The Empire State Building stands at 5th Avenue and West 33rd Street, in midtown Manhattan, therefore it offers excellent views on the island and its surroundings from its observation desk on the 86th floor. In this picture, we are looking straight south towards downtown Manhattan and New York Harbor. In center right, the uniquely shaped Flatiron Building can be seen on the corner of Broadway (to the left) and Fifth Avenue (to the right). The picture also reveals how Broadway breaks the gridiron pattern of Manhattan streets as in crosses the island northwestward, cutting across streets (east-west direction) and avenues (north-south direction).