and two on the other, and with an ample wing besides. It was built of brick imported from Holland, and a stone coat of arms of the Kip family projected over the doorway. It was the oldest house on the island when it was demolished in 1851, and Thirty-fifth Street and Second Avenue now pass over its site and give no sign of its existence and story. |archive-date=April 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411045916/http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/new-york-history-7.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> When the house was demolished (1851), it was the last farmhouse from New Amsterdam remaining in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wyckoffmuseum.org/about/history/ |title=Organizational History |date=February 8, 2013 |access-date=September 26, 2014 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012095915/http://wyckoffmuseum.org/about/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Iron figures fixed into the gable-end brickwork commemorated the year of its first construction.<ref name="post"/> Its orchard was famous, and, when first President George Washington was presented with a specimen of its ''Rosa gallica'' during his first administration (1789–1793), when New York was serving as the first national capital city, it was claimed to have been the first garden to have grown it in the Thirteen Colonies.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1913-11-28|title=Few Landmarks Around Kip's Bay; The Brewery Has Survived, but the Famous Old Methodist Church Has Disappeared|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/11/28/archives/few-landmarks-around-kips-bay-the-brewery-has-survived-but-the.html|access-date=2023-09-01|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901235911/https://www.nytimes.com/1913/11/28/archives/few-landmarks-around-kips-bay-the-brewery-has-survived-but-the.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kips Bay was the site of the Landing at Kip's Bay, an episode of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and part of the New York and New Jersey campaign. About 4,000 British Army troops under General William Howe landed at Kips Bay on September 15, 1776, near what is now the foot of East 33rd Street off the East River from a Royal Navy fleet which had first landed earlier on Staten Island, then Long Island for the pivotal Battle of Brooklyn (also known as the Battle of Long Island) the previous month. Howe's forces defeated about 500 American militiamen stationed at Kips Bay by Washington and commanded by Colonel William Douglas. The American forces immediately retreated, and the British occupied New York Town at the south point of the island, soon afterward forcing General Washington to retreat northward to the Harlem River.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-04-19/nyc-life/close-up-on-kips-bay/full/ |title=Close-Up on Kips Bay |date=April 19, 2005 |access-date=May 28, 2015 |first=Tim |last=Heffernan |work=The Village Voice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526111307/http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-04-19/nyc-life/close-up-on-kips-bay/full/ |archive-date=May 26, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:203 E 29th St.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Wood-frame house and brick carriage house of uncertain age<ref name=aia /><ref name="nyt 20060402">{{cite news |title=A House That's Shy About Revealing Its Age |first=Christopher |last=Gray |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/realestate/02scap.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 2, 2006 |access-date=July 20, 2010 |archive-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330060825/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/realestate/02scap.html |url-status=live }}</ref> at 203 East 29th Street]]

A single survivor of the late 18th or early 19th century in the neighborhood is the simple vernacular white clapboard house, much rebuilt, at 203 East 29th Street. The house, standing gable-end to the street, is one of a mere handful of wooden houses that remain on Manhattan Island. Its date of construction is unknown<ref name="nyt 20060402"/> but has been variously dated from around 1790<ref>{{cite news |title=F.Y.I. |first=George |last=Robinson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/nyregion/fyi-443417.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 7, 2003 |access-date=January 22, 2010 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118084643/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/nyregion/fyi-443417.html |url-status=live }}</ref> to as late as 1870;<ref name=aia /> currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the house is privately owned and not open to the public.

South of the Kips Bay Farm stood the substantial Federal-style villa erected facing the East River by Henry A. Coster,<ref>The engraved illustration in [https://archive.org/details/historycitynewy00lambgoog <!-- quote=History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress. --> Mrs Martha Joanna Lamb and Mrs Burton Harrison, ''History of the City of New York: its origin, rise and progress'', vol. 3 p. 522], though called "more of a Grecian type of architecture", shows characteristic Federal architecture in its balustraded roofline, its half-oval fanlight in the central pediment, and the widely spaced slender columns of the portico; see also [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=692706&imageID=805399&total=61&num=0&word=Greatorex%2C%20Eliza&s=3&notword=&d=&c=&f=4&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=20&pos=14&e=w Eliza Greatorex drawing (New York Public Library)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607014542/http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=692706&imageID=805399&total=61&num=0&word=Greatorex,%20Eliza&s=3&notword=&d=&c=&f=4&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=20&pos=14&e=w |date=June 7, 2011 }}.</ref> in the thirty-acre estate<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/new-york-history-7.shtml |title="Early New York: Panorama of ancient East River homes" 1893. |website=Old And Sold |access-date=January 3, 2010 |archive-date=April 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411045916/http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/new-york-history-7.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> that was purchased in 1835 by Anson Greene Phelps;<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burrows |first1=Edwin G. |last2=Wallace |first2=Mike |title=Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-19-514049-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780195140491/page/460 460] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780195140491/page/460}}</ref> towards the city, the Bull's Head cattle market fronting the Boston Post Road extended southwards from 27th Street to 23rd Street, affording a distinctly less rural aspect;<ref>"After leaving Twenty-seventh Street and Third Avenue the traveller was in the country. There was no other settlement until Yorkville was reached, nearly two miles beyond. Scattered farm-houses, distant villas, green fields, and bits of woodland made up the landscape." recalled the writer of [http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/new-york-history-20.shtml "Old Days In Yorkville and Harlem", 1893] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626025252/http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/new-york-history-20.shtml |date=June 26, 2013 }}, recalling the route up Third Avenue in the 1850s</ref> the villa was removed to make way for row houses in the 1860s and the cattle market was moved farther out of town, to 42nd Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/new-york-history-20.shtml |title=Early New York - Old Days In Yorkville And Harlem |work=Old And Sold |access-date=January 9, 2010 |archive-date=June 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626025252/http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/new-york-history-20.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Later development === thumb|right|250px|Broadway Alley in Kips Bay<ref name=streetbook31>{{cite streetbook}}, p. 31</ref>

The neighborhood has been rebuilt in patches, featuring both new high-rise structures often set back from the street, and a multitude of exposed party walls that were never meant to be seen in public. {{anchor|Broadway Alley}} A nearly forgotten feature is the private alley called '''Broadway Alley''', between 26th and 27th streets, halfway between Lexington and Third avenues, reputedly the last unpaved street in Manhattan (by 2024, the alley has been paved with asphalt);<ref>{{cite news |title=On a Manhattan Byway, Feeling Dirt Beneath Feet |first=Alan |last=Feuer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/nyregion/27broadway.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 27, 2005 |access-date=March 19, 2010 |archive-date=September 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929041533/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/nyregion/27broadway.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Walsh |first=Kevin |title=Forgotten New York: Views of a Lost Metropolis |year=2006 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=0-06-114502-5 |page=167}}</ref> it is not known what this alley is named after, since it is not near the main Broadway.<ref name=streetbook31/>

In 1940 the Madison Square Boys (and later Girls) Club, which previously had been located on East 30th Street just east of Second Avenue, built its own facilities on East 29th Street (back-to-back with its older facility). In the 1990s, the Club sold its building to the Churchill School and Center, and moved its office in the Empire State Building.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sutton |first=Imre |title=Back to E. 29th Street: Where Fact and Fiction Revisit Kips Bay, N.Y. |hdl=1813/11665 |year=2008 |publisher=Americo Publications |location=Fullerton}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Irving |title=Madison Square Memoir: The Magic and History of Madison Square Boys and Girls Club |year=2009}}</ref>

[[File:Kips Bay Plaza North Building.jpg|thumb|left|The North Building of the Kips Bay Towers (I. M. Pei, architect)]]

In the 1960s and 1970s, several high-rise apartment complexes were constructed between First and Second avenues as a result of urban renewal.<ref name="NYT-1978-02-15">{{cite news |last=Fried |first=Joseph P. |date=February 15, 1978 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/15/archives/bellevue-south-renewal-project-taking-final-form-after-20-years.html |title=Bellevue South Renewal Project Taking Final Form Alter 20 Years |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref> Located between East 30th and 33rd streets, the NYU-Bellevue urban renewal project resulted in the development of Kips Bay Towers, a 1,112-unit apartment complex designed by architect I. M. Pei and completed in 1963.<ref name="nyt1999-04-11"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Crowell |first=Paul |date=September 24, 1954 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/09/24/archives/city-to-take-land-for-new-housing-estimate-board-paves-way-for.html |title=City To Take Land For New Housing |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref> The Bellevue South urban renewal project, located between 23rd and 30th streets, resulted in multiple housing developments, including East Midtown Plaza and Phipps Plaza (named after 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Henry Phipps).<ref name="NYT-1978-02-15"/>

Waterside Plaza is a residential and business complex built on a pier above the East River between East 25th and 30th streets which is adjacent to another deck over the river constructed for the United Nations International School. There were plans to build River Walk, a development with additional above-water apartments, offices, and a hotel in the 1980s, but environmental concerns and community opposition doomed the project.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stamler |first=Bernard |title=Park to Grow on the Ashes of the Riverwalk Plan |work=The New York Times |date=October 26, 1997 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/26/nyregion/neighborhood-report-stuyvesant-cove-park-grow-ashes-riverwalk-plan.html |access-date=July 12, 2009 |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819091004/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/26/nyregion/neighborhood-report-stuyvesant-cove-park-grow-ashes-riverwalk-plan.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Today, the waterfront south of Waterside Plaza is Stuyvesant Cove Park. The park includes a small man-made brownfield land mass extending out into the East River, which was created from excess concrete dumped into the river when the site was a ready-mix plant.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kinetz |first=Erika |title=Rock Outcropping or Rubble? No One's Neutral on Old Cement |work=The New York Times |date=January 13, 2002 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/nyregion/neighborhood-report-east-side-rock-outcropping-rubble-no-one-s-neutral-old.html |access-date=July 12, 2009 |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819092954/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/nyregion/neighborhood-report-east-side-rock-outcropping-rubble-no-one-s-neutral-old.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Demographics== For census purposes, the New York City government classifies Kips Bay as part of a larger neighborhood tabulation area called Murray Hill-Kips Bay.<ref>[https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/ntas.pdf New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129141839/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/ntas.pdf |date=November 29, 2018 }}, Population Division - New York City Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.</ref> Based on data from the 2010 United States census, the population of Murray Hill-Kips Bay was 50,742, a change of 2,323 (4.6%) from the 48,419 counted in 2000. Covering an area of {{convert|334.93|acres}}, the neighborhood had a population density of {{convert|151.5|PD/acre|PD/sqmi PD/sqkm}}.<ref name=PLP5>[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610175331/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division - New York City Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.</ref> The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 66.6% (33,818) White, 4.8% (2,423) African American, 0.1% (55) Native American, 16.2% (8,233) Asian, 0% (16) Pacific Islander, 0.4% (181) from other races, and 2% (1,008) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.9% (5,008) of the population.<ref name=PLP3A>[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610170733/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division - New York City Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

The entirety of Community District 6, which comprises Kips Bay and East Midtown, had 53,120 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 84.8 years.<ref name="CHP2018">{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-mn6.pdf |title=Stuyvesant Town and Turtle Bay (Including Beekman Place, Gramercy Park, Murray Hill, Stuyvesant Town, Sutton Place, Tudor City and Turtle Bay) |date=2018 |website=nyc.gov |publisher=NYC Health |access-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323194621/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-mn6.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Rp|2, 20}} This is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf |title=2016-2018 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan: Take Care New York 2020 |date=2016 |website=nyc.gov |publisher=New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909004755/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Rp|53 (PDF p. 84)}}<ref>{{cite web |title=New Yorkers are living longer, happier and healthier lives |website=New York Post |last=Short |first=Aaron |date=June 4, 2017 |url=https://nypost.com/2017/06/04/new-yorkers-are-living-longer-happier-and-healthier-lives/ |access-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024959/https://nypost.com/2017/06/04/new-yorkers-are-living-longer-happier-and-healthier-lives/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Most inhabitants are adults: a plurality (45%) are between the ages of 25 and 44, while 22% are between 45 and 64, and 13% are 65 or older. The ratio of youth and college-aged residents was lower, at 7% and 12% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|2}}

As of 2017, the median household income in Community District 6 was $112,383.<ref name="CB6PUMA">{{cite web |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3603808-nyc-manhattan-community-district-6-murray-hill-gramercy-stuyvesant-town-puma-ny/ |title=NYC-Manhattan Community District 6--Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town PUMA, NY |work=Census Reporter |access-date=July 17, 2018 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323194622/https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3603808-nyc-manhattan-community-district-6-murray-hill-gramercy-stuyvesant-town-puma-ny/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, an estimated 10% of Kips Bay and East Midtown residents lived in poverty, compared to 14% in all of Manhattan and 20% in all of New York City. One in twenty-five residents (4%) were unemployed, compared to 7% in Manhattan and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 42% in Kips Bay and East Midtown, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 45% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, Kips Bay and East Midtown are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|7}}

[[File:SacredHeartsofJesusandMaryRC.1915.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The now-demolished Church of the Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus (1915)]]

==Structures== Within Kips Bay, the area along First Avenue is dominated by the institutional buildings of New York University, including Tisch Hospital, NYU College of Dentistry, NYU School of Medicine, and Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine; Bellevue Hospital Center teaching hospital, including Hunter College's Brookdale Health Sciences Center and the Alexandria Center for the Life Sciences; and the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus, a VA Hospital for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Further north on First Avenue, in Murray Hill between East 37th and 38th streets, is the former Kips Bay Brewing Company, originally constructed in 1895 and now occupied by offices.<ref>{{cite AIA4 |page=219}}</ref>

Many businesses in the neighborhood use the neighborhood's name: e.g. Kips Bay Cinemas, Kips Bay Cleaners, Kips Bay Endoscopy Center and the Kips Bay branch of the New York Public Library. thumb|250px|The view from the Kips Bay Mall on Second Avenue

Since 1965,<ref name=Enc>{{Cite enc-nyc2|page=3270}}</ref> the area has had a commercial strip mall on Second Avenue between East 30th and 32nd streets, set back from the street by a service road running parallel to Second Avenue. This group of stores is referred to as "Kips Bay Plaza".<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=C.J. |title=Choosing the Proximity of the Middle |work=The New York Times |date=February 9, 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/realestate/19living.html |access-date=July 3, 2009 |archive-date=May 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502234824/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/realestate/19living.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

New York City's first microapartment tower opened in Kips Bay in 2016. Named Carmel Place after its location at the intersection of East 27th Street and Mount Carmel Place, the building contains 55 units ranging in size from {{convert|260|to|360|sqft}} and was constructed using modular units prefabricated at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The project was the winner of a competition sponsored by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development to design, construct and operate a microapartment building on a city-owned site and pilot the use of compact apartments to accommodate smaller households.<ref>{{cite press release |date=January 22, 2013 |url=https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/032-13/mayor-bloomberg-winner-em-adapt-nyc-em-competition-develop-innovative-micro-unit |title=Mayor Bloomberg Announces Winner Of adAPT NYC Competition To Develop Innovative Micro-unit Apartment Housing Model |publisher=New York City Office of the Mayor |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414203256/https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/032-13/mayor-bloomberg-winner-em-adapt-nyc-em-competition-develop-innovative-micro-unit |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=June 10, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/realestate/testing-the-first-micro-apartments-in-new-york-city.html |title=Tiny Home Test Drive |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420225918/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/realestate/testing-the-first-micro-apartments-in-new-york-city.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Police and crime== Kips Bay is patrolled by two precincts of the NYPD.<ref>{{cite web |title=Find Your Precinct and Sector - NYPD |website=www.nyc.gov |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/find-your-precinct.page |access-date=March 3, 2019 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304213813/https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/find-your-precinct.page |url-status=live }}</ref> The 13th Precinct is located at 230 East 21st Street and serves the part of the neighborhood south of 30th Street,<ref name="NYPD 13th Precinct">{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/13th-precinct.page |title=NYPD – 13th Precinct |website=www.nyc.gov |publisher=New York City Police Department |access-date=October 3, 2016 |archive-date=July 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720132445/http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/13th-precinct.page |url-status=live }}</ref> while the 17th Precinct is located at 167 East 51st Street and serves the part of the neighborhood north of 30th Street.<ref name="NYPD 17th Precinct">{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/17th-precinct.page |title=NYPD – 17th Precinct |website=www.nyc.gov |publisher=New York City Police Department |access-date=October 3, 2016 |archive-date=May 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520210840/http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/17th-precinct.page |url-status=live }}</ref> The 13th and 17th Precincts ranked 57th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. The high per-capita crime rate is attributed to the precincts' high number of property crimes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/manhattan/murray-hill/ |title=Murray Hill and Gramercy – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report |website=www.dnainfo.com |access-date=October 6, 2016 |archive-date=April 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415063747/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/manhattan/murray-hill |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{As of|2018}}, with a non-fatal assault rate of 35 per 100,000 people, Kips Bay and East Midtown's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 180 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|8}}

The 13th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 80.7% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 18 rapes, 152 robberies, 174 felony assaults, 195 burglaries, 1,376 grand larcenies, and 37 grand larcenies auto in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-013pct.pdf |title=13th Precinct CompStat Report |website=www.nyc.gov |publisher=New York City Police Department |access-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413191713/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-013pct.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The 17th Precinct also has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 80.7% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 0 murders, 13 rapes, 63 robberies, 91 felony assaults, 80 burglaries, 748 grand larcenies, and 26 grand larcenies auto in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-017pct.pdf |title=17th Precinct CompStat Report |website=www.nyc.gov |publisher=New York City Police Department |access-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-date=December 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201043702/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-017pct.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Fire safety== Kips Bay is served by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY)'s Engine Company 16/Ladder Company 7 fire station, located at 234 East 29th Street.<ref>{{cite web |title=Engine Company 16/Ladder Company 7 |website=FDNYtrucks.com |url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/manhattan/e16.htm |access-date=March 14, 2019 |archive-date=October 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023054752/http://fdnytrucks.com/files/html/manhattan/e16.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite FDNY locations}}</ref> Completed in the late 1960s, the fire station consolidated Engine Company 16 (formerly located at 223 East 25th Street) and Ladder Company 7 (formerly located at 217 East 28th Street) into a single building.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Neill |first1=Edward |last2=Federici |first2=William |last3=Lee |first3=Henry |date=December 22, 1967 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/464297520/?clipping_id=176031330 |title=Probe Marcus Link to Water Meter Firms |work=New York Daily News |page=8 |access-date=July 6, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Whitehouse |first=Franklin |date=March 19, 1969 |title=News of Realty: City Auction Held; East Side Firehouse Sold |work=The New York Times |id={{ProQuest|118542842}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Burton |first=Anthony |date=June 20, 1973 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-god-is-partner-in-firehouse-b/175880465/ |title=God Is Partner in Firehouse Buy |work=New York Daily News |page=4 |access-date=July 6, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Health== {{multiple image |align=right |total_width=400 |image1=Smilow Research NYU jeh.JPG|caption1=The Smilow Research Building of NYU Langone Health |image2=Bellevue Hospital old building.jpg|caption2=The original Bellevue Mental Hospital building }} {{As of|2018}}, preterm births and births to teenage mothers in Kips Bay and East Midtown are lower than the city average. In Kips Bay and East Midtown, there were 78 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 1.5 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide), though the teenage birth rate was based on a small sample size.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|11}} Kips Bay and East Midtown have a low population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 3%, less than the citywide rate of 12%, though this was based on a small sample size.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|14}}

The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Kips Bay and East Midtown is {{convert|0.0102|mg/m3|oz/ft3}}, more than the city average.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|9}} Twelve percent of Kips Bay and East Midtown residents are smokers, which is less than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|13}} In Kips Bay and East Midtown, 10% of residents are obese, 5% are diabetic, and 18% have high blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|16}} In addition, 7% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|12}}

Ninety-one percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 90% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", more than the city's average of 78%.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|13}} For every supermarket in Kips Bay and East Midtown, there are 7 bodegas.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|10}}

The Bellevue Hospital Center and NYU Langone Health are located in Kips Bay, as is the Margaret Cochran Corbin campus of VA New York Harbor Healthcare System.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manhattan Hospital Listings |website=New York Hospitals |url=http://www.allny.com/health/hosp-manhattan.html |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115151717/http://www.allny.com/health/hosp-manhattan.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Best Hospitals in New York, N.Y. |website=U.S. News & World Report |date=July 26, 2011 |url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/new-york-ny |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529091928/https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/new-york-ny |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, Beth Israel Medical Center in Stuyvesant Town operated until 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=Mount Sinai Beth Israel in East Village officially closes after judge dismisses bid to stay open |url=https://abc7ny.com/post/mount-sinai-beth-israel-east-village-officially-closes-judge-dismisses-community-group-bid-stay-open/16148740/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en}}</ref>

==Post offices and ZIP Codes== Kips Bay is located in two primary ZIP Codes. The area south of 26th Street is located in 10010, while the area north of 26th Street is in 10016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/epi/Manhattan.pdf |title=Borough of Manhattan, New York City |website=nyc.gov |publisher=NYC Health |access-date=October 11, 2016 |archive-date=February 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224102003/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/epi/Manhattan.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The United States Postal Service operates two post offices in Kips Bay: * Murray Hill Station – 115 East 34th Street<ref>{{cite web |title=Location Details: Murray Hill |website=USPS.com |url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=10036&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1374275&locationName=MURRAY+HILL&address2=&address1=115+E+34TH+ST+FRNT+1 |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915080132/https://tools.usps.com/find-location.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> * Madison Square Station – 149 East 23rd Street<ref>{{cite web |title=Location Details: Madison Square |website=USPS.com |url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=10010&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1371388&locationName=MADISON+SQUARE&address2=&address1=149+E+23RD+ST |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915080116/https://tools.usps.com/find-location.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Education == [[File:UNIS United Nations International School.jpg|thumb|300px|United Nations International School (UNIS)]]

Kips Bay and East Midtown generally have a higher rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. A majority of residents age 25 and older (82%) have a college education or higher, while 3% have less than a high school education and 15% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 64% of Manhattan residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}} The percentage of Kips Bay and East Midtown students excelling in math rose from 61% in 2000 to 80% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 66% to 68% during the same time period.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/MN_06_11.pdf |title=Stuyvesant Town/Turtle Bay – MN 06 |date=2011 |publisher=Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy |access-date=October 5, 2016 |archive-date=September 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918044127/http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/MN_06_11.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kips Bay and East Midtown's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is lower than the rest of New York City. In Kips Bay and East Midtown, 8% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, less than the citywide average of 20%.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}}<ref name=":21" />{{Rp|24 (PDF p. 55)}} Additionally, 91% of high school students in Kips Bay and East Midtown graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}}

===Schools=== The New York City Department of Education operates the following public schools in Kips Bay:<ref name="Zillow">{{cite web |title=Gramercy New York School Ratings and Reviews |website=Zillow |url=https://www.zillow.com/gramercy-new-york-ny/schools/ |access-date=March 17, 2019 |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324001212/https://www.zillow.com/gramercy-new-york-ny/schools/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * PS 116 Mary Lindley Murray (grades PK-5) – the area's zoned elementary school<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M116 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324001213/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M116 |url-status=live }}</ref> * PS 347 The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School (grades PK-8) – provides American Sign Language immersion education for deaf and hearing children<ref>{{cite web |title=The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M347 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324001215/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M347 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School (grades 9–12) - provides ASL immersion education for deaf and hearing children<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.47aslhs.net/location.html |title=Location |publisher=47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School |accessdate=June 25, 2021 |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625144040/https://www.47aslhs.net/location.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ** The two ASL schools were a single institution until they were administratively divided in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ps347.org/about_us |title=About Us |publisher=The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School |accessdate=June 24, 2021 |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625014458/https://www.ps347.org/about_us |url-status=live }}</ref> The two schools share the same building.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://insideschools.org/school/02M347 |title=PS 347 The American Sign Language & English Lower School |publisher=Inside Schools |accessdate=June 24, 2021 |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625014127/https://insideschools.org/school/02M347 |url-status=live }} - The [https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M047 page for M047 (high school)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625004623/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M047 |date=June 25, 2021 }} states: "223 East 23 Street, Manhattan, NY 10010" and the [https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M347 page for M347 (lower school)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324001215/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M347 |date=March 24, 2019 }} states: "223 East 23 Street, Manhattan, NY 10010"</ref>

Students in grades 6-8 are zoned to IS 104 Simon Baruch School in Gramercy Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M104 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323194620/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M104 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition, the British International School of New York is located in Waterside Plaza and the United Nations International School is located immediately south of Waterside Plaza.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unis.org/about-unis |title=About |website=United Nations International School |access-date=January 26, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bis-ny.org/info |title=General Information |website=British International School of New York |access-date=January 26, 2025}}</ref>

===Libraries=== [[File:NYPL Epiphany Branch, Manhattan.jpg|thumb|right|225px|The New York Public Library's Epiphany branch on East 23rd Street]]

The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates two branches in the neighborhood: * The Epiphany branch is located at 228 East 23rd Street. The Epiphany branch opened in 1887 and moved to its current structure, a two-story Carnegie library, in 1907. It was renovated from 1982 to 1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Epiphany Library |website=The New York Public Library |url=https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/epiphany |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323032934/https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/epiphany |url-status=live }}</ref> * The Kips Bay branch is located at 446 Third Avenue. The one-story branch opened in 1972 as a replacement for the St. Gabriel's and Nathan Straus branches, which had been torn down to make way for construction of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel and Kips Bay Towers, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Kips Bay Library |website=The New York Public Library |url=https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/kips-bay |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323213741/https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/kips-bay |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 1, 1972 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/01/archives/kips-bay-gets-public-library-after-seeking-it-for-17-years.html |title=Kips Bay Gets Public Library After Seeking It for 17 Years |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413161300/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/01/archives/kips-bay-gets-public-library-after-seeking-it-for-17-years.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Parks and recreation==

Manhattan Community District 6, which includes Kips Bay, has the lowest ratio of public park space per capita of all community districts in the borough and also ranks second to last among all community districts in New York City with regards to the percentage of district land that is parkland.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 2005 |url=http://cbsix.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CB6-197-A-Plan-.pdf |title=197-a Plan for the Eastern Section of Community District 6 |publisher=Manhattan Community Board 6 |page=3 |access-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308054221/https://cbsix.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CB6-197-A-Plan-.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ny4p.org/client-uploads/pdf/District-Profiles-2021/NY4P-Profiles_MN6.pdf |title=2021 Open Space Profiles - Manhattan Community District 6 |website=New Yorkers for Parks |access-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-date=May 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527232824/https://www.ny4p.org/client-uploads/pdf/District-Profiles-2021/NY4P-Profiles_MN6.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> There are three public parks in Kips Bay:

* Asser Levy Recreation Center is located on the west side of the FDR Drive between East 23rd and 25th streets and includes indoor and outdoor pools and an outdoor playground.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/M164 |title=Asser Levy Recreation Center |website=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |access-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813030614/https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/M164 |url-status=live }}</ref> The playground was expanded in 2014 when Asser Levy Place was closed to traffic and added as an extension to the park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/5961 |title=Asser Levy Playground Expansion |website=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |access-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721113756/https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/5961 |url-status=live }}</ref> * Bellevue South Park, located from East 26th to 28th streets mid-block between First and Second avenues, was originally planned in the 1960s as part of the Bellevue South Urban Renewal Area but did not open until 1979 due to a lack of municipal funding during the city's fiscal crisis.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/bellevue-south-park/history |title=Bellevue South Park Highlights |website=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation |access-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-date=July 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723120041/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/bellevue-south-park/history |url-status=live }}</ref> * Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground is located at the northwest corner of Second Avenue and East 29th Street on a parcel of land that was originally purchased by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority in 1965 as right-of-way to construct the proposed Mid-Manhattan Expressway.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ingraham |first=Joseph C. |date=December 23, 1965 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/12/23/archives/first-land-bought-for-30th-st-route-authority-pays-1-million-for.html |title=First Land Bought For 30th St. Route |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624211159/https://www.nytimes.com/1965/12/23/archives/first-land-bought-for-30th-st-route-authority-pays-1-million-for.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The East River Greenway, a waterfront path for walking or cycling, runs along the east side of Kips Bay and forms part of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyc.gov/html/edc/pdf/greenway_mapside.pdf |title=Manhattan Waterfront Greenway Map |website=New York City Economic Development Corporation |access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref>

==Transportation== The nearest New York City Subway stations are the 23rd Street–Baruch College and 28th Street stations at Park Avenue South, served by the {{NYCS trains|Lexington local day}}. The Second Avenue Subway is expected to eventually expand south to Lower Manhattan and pass through the neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Donohue |first=Pete |date=January 30, 2013 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ave-subway-track-open-2016-mta-article-1.1251331 |title=Second Ave. Subway on track to open in 2016: MTA |website=New York Daily News |access-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203064444/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ave-subway-track-open-2016-mta-article-1.1251331 |url-status=live }}</ref> New York City Bus routes include the {{NYC bus link|M9|M15|M15 SBS|M23 SBS}}, {{NYC bus link|M34 SBS}} and {{NYC bus link|M34A SBS}}.<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|M}}</ref>

Kips Bay is served by two ferry landings on the East River, Stuyvesant Cove in Stuyvesant Cove Park near East 20th Street and the East 34th Street Ferry Landing. Stuyvesant Cove is served by NYC Ferry's Soundview route and East 34th Street is served by three NYC Ferry routes (Astoria, East River, and Soundview) as well as Seastreak.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/astoria/ |title=Astoria Ferry Route |website=NYC Ferry |access-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502092119/https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/astoria/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/east-river/ |title=East River Ferry Route |website=NYC Ferry |access-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-date=May 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508212009/https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/east-river/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/soundview/ |title=Soundview Ferry Route |website=NYC Ferry |access-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621065057/https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/soundview/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://seastreak.com/what-to-know/port-locations-directions-parking/e-35th-st-nyc/ |title=East 35th St., NYC Port |website=Seastreak |access-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326215516/https://seastreak.com/what-to-know/port-locations-directions-parking/e-35th-st-nyc/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other transportation facilities in the area include the East 34th Street Heliport and the New York Skyports Seaplane Base, the latter of which is located in the East River at the foot of East 23rd Street.

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

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