El edificio Flatiron en la intersección de la Quinta Avenida, Broadway y la calle 23 es uno de los edificios más fotografiados de la ciudad de Nueva York. Terminado en 1902, el edificio triangular de 22 pisos ocupa la estrecha parcela creada por la intersección de dos avenidas diagonales, y su forma distintiva lo ha convertido en un hito reconocido en todo el mundo. Las cámaras NYCDOT en 5th Ave @ 23 St y Park Ave @ 23 St le brindan a NYC Live Command Center vistas en tiempo real de las calles que rodean este edificio y el vecindario que alberga.
Véalo en vivo
Open the Flatiron Building feed on the NYC Live Command Center , filter by borough, jump between cameras, and check conditions en tiempo real.
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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.
Avenida Lexington @ 23 St: Más al este, mostrando la continuación del corredor de la Calle 23 a través del área de Gramercy.
Parque Madison Square
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.
El edificio a la luz del atardecer
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.
La calle 23 como corredor este-oeste
Las cámaras a lo largo de la calle 23 muestran un corredor de tránsito que cruza el distrito que conecta la costa del río Hudson (donde la calle 23 termina en los muelles de Chelsea) con el East River (donde termina en la Primera Avenida en Gramercy). A lo largo de esta ruta, 23rd Street pasa por Chelsea, Flatiron District y 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.
Horas pico de fotografía para el edificio Flatiron
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.
Esto es distinto del tráfico de trabajadores de oficina circundante, que fluye más rápida y direccionalmente a través de la misma intersección. La combinación de navegación al ritmo de los turistas y movimiento al ritmo de los viajeros crea el tipo de patrón peatonal mixto que las cámaras del Distrito Flatiron muestran a lo largo del día.
*El NYC Live Command Center transmite transmisiones de cámaras NYCDOT en la 5ta Avenida y la Calle 23 en el distrito Flatiron, adyacente al edificio Flatiron.*