Contents 1 History 1.1 Midtown Manhattan 1.2 Upper East Side 1.3 Upper West Side 2 Points of Interest 3 Residents 3.1 Bill (Reporter) (Earth-616) 3.2 Blackie (Mechanic) (Earth-616) 3.3 Carl Ryder (Earth-616) 3.4 Dave (Manhattan) (Earth-616) 3.5 Dingbat (Earth-616) 3.6 Emil Greco (Earth-616) 3.7 Gloria (Earth-616) 3.8 Green (Earth-616) 3.9 Harold (Earth-616) 3.10 Harvey (Manhattan) (Earth-616) 3.11 Herbert (Earth-616) 3.12 Jack Klyne (Earth-616) 3.13 James (Earth-616) 3.14 JB (Earth-616) 3.15 Jason Clemons (Earth-616) 3.16 Joe (Mechanic) (Earth-616) 3.17 Joe (Reporter) (Earth-616) 3.18 Louise (Earth-616) 3.19 Martha (Earth-616) 3.20 Marvin (Earth-616) 3.21 Matilda (Earth-616) 3.22 Mayhew (Earth-616) 3.23 Michael Reilly (Earth-616) 3.24 Morris (Earth-616) 3.25 Nathaniel (Earth-616) 3.26 Phil (Cameraman) (Earth-616) 3.27 Schuyler (Earth-616) 3.28 Seymour (Earth-616) 3.29 Shirl (Earth-616) 3.30 Swain (Earth-616) 3.31 Timmy (Earth-616) 3.32 Troy Tyro (Earth-616) 3.33 Watanabe (Earth-616) 3.34 White (Earth-616) 4 Former Residents 4.1 Hugo Kelsey (Earth-616) 5 Notes 6 Trivia 7 See Also 8 Links and References 9 Alternate Realities 9.1 Earth-689

History

Manhattan is the heart of New York City. This is one of the world's leading financial, cultural, commercial, manufacturing, and medical centers.

The smallest and oldest borough, Manhattan is the most dense in population. Comprised of an island surrounded by Spuyten Duyvil Creek and the Harlem River, the Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, and the East River, Manhattan is approximately 31 square miles in size and also includes a small portion of the Bronx and several islands in the East River.

With over 1.5 million people packed into the small area, personal transportation in Manhattan is challenging at best. Most New Yorkers opt for public transportation as the city has one of the most extensive subway systems in the world which connect to national railroads in the main hubs of Grand Central Station and Penn Station. Taxis are plentiful, but be prepared to fight for one as they are in high demand. Streets are crowded with pedestrians as the busy New Yorkers spill out from the subway stations and go about their business.

The architecture of the city varies, but on the whole it has made a practice of preserving important landmarks while building on top of other structures after demolishing them. This has created a myriad of hidden tunnels and unused structures tucked away among the towering sky scrapers that dominate the landscape of Manhattan.

Manhattan refers both to the Island of Manhattan which borders the lower Hudson River, and also to the Borough of Manhattan (one of the five boroughs of New York City), which includes the Island of Manhattan itself, as well as several other smaller islands and a small portion of the mainland

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial buildings as Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, and the Empire State Building. Midtown, along with "Uptown" and "Downtown", is one of the three major subdivisions of Manhattan. Midtown Manhattan is indisputably the busiest single commercial district in the United States, and among the most intensely and diversely used pieces of real estate in the world. The great majority of New York City's skyscrapers, including its tallest hotels and apartment towers, lie within Midtown.

Upper East Side

The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA, between Central Park and the East River. Embedded within the Upper East Side are the neighborhoods of Yorkville, centered on 86th Street and Third Avenue, and Carnegie Hill, centered on 91st Street and Park Avenue and Lenox Hill centered on 69th Street and 1st Avenue.

Upper West Side

The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. Like the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side is primarily a residential and shopping area, with many of its residents working in more commercial areas in Midtown and Lower Manhattan.

Points of Interest

• 34th Street Helipad
• 42nd Street
• 86th Street
• American Museum of Natural History
• Apex National Bank
• Ash Hotel
• Avengers Mansion
• Avengers Tower
• Avenue of the Americas
• Babel's
• Bailey's Auction House
• Baxter Building
• Bedford Tower
• Brooklyn Bridge
• Bishop Publishing
• Carnegie Hall
• Casa Tindolini
• Central Park
  • Central Park Zoo
• Chemco Building
• Chemical Exchange Bank
• Chrysler Building
• Coffee Bean
• Columbia University
• Daily Bugle Building
• Dulcie's
• East River Drive
• Eighth Avenue
• Ellis Island
• Empire State Building
• Empire State University
• Exhibition Hall
• Falzone's Billiards and Pub
• FBI Headquarters
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Fifth Avenue
  • Hellfire Club
• Fisk Towers
• Flatiron Building
• Fogwell's Gym
• Four Freedoms Plaza
• Frank's Bakery
• Freedom Tower
• Galby Building
• Gamma Ray Research Center
• George Washington Bridge
• Governors Island
• Gracie Mansion
• Gramercy Park
• Grand Central Station
• Ground Zero
• Guggenheim Museum
• Happy Islands
• Henly Building
• Houston Street
• Invisible Manor
• Lark Building
• Madison Avenue
• Madison Square Garden
• Mammoth Motors Building
• Matt Murdock's Apartment
• Metropolitan Art Museum
• Midtown Hospital
• Midtown North Precint
• Moondance Diner
• Morlock Tunnels
• Museum of Natural Science
• Midtown Museum
• New York Public Library
• Osborn Foundation
• Pepe's Pizza
• Pier Four
• Plaza Hotel
• Queensboro Bridge
• Queens-Midtown Tunnel
• Ritz Plaza Hotel
• Ryker's Island
  • The Raft
• Second Avenue
• SHIELD Barber Shop Headquarters
• Silver Spoon Cafe
• St. Patrick's Cathedral
• Statue of Liberty
• Sanctum Sanctorum
• Times Square
• Trump Tower
• Wall Street
• WBZM Studios
• West 44th Street
• World Motors Building
• Worthington Industries
• X-Factor Investigations Headquarters
• Yancy Street
• York Avenue
  
  

Residents

• Avengers
• Bill
• Brie Daniels
• Carl Weatherby
• Chance
• Damage Control
• Daredevil
• Emory Lewis
• Mr. Dunn
• Fantastic Four
• Gerald Jablonski
• Heroes for Hire
• Jonathan Caesar
• Ling McPherson
• New Avengers
• Sandy Kintzler
• Spider-Man
• X-Factor Investigations
• Young Avengers

Bill (Reporter) (Earth-616)

Bill attended the press conference in the auditorium of the Avengers Mansion where they announced Hawkeye's membership as a replacement^[1].

Blackie (Mechanic) (Earth-616)

Blackie was a neighborhood garage workshop mechanic who jokingly scuffled with Johnny Storm, until their fighting was ended by Crystal^[2].

Carl Ryder (Earth-616)

Carl Ryder was a newscaster who reported of a string of crimes that were apparently being caused by the Black Panther^[3].

Dave (Manhattan) (Earth-616)

Dave was Barb's boyfriend at the time she was kidnapped by Count Nefaria, whom he tried to stop him, but he was easily knocked off by the villain^[4].

Dingbat (Earth-616)

After killing a man for his money, Dingbat and Clyde chased Ghost Rider, but, after trapping him in an alley, they were shocked by his flaming skull and ran away^[5].

Emil Greco (Earth-616)

Emil Greco was an illegal arms dealer who sold a stock of weapons to the Black Cat; he was then capture by Spider-Man^[6].

Gloria (Earth-616)

In an East-Side night club, Hawkeye showed Gloria his fascinating-looking Avengers signal ring^[7].

Green (Earth-616)

Dr. Green was one of the three skeptical scientists of the 'Twelfth Hour' television program, who were sucked into the Sixth Dimension by the Screaming Idol. They were eventually freed by Dr. Strange, who defeated Tiboro and cast a spell of forgetfulness so that knowledge of other realms and magic were still an unknown to the common man^[8].

Harold (Earth-616)

Harold and Louise mistook Edwin Jarvis for a bum, when he was looking for help after escaping from the Masters of Evil's hideout^[9].
Years later, Harold was working at the Uptown hotel where Felicia Hardy booked a reservation^[10].

Harvey (Manhattan) (Earth-616)

Harvey and his partner organized a set-up to get the Avengers to leave the sanctity of the Avengers Mansion. so he could give them a summons^[11].

Herbert (Earth-616)

Herbert and his wife witnessed the Unholy Three capture Foggy Nelson right before their eyes, but he decided to get out and don't get involved^[12].

Jack Klyne (Earth-616)

Jack Klyne was a talk show host who invited General Thunderbolt Ross, Major Glenn Talbot and Rick Jones to talk about the menace of the Hulk^[13].

James (Earth-616)

Mr. James was the director of the 'Twelfth Hour' television program. When the three panelists were sucked into the Sixth Dimension by the Screaming Idol, he immediately asked Dr. Strange to rescue them. Once done, Dr. Strange cast a spell of forgetfulness so that no one could remember what happened^[8].

JB (Earth-616)

JB was a TV network executive who accepted Spider-Man's offer to appear on one of the late night talk shows^[14].

Jason Clemons (Earth-616)

Vacationing Texans Jason Clemons and Troy Tyro took an unscheduled tour in a West Side warehouse, where they inadvertently set free a moving giant Spider-Man balloon^[15].

Joe (Mechanic) (Earth-616)

Joe was a neighborhood garage workshop mechanic who was commissioned by Johnny Storm to fix his race car^[2].

Joe (Reporter) (Earth-616)

Joe heard Jonathan Powers declare at the NYPD 11th Precint that he was going to announce Daredevil's secret identity in the center of the George Washington Bridge, so he decided to check him out and witnessed DD apparently commit the callous murder of Powers^[16].

Louise (Earth-616)

Louise and Harold mistook Edwin Jarvis for a bum, when he was looking for help after escaping from the Masters of Evil's hideout^[9].

Martha (Earth-616)

Despite Daily Bugle alarming claims, Martha was thankful to Spider-Man for saving her payroll and life, after he defeated the criminals who attempted to rob her office^[17].

Marvin (Earth-616)

Marvin was a TV late night show host who briefly interviewed Spider-Man on his Midnight Show, before they were abruptly interrupted by Electro's attack^[14].

Matilda (Earth-616)

Matilda was an old woman who fainted when she saw Goliath scaling the building wall to reach Jan's apartment^[18].

Mayhew (Earth-616)

Miss Mayhew witnessed the tremblings caused by the Earth's speeded-up rotation when the Mole Man attempted to increase the speed of the planet rotation on its axis^[19].

Michael Reilly (Earth-616)

Dr. Michael Reilly was a high-priced psychiatrist, who was visited by Janet van Dyne, worried for Henry Pym's erratic behavior, and he greatly helped her improve their relationship^[20].

Morris (Earth-616)

Morris was a modeling agent, who told Mary Jane Watson-Parker that the job she was expecting had been given to another model^[21].

Nathaniel (Earth-616)

Nathaniel was a drunkard sailor who approached Human Torch and gave him advice to seek solace from his friends^[22].

Phil (Cameraman) (Earth-616)

Phil was a cameraman who filmed Galactus building an elemental converter atop the Baxter Building^[23].

Schuyler (Earth-616)

Dr. Schuyler was one of the three skeptical scientists of the 'Twelfth Hour' television program, who were sucked into the Sixth Dimension by the Screaming Idol. They were eventually freed by Dr. Strange, who defeated Tiboro and cast a spell of forgetfulness so that knowledge of other realms and magic were still an unknown to the common man^[8].

Seymour (Earth-616)

Seymour was responsible for drawing up a contract for Spider-Man, in order for him to appear on one of the late night talk shows^[14].

Shirl (Earth-616)

In an East-Side night club, Shirl wanted to see Hawkeye's fascinating-looking Avengers signal ring, but she carelessly dropped it, damaging its delicate miniature circuitry^[7].

Swain (Earth-616)

Swain witnessed Captain America enter the Avengers Mansion to attend the wedding of the Wasp and Yellowjacket^[24].

Timmy (Earth-616)

In the middle of the night, Timmy was deceived by the Santa Claus thief to trade his dad's portable tv for a bigger one for Christmas^[25].

Troy Tyro (Earth-616)

Vacationing Texans Troy Tyro and Jason Clemons took an unscheduled tour in a West Side warehouse, where they inadvertently set free a moving giant Spider-Man balloon^[15].

Watanabe (Earth-616)

Mr. Watanabe was a real-estate agent who presented to Mr. and Mrs. Parker an expensive apartment, which they couldn't afford^[21].

White (Earth-616)

Nurse White was working at the hospital where Joey was took by his parents. When he transformed into his monstrous form, he knocked out Nurse White and a doctor^[26].

Former Residents

Hugo Kelsey (Earth-616)

Hugo Kelsey was a by-stander during a battle between Sin Eater and Spider-Man^[27].
He died from gunshot wounds from a blast from Sin Eater's rifle^[28].

Notes

• Fantastic Four #20 - The entire island of Manhattan was encased in a glass-like dome by the Molecule Man.

• During Spider-Island, the villain known as The Jackal, following orders of Spider-Queen, super-powered every human citizen with spider-powers, which later derived in mutations to giant spiders.
  

Trivia

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See Also

• Appearances of Manhattan
• Location Gallery: Manhattan
• Images related to Manhattan
• Fan Art Gallery: Manhattan
• Marvel Staff members who were born in Manhattan

Links and References

Also see:

• Neighborhoods
  • Alphabet City
  • East Village
  • Greenwich Village
  • Harlem
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • Inwood
  • Lower East Side
  • Murray Hill
  • Mutant Town
  • Soho
  • Spanish Harlem
  • Sutton Place
  • Theatre District

• Other New York City bouroughs
  • Brooklyn
  • Bronx
  • Staten Island
  • Queens

Alternate Realities

Earth-689

Returning from their adventure back in the era of World War II, the Avengers walked down the streets to reach their headquarters and noticed that everyone was oddly staring at them^[29].

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