Air Travel
Newark and LaGuardia are best. Then take a cab to UN Visitors
Entrance, 1st Ave between 45th & 46th Streets
There are parking garages between 1st and 2nd Ave on East 46th, 48th and
49th Streets. Hotels have parking facilities.
Public Transportation to the UN
Take subway to Grand Central Terminal, at 42nd St. It’s a 10-minute walk to the UN Visitors Entrance, on the East side of 1st Avenue, at East 46th Street, where you enter through the UN’s Main Visitors’ Lobby.
OR, take a taxi to the UN Visitors Entrance, East 46th St. at 1st Ave., and enter the UN’s Main Visitors’ Lobby.
HOTELS IN VICINITY OF THE UN
Courtyard Fifth Avenue Hotel
212-447-1500
3 E. 40th St.
NYC
Crowne Plaza at the United Nations
212-986-8800
304 E. 42nd St.
NYC
Beekman Tower Hotel
212-355-7300
3 Mitchell Place (49th and First Ave)
NYC
New York Marriott East Side
800-242-8684
525 Lexington Avenue
NYC
Novotel
212-315-0100
226 W. 52nd St. (52nd and Broadway)
NYC
UN Millennium Plaza Hotel (directly across street from the UN)
212-758-1234
44th and First Avenue
RESTAURANTS IN UN VICINITY
Restaurants that require reservations:
Alamo Restaurant/Mexican/$$
304 E 48th (South side) Between 1st and 2nd Ave
212-759-0590
Alcala/Spanish Cuisine/$$$
342 E 46th (just west of 1st Ave), 212-370-1866
Ambassador Grill/$$$
Millennium Plaza Hotel
44th St between 1st and 2nd Avenues/212-702-5014
Boi/Vietnamese Restaurant/$$
246 East 44th St (between 2nd and 3rd Ave)/212-681-6541
Don Veitia/Italian/$$$
860 2nd Ave. at 46th St/212-697-9538
Le Perigord – French/$$$$
405 E. 52nd St. (East of 1st Ave)/212-755-6244
L’Impero/Italian$$$
45 Tudor City Place (take steps from 1st Avenue between 43rd and 42nd Streets to Tudor City Place/212-599-5045
McFadden’s/Pub Style$$
800 2nd Avenue (between 42nd and 43rd Streets)/212-986-1515
Nino’s Positano/Italian Restaurant$$$
890 Second Ave (between 47th & 48th)/212-355-5540
Pescatore/Italian Restaurant featuring fish/$$
955 2nd Avenue (between 50th and 51st Streets)/212-752-7151
Sichuan Palace/ Chinese/$$
310 East 44th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues/212-972-7377
Restaurants with no reservations required:
Amish Market/gourmet take-out pizza, food, deli counter, salad bar
240 East 45th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)/212) 370-1761
Comfort Diner/good American food/214 East 45th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)/212-867-4555
Cosi Sandwich Bar/great sandwiches made on homemade bread/on the corner of 44th Street and 3rd Avenue/212-645-0223
Nations Café/coffee shop and restaurant
875 1st Avenue (corner of 49th Street)/212-308-2001
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