That's not all it has, of course. Turtle Bay is one of the oldest neighborhoods in midtown, and has boasted a long list of celebrity residents. Here are a few of the high points:

From Brownstones to High-Rise Office Towers

Turtle Bay on NYC's East Side extends from 43rd Street to 53rd Street and from the East River to Lexington Avenue. There are office towers on the north-south avenues, but hundreds of brownstones on the streets. Most brownstones, named after the color of stone from which most - although by no means all - were built, were intended as single-family homes for the well-to-do. Some still are; others have been subdivided into apartments that afford both elegance and a convenient address, close to the Lexington Avenue subway line and the Madison and Second Avenue bus lines. It is easy to travel throughout the city from a Turtle Bay base.

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