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United Nations Headquarters

The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952. It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan, on spacious grounds overlooking the East River. Its borders are First Avenue on the west, East 42nd Street to the south, East 48th Street on the north and the East River to the east. Turtle Bay is occasionally used as a metonym for the U.N.

Located at 40.7494, -73.9681 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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United Nations headquarters, Buildings and structures in Manhattan, Modernist architecture in New York, Headquarters in the United States, Buildings associated with the Rockefeller family, Oscar Niemeyer buildings, Modernist architecture, Midtown Manhattan

Japanese Peace Bell

The Japanese Peace Bell is a United Nations peace symbol. Cast on November 24, 1952, it was an official gift of the Japanese people to the United Nations on June 8, 1954. The symbolic bell of peace was donated by Japan to the United Nations at a time when Japan had not yet been officially admitted to the United Nations. The Japanese Peace Bell was presented to the United Nations by the United Nations Association of Japan.

Located at 40.7494, -73.9678 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Peace symbols, Individual bells, United Nations properties, 1952 works

Queens–Midtown Tunnel

The Queens–Midtown Tunnel (sometimes simply known as the Midtown Tunnel) is a highway tunnel and toll road in New York City. It crosses under the East River and connects the Borough of Queens (at the Long Island City terminus of I-495, the Long Island Expressway) on Long Island with the Borough of Manhattan (between the major crosstown thoroughfares of East 34th Street and East 42nd Street in the Midtown Manhattan area). Designed by Ole Singstad, it was opened to traffic on November 15, 1940.

Located at 40.7456, -73.9647 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Toll tunnels in New York City, East River, Tolled sections of Interstate Highways, Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Tunnels completed in 1940

Turtle Bay, Manhattan

Turtle Bay is a neighborhood in New York City, on the east side of Midtown Manhattan. It extends between 43rd and 53rd Streets, and eastward from Lexington Avenue to the East River, across from Roosevelt Island. It is the site of the United Nations Headquarters and the Chrysler Building.

Located at 40.7554, -73.9674 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Manhattan, Diplomatic districts, Bays of New York, Neighborhood organizations, Midtown Manhattan

U Thant Island

U Thant Island (legally Belmont Island) is the smallest island located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The tiny artificial island is 100 by 200 feet (by m) in size and located in the East River, just south of Roosevelt Island. It lies midway between the United Nations Headquarters at 42nd Street and Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City and is legally part of the Borough of Manhattan and New York County.

Located at 40.7466, -73.9644 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Islands of New York City, Islands of New York County, New York, Artificial islands of the United States, East River, Belmont family, New York County, New York

WMBQ-CD

WMBQ-CD is a Class A low-power digital television station located in New York City broadcasting on UHF channel 46. Prime Time Partners LLC. purchased the station from Renard Broadcasting in 2011. Former owner Renard Communications Corp. operates a low-power digital television station, WBQM-LD (channel 50) in New York, which continues to broadcast the Cornerstone TeleVision programming which WMBQ had been airing prior to the sale.

Located at 40.7522, -73.9678 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Channel 46 low-power TV stations in the United States, Television stations in Connecticut, Television stations in New Jersey, Television stations in New York, Television channels and stations established in 1993

Dag Hammarskjöld Library

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is part of the United Nations headquarters and is connected to the Secretariat and conference buildings through ground level and underground corridors. It is named after Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Library has specialized in two major areas.

Located at 40.7489, -73.9692 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Libraries in New York, United Nations headquarters, Modernist architecture in New York

Non-Violence (sculpture)

Non-Violence is a bronze sculpture by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd of an oversized Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver with a knotted barrel and the muzzle pointing upwards. There are currently 16 sculptures all around the world.

Located at 40.7508, -73.9678 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Sculptures, Bronze sculptures in the United States, 1985 sculptures, Bronze sculptures in France

Millennium UN Plaza

Millennium UN Plaza Hotel is a four-star hotel located next to the United Nations on the eastern edge of Midtown Manhattan. It has 40 floors and 427 guestrooms, and was built in 1976.

Located at 40.7503, -73.969 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Hotels in Manhattan

United Nations Slavery Memorial

United Nations Slavery Memorial, officially "The Permanent Memorial at the United Nations in Honor of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade," is a sculpture to be placed at the UN headquarters in New York City as a permanent reminder of the long-lasting effects of slavery and the slave trade. The Slavery Memorial concept came from various resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly including A/RES/62/122, A/RES/63/5, and the Durban Declaration.

Located at 40.7483, -73.9679 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Slavery, Monuments and memorials in New York, 2012 sculptures

Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is a four-acre memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt that celebrates the Four Freedoms he articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address. It is located in New York City at the southernmost point of Roosevelt Island, in the East River between Manhattan Island and Queens. It was designed by the architect Louis Kahn.

Located at 40.7497, -73.9614 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Parks in New York City, Four Freedoms, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt Island, Louis Kahn buildings, United Nations headquarters, State parks of New York, Monuments and memorials in New York

WMUN-CD

WMUN-CD is a class A station license in New York. It is operating on digital channel 45 airing Informercials.

Located at 40.7522, -73.9678 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Channel 45 digital TV stations in the United States, Mineola, New York, Television stations in New York