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Neighborhood Profile

Murray Hill

Murray Hill Photo
Photo: flickr4jazz’s Flickr

It’s decidedly unhip, which may be why Murray Hill is $500 to $1,000 cheaper per month than most of the surrounding neighborhoods. But it’s extremely safe, the schools are good, and its residences are modern and well maintained (if architecturally middling). The famously fratty neighborhood gets a little extra flavor from its excellent Indian, Korean, and Sichuan restaurants. And though transit access can be a problem in the neighborhood’s eastern reaches, the eventual completion of the Second Avenue subway will solve that problem.

Boundaries

34th St. to 40th St., East River to Madison Ave.

Quality of Life

Number of Trees
=
1787
Number of Murders
2006200720082009
1110
Transportation
Travel time to...42nd St.Fulton St.Columbus CircleUnion Sq.
... in Minutes
From 33rd St.		10211714
Number of Trains: 1
Number of Stations: 1
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