⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking NYC (Narrated) : 53rd Street, Midtown Manhattan from Hell's Kitchen to Sutton Place

Google Maps Route: goo.gl/maps/ktFVHryG4twJwLAr9
I walk the entirety of 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan from DeWitt Clinton Park in Hell's Kitchen to Sutton Place South Park in Sutton Place. 53rd Street is notable for many locations ranging from 601 Lexington Avenue (Citigroup Center), the Lipstick Building, Ed Sullivan Theater, and the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art).
Correction - Starting from 39:07 I completely botched the pronunciation of William LeMessurier’s last name repeatedly. It is pronounced “ləˈmɛʒər”. The repairs to the building also happened only at night, not “day and night” as I stated. This was to keep the repairs to the building hidden from the public.
From Wikipedia:
"53rd Street is a midtown cross street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, that runs adjacent to buildings such as the Citigroup building. It is 1.83 miles (2.94 km) long. The street runs westbound from Sutton Place across most of the island's width, ending at DeWitt Clinton Park at Eleventh Avenue.
The Lexington Avenue - 53rd Street/ 51st Street station complex, one of the busiest in the New York City Subway system, is accessible from this street, and is served by 4, ​6, E and ​M trains. The Seventh Avenue station, serviced by the (B, ​D​, and E trains), is a similarly busy transfer station. The 53rd Street Tunnel carries the IND Queens Boulevard Line (E and ​M trains) of the New York City Subway under the East River between Manhattan and Queens."
Filmed July 1, 2019
Timestamps
1:40 - 11th Avenue
5:20 - 10th Avenue (AT&T Building)
9:02 - 9th Avenue
13:15 - 8th Avenue (Jerry Orbach Way)
16:40 - Broadway (Ed Sullivan Building)
18:50 - 7th Avenue (Sheraton Hotel)
20:45 - 6 1/2 Avenue
23:00 - 6th Avenue (New York Hilton, Black Rock [CBS] Building)
26:10 - MoMa (Museum of Modern Art) - Closed for Renovations in this video
29:10 - 5th Avenue (Uniqlo, St. Thomas Church)
30:22 - Paley Park (Former Stork Club)
32:50 - Madison Avenue
35:40 - Park Avenue (Lever House)
39:10 - Lexington Avenue (601 Lexington Avenue / Citigroup Center)
44:20 - 3rd Avenue (Lipstick Building)
47:30 - 2nd Avenue
50:40 - 1st Avenue
53:20 - Sutton Place South
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[@ActionKid]

For those on mobile Timestamps 1:40 - 11th Avenue 5:20 - 10th Avenue (AT&T Building) 9:02 - 9th Avenue 13:15 - 8th Avenue (Jerry Orbach Way) 16:40 - Broadway (Ed Sullivan Building) 18:50 - 7th Avenue (Sheraton Hotel) 20:45 - 6 1/2 Avenue 23:00 - 6th Avenue (New York Hilton, Black Rock [CBS] Building) 26:10 - MoMa (Museum of Modern Art) - Closed for Renovations in this video 29:10 - 5th Avenue (Uniqlo, St. Thomas Church) 30:22 - Paley Park (Former Stork Club) 32:50 - Madison Avenue 35:40 - Park Avenue (Lever House) 39:10 - Lexington Avenue (601 Lexington Avenue / Citigroup Center) 44:20 - 3rd Avenue (Lipstick Building) 47:30 - 2nd Avenue 50:40 - 1st Avenue 53:20 - Sutton Place South

[@10ksubscriberswithfivevide49]

I'm on mobile. Thank you

[@aarondublin9025]

Last stop on the A train go towards redfern ave and go by hassock stack bundles block

[@10ksubscriberswithfivevide49]

The best thing is that you make very often these videos, so we can see changes in city and people from today!

[@10ksubscriberswithfivevide49]

I always wanted something like this. I'm big fan of NYC 🗽 and I can see so many streets in city.

[@FionaEm]

Love your commentaries, especially re: the residential and historical areas of NYC. And thanks for converting imperial measurements to metric for those of us outside the US 🙂

[@santi7616]

yes, that's great¡¡¡ :-) thanks a lot

[@provincialadsdepartment847]

Lovely! More narrated videos to come please especially for the 4th of July!

[@fmertins]

Hi, these narrated videos are really awesome, they are so much more interesting than the non narrated ones, thanks and great job!

[@brucebacklund9138]

No matter how many HUNDREDS of videos that you have done, each new one is refreshing! Never get bored. Video and sound are superb as usual and both equally important! 3 thumbs up! Great to see the NY Hilton again on 53rd. Stayed there one night in the 1980s. Asked for a credit card. I do business in cash only. Probably thought I was a bag man for the mob. Oh well, nice hotel. Housekeeping even rolled down my bedding for me in the evening!

[@ActionKid]

Yup the NY Hilton is still here 😃

[@leono7380]

Kilometer! Again an extra Like

[@VolkerBruggemann]

And Celsius temperatures. Anyone outside the US appreciates that.

[@milospotykievic710]

i love the on the go commentary a lot more than the after recorded one, which was one of the prevoius videos :) keep up the good work man!

[@alyoung9818]

Thanks for taking us along on a beautiful, and well-narrated walk. The commentary really adds so much.

[@prinriggins9151]

Love, love, love your narrated videos! The best!!

[@simonz28]

really enjoy your narrated vids , very informative , cheers

[@cienfuegos9583]

that was a wonderful walk, really enjoyed it !

[@heidimichiko8968]

I'm really fascinated with the city so thank you for always posting videos of New York. I've been watching for a long time :) and I hope you keep on informing and entertaining us about the streets of New York.

[@bhunjiboyy]

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[@jmelendez740il]

Amazing video. New York is beautiful. Thank you for sharing your video

[@pauld2810]

I enjoy walking with ActionKid through New York while I'm stuck behind a desk in a downtown Seattle office building.

[@sebasgamer4527]

I really enjoy your narrated videos, thank you !

[@10ksubscriberswithfivevide49]

Hi. That's me! This video is so great! Your videos are the best, because when I watch them, I feel like I'm there in NYC.

[@LAllen-zv1zl]

I’m totally in love with your channel! I’ve dreamt of New York all of my life and I can’t wait to one day visit. Until that time, I will watch your amazing videos. I’ve been looking for a vlog like this for a long time. Thank you! ~Love from Tennessee

[@mpvt10]

Thank you for your wonderfully informative walks through NYC. I really enjoy these clips and always learn something new. Thanks Again!!

[@ActionKid]

You’re welcome!

[@samirrami4586]

you have made a new great view again , well done .

[@viox89]

So relaxing view this type of video... Thank you from Brazil!!!

[@ActionKid]

I’m glad you enjoyed watching it!

[@streetsofasia8895]

Great video as usual. It's always cool to get an inside look at the Big Apple.

[@bonniepwtf]

U did a great job with this, thoroughly enjoyed it. 👍

[@MyWalkAround]

Really nice video! Great info!

[@davidclemesha4202]

Great narration. Thanks ActionKid.

[@RGP0503]

This is a great video of 53rd Street. Another of my favs is the walking tour of 57th Street. If people haven’t watched that one, look it up! Thanks again. Your narrated videos are wonderful as I learn a ton on the history of the area.

[@ActionKid]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the history of the areas 😎

[@LoneWulff829]

At this point I think you cover so much of the city, the NY transit authority is going to start charging us to travel along with you.

[@tonymc8268]

Great videos and commentary.

[@areaone3813]

Really just stunning to walk along so many modern beautiful skyscrapers

[@saalbar1]

I love this guy.... "Good afternoon! I got nothing better to do today..." :) Seriously though I'm loving these videos!

[@ActionKid]

😎

[@charlesgrayson1510]

Thanks again for another great walking video of Manhattan. One interesting thing about 53rd street is that it has a park on both ends.

[@williehannon4726]

Really interesting. Thank you. Love these videos

[@SLRTheRobotArmy]

Love your videos

[@momslasaumure8959]

Thank you from France. I love NYC and I learn a lot of things walking around the city with you. You give me a great moment after a hard day of work. Thank you =)

[@malleusmaleficarum4572]

Excellent video, as always)

[@SohailJafar1]

These videos are great!

[@AndreeaRouge]

Always enjoying your videos and voice-overs, it keeps the memory of New York alive in my head ♥️ I would also love to see some walks around Upper West Side

[@ActionKid]

Thank you 😃

[@wienbridge3858]

Amazing video as always. NYC is an incredible city. As a Parisian I always said that New York has the same kind of vibe as Paris : the beauty of the buildings, the crowd, the atmosphere... Keep making these videos there're awesome !

[@ActionKid]

You’re welcome. It’s truly an experience to enjoy!

[@skylab14]

ActionKid, YOU are a New York icon. ... A Patron Saint of the City. ... You and your videos will be remembered a Thousand Years from now.

[@sayalubbie1552]

Beautiful!

[@nguyenminh3426]

Thank you for your lively New York City video! Always love New York City

[@mikechialastri7777]

Jerry orbach way. Also wonderful lead on law and order.

[@chaoshund1768]

Beautiful video, thank you 👍👍👍

[@BillyJ-vi8df]

Action saw your 53rd street video turned it on...you open with 52nd street park i paused it fixed me a cup of coffee and 100% enjoyed your tour of my favorite park and neighborhood! The neighborhood has changed since the 80's but the ghosts of those times are still around. I was in the park memorial day weekend . Until your next great opus this is my favorite video of yours GREAT video my friend!!!

[@ActionKid]

Wow thank you so much! I could imagine the neighborhood changed a lot from the 80s

[@ritamiracle08]

Thank you for being our private tour guide

[@Visionaire92]

Great, thanks for making this !

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Another great video 👍👍

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Beautifull!! Thanks for share.

[@mokomok1006]

Thank you so much for sharing This video is awesome How nice New York is

[@johnpetty3574]

I just came back from NYC. (mostly in NJ where my family lives) but we went into NYC and seen LION KING, as well as walking all over the place.

[@canyonoverlook9937]

At 16:03 is the Hello Deli where David Letterman would visit Rupert regularly.

[@green4est]

Very interesting! Nice walk, thanks!

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Bro I LOVE your Videos!!! Keep making them please!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌💖💖💖💖💖💖💯

[@RogerRJCormier]

Great job once again. Cheers

[@dhbehk5339]

I remember reading about the Citicorp Center incident. Amazing history. Thanks for sharing those details, very interesting.

[@ActionKid]

It’s scary to think what could have happened had that hurricane actually hit New York and the building toppled over!

[@1mikelewis]

Great video I enjoyed watching. love NYC

[@susangill5]

Gosh, I sure did enjoy that! Thank you sincerely!

[@ActionKid]

You’re welcome 😊

[@donnad3040]

These videos are so cool..Thank you. I hope to visit Soon

[@danielstalks332]

Everything depends on point of view. I visted NYC first time in August 2012, being 22 years old at the time ( it was my first time in the US as well on my student visa), I remember walking down the paths you have kindly recorded for us. Gret memories! I spent two weeks on the rock, just simply walking around Manhattan/Brooklyn/Quenns etc and exploring the city. I looked at all of this differently as a foreigner/kid from Eastern Europe, but I am still impressed, even when I am watching your videos. City has changed. People look bit different, there is more "smartphone zombies" now. Nevertheless, I am happy to see this part of town again. Everything was so different and exciting back then. Looking forward to comeback someday to NYC even for a day or two. This video brought back abovementioned flashbacks. Have a good one! Cheers, Daniel from Poland, Europe

[@ActionKid]

Thanks for sharing your memories of New York 😊

[@WanderlustTravelVideos]

Highrise buildings in NY is simply astonishing. Amazing vid. btw, how many times a week do you record a video?

[@ActionKid]

It really depends on the week. Often times I’ll do multiple videos in a single day.

[@WanderlustTravelVideos]

@@ActionKid Thanks for your response. Wish I had time to record the amount of videos you do!

[@suyapamartinez8692]

Great vídeo 📹 as usual,,, i love the way you narrate them,, you would be a wonderful tourist guide, it is true,,, beautiful videos of a beautiful City!!

[@ActionKid]

Thank you 😊

[@solo401_]

The NSA actually use the att&t building now. One of the most secure buildings in the city if not the country...

[@sakja123]

NYC owes everything to Dewitt Clinton governor of New York between 1825-1828 for becoming the city it has become through the commissioning of the Erie Canal.

[@santi7616]

the video is magnificent , like all your videos :-), but this one in particular has enchanted me, because I really like a building that is still under construction, and when you have reached the hilton hotel, and thanks that you have focused on the hotel, it has come out in the background, my favorite building, the 111 West 57th Street, known as Steinway Tower , it is so impressive ¡¡¡, just at minute 24:34 you've focused on that and besides, it has been a good long seconds of filming so I could see very well the building, and it's great the perspective of it from that specific point, so you've made me very happy today, thank you very much! :-) have a happy weekend ¡¡¡

[@ActionKid]

Wow 111 West 57th Street is massive! I never ever realized it from the Hilton Hotel!

[@santi7616]

I ve rewatched the video, it is really interesting all your comments. I found interesting the history of the citicorp center :-) and It was funny to read your corrections about the "tallest " hotel in town. If I'm not mistaken is actually located on. 1717 broadway and it is not only the tallest in new yor city , also the tallest in the whole continent of America :-) I hope one day you walk near by and show us. Best regards :-)

[@iNeverHadMercy]

Love the VIEWS, the NARRATION and most importantly......ur EFFORT 💰💰💰🍻

[@mikioni]

Excellent 🤗

[@khalilmissaoui6140]

nice tour m watching from north africa

[@goldiebear4050]

Lipstick building is pretty interesting! Thanks for taking us here :)

[@ActionKid]

I like the lipstick 💄 building too!

[@Torontopia]

Very nice!

[@fedaalsanonah]

God, I miss New York! Loving these videos..

[@D.N..]

You should start a NYC Personal Tour company and take tourists around the city!! You would be a wonderful tour guide ! 😃

[@LyricsCrashx3]

i agree..

[@Moyltorres]

Very nice video and comments !!

[@ActionKid]

Thanks!!

[@lazysundaynicole]

Thank you!

[@jeahavvalentin980]

Love this video a lot wholeheartedly

[@ActionKid]

Thank you

[@DawnStr8]

I like when you include the map visual before each trip.

[@Livingmydreammm]

Thank you❤❤❤

[@maggiechang6879]

I feel walking in New York with these videos,I love N.Y,since 1985 I don,t went to N.Y.my son born in Manhattan ,I have very good memory from N.Y.Love you videos very much thank you so much.

[@ActionKid]

You’re welcome 😊

[@michalsottnik6807]

nice video!!!

[@uzernam3]

47:21 Redemption Lounge/Bar, Some incredible memories in there lol! Good times!

[@worldtravelrafhat7886]

Amazing high rises!

[@Bogieking78]

I was curious so I looked up 340 W 53rd-it's carried as 338 and built in 1966-used as a rectory-nice walk today!

[@dharmeshpanchal4864]

That's good one thanx

[@Pirrelli8]

Looked like a difficult route. Glad you finished it. Great job! No surprise there,

[@ActionKid]

Thank you! Wasn’t too difficult!

[@Pirrelli8]

@@ActionKid Blessings,

[@steveneastburn1253]

Hi Action Kid, thanks for making these awesome walking tour videos. I used to live in New York and would walk up and down Amsterdam from 85th St to Lincoln Center often. If you get a chance, can you video that walk.Thanks again for these walks, they make me reminisce my time I lived there.

[@ActionKid]

I could make a video there eventually 😃

[@MrBtr86]

your narrating is great. Regards from Poland.

[@ActionKid]

Thank you 😊

[@davidspiegel9110]

Every time I watch your videos, I crave a pastrami on onion rye

[@jamesfield1674]

Happy 4th July brother!

[@ActionKid]

You too!

[@jamesfield1674]

So educational, your commentary is so good, Do you see any celebrities near you?

[@ActionKid]

Yup, I see celebrities in New York! Most are blended into the crowd well though and don’t draw attention to themselves.

[@briankelly85]

NYC is very clean. not 1 piece of trash on the ground. very impressive!

[@vsboy2577]

NYC really does have everything

[@annunication5044]

Thanks

[@GoodnessNwankpa]

One of my goals is to live in Manhattan one day, so this is a great way to experience the different neighborhoods and see which best fits me. It's actually genius 😜

[@tyga8418]

41:48 u give really good details of that building. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@ActionKid]

Thank you

[@ZenGotBars]

Paley Park cafe looks like a cool place to hangout

[@Felix-mp2vj]

You have a very good accent 👍

[@TheSilentWhales]

Just finished watching the whole thing (in 4-5 installments). Thanks. :)

[@ActionKid]

Great 👍

[@01ruudjemulder]

Thanks for mentioning the temperature in Celsium too. So we in Europe don't have to convert !!! Also the miles and kilometers !!! Great

[@ActionKid]

👍

[@pipoune91]

I lived at 54th st and 9th avenue for a year, thank you for showing me my former neighborhood bro :)

[@ActionKid]

Awesome 😎

[@leonidablue3965]

Hey what’s going on with the cycle videos I miss them 😁 still love the walking videos 👍🏽

[@ActionKid]

It hasn’t been convenient for me lately to make cycling videos. I’d still like to produce them though!