Das Flatiron-Gebäude an der Kreuzung von Fifth Avenue, Broadway und 23rd Street ist eines der am häufigsten fotografierten Gebäude in New York City. Das 1902 fertiggestellte, 22-stöckige dreieckige Gebäude befindet sich auf dem schmalen Grundstück, das durch die Kreuzung zweier diagonaler Alleen entstanden ist, und seine markante Form hat es zu einem weltweit anerkannten Wahrzeichen gemacht. Die NYCDOT-Kameras in der 5th Ave @ 23 St und der Park Ave @ 23 St ermöglichen dem NYC Live Command Center Echtzeitansichten der Straßen rund um dieses Gebäude und der Nachbarschaft, in der es verankert ist.
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Live-Kamera ansehenDie Kamerapositionen
5 Ave @ 23 St: This camera is positioned at the intersection immediately adjacent to the Flatiron Building's entrance. The building's narrow prow faces north at this intersection, and the camera shows the approach from Fifth Avenue toward the building's tip. This is the angle from which the building's triangular shape is most visible.
Park Ave @ 23 St: Looking at the 23rd Street corridor from the east, this camera shows the block that includes Madison Square Park on the north side of 23rd Street and the commercial and residential buildings that form the Flatiron District's eastern edge.
Lexington Ave @ 23 St: Weiter östlich zeigt sich die Fortsetzung des 23rd Street-Korridors durch das Gramercy-Gebiet.
Madison Square Park
Madison Square Park occupies the block between 23rd and 26th Streets and Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, directly north of the Flatiron Building. The park is managed by the Madison Square Park Conservancy and has been a consistent model for small-park programming in New York , it was one of the first parks to integrate a high-quality food kiosk (the original Shake Shack opened here in 2004 as a hot dog cart) and has a rotating sculpture program that places major contemporary art installations in the park on a seasonal basis.
The 5th Ave @ 23 St camera shows the edge of Madison Square Park along Fifth Avenue, including the park's main pedestrian entrances and the Shake Shack corner.
The Flatiron District's Commercial Character
The neighborhood surrounding the Flatiron Building is officially called the Flatiron District and runs roughly from 14th Street to 29th Street between Sixth Avenue and Park Avenue South. The district developed its current character from the 1990s onward, when the buildings in this area that had served light manufacturing and warehouse functions converted to commercial offices for the technology, media, and advertising industries.
The camera feeds in this area show a neighborhood that functions primarily as a commercial and office district during weekdays, with a consistent daily rhythm of workers arriving by subway (N, R, W, F, M at 23rd Street on Broadway and Sixth Avenue; 4, 6 at 23rd Street on Park Avenue South), filling the streets for the lunch period, and departing in the late afternoon.
Das Gebäude im Abendlicht
The Flatiron Building is covered in terra cotta glazed with limestone details, and it catches the late afternoon sun from the west in a way that makes it a popular photographic subject in the hours before sunset. The camera feed at 5th Ave and 23rd Street during the late afternoon (roughly 3 to 5 p.m. from October through February, later in summer) sometimes shows the building illuminated by direct western light when the surrounding buildings at the camera's level are already in shadow.
The building was closed and underwent renovation in the early 2020s. Its status and current use is visible in the street-level camera — the presence or absence of scaffolding, the activity around the entrance, and the window patterns are all visible indicators of the building's operational status.
23. Straße als Ost-West-Korridor
Die Kameras entlang der 23rd Street zeigen einen bezirksübergreifenden Transitkorridor, der die Uferpromenade des Hudson River (wo die 23rd Street an den Chelsea Piers endet) mit dem East River (wo sie an der First Avenue in Gramercy endet) verbindet. Auf dieser Route führt die 23rd Street durch Chelsea, den Flatiron District und Gramercy.
The camera at 5th Ave and 23rd sits at the corridor's geographical center. The western cameras (10 Ave @ 23 St) and the eastern cameras (Lexington Ave @ 23 St) in the Command Center show the same corridor at its edges, which combined with the central Flatiron camera gives a cross-section of 23rd Street's character across its full width.
Spitzenzeiten beim Fotografieren des Flatiron-Gebäudes
The tourist concentration around the Flatiron Building creates recognizable patterns on camera. The most active photography hours are typically late morning through mid-afternoon, when tour groups and individual visitors converge at the building's northern tip. The camera at 5th Ave and 23rd captures this as a pedestrian cluster at the intersection, with people positioning themselves for photographs.
Dies unterscheidet sich vom umliegenden Büroangestelltenverkehr, der schneller und gerichteter über dieselbe Kreuzung fließt. Die Kombination aus Surfen im Touristentempo und Pendlertempo erzeugt das gemischte Fußgängermuster, das die Kameras des Flatiron District den ganzen Tag über zeigen.
*Der NYC Live Command Center überträgt NYCDOT-Kamerabilder an der 5th Avenue und 23rd Street im Flatiron District, neben dem Flatiron Building.*