Driving NYC During UN High-Level Week! Midtown East to Upper West Side & FDR Drive [4K POV]

Experience a morning POV drive through Manhattan on September 23, 2024, during United Nations High-Level Week. Filmed under overcast early-autumn skies, this route navigates from the heavily policed corridors of Midtown East up through the Upper East Side, cuts across Central Park to the Upper West Side, and returns southbound along the East River via the FDR Drive. Route Summary: • East 49th Street & First Avenue (Northbound from Turtle Bay / UN Plaza to Yorkville) • East 86th Street (Westbound Crosstown to Madison Avenue) • Madison Avenue (Northbound through Carnegie Hill) • 97th Street Transverse (Westbound across Central Park) • Central Park West & Columbus Avenue (Upper West Side) • West 92nd Street (Eastbound side-street navigation with garbage truck delay) • Central Park West (Southbound along Central Park) • 79th Street Transverse & East 79th Street (Eastbound Crosstown) • FDR Drive (Southbound along the East River to Exit 10 / East 49th Street) Verified Timestamps: 00:00 Route Map Overview 00:18 East 49th Street (Approaching First Avenue / UN High-Level Week Security) 00:34 Turning North onto First Avenue (United Nations Plaza) 02:18 Passing under Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge (First Avenue & East 59th Street) 04:04 First Avenue & East 72nd Street 06:06 First Avenue & East 79th Street 07:20 Turning West onto East 86th Street 08:12 East 86th Street & Second Avenue 08:38 East 86th Street & Third Avenue 10:05 East 86th Street & Lexington Avenue 10:28 East 86th Street & Park Avenue 11:34 Turning North onto Madison Avenue 14:04 Turning West onto East 97th Street 14:18 Entering 97th Street Transverse (Fifth Avenue & Central Park) 16:06 Turning North onto Central Park West (West 97th Street) 17:19 Turning West onto West 100th Street 17:31 Turning South onto Columbus Avenue 18:35 Turning East onto West 92nd Street (Upper West Side) 19:00 Waiting behind NYC Sanitation Truck on West 92nd Street 26:45 Turning South onto Central Park West 28:09 Central Park West & West 86th Street 28:47 Central Park West & West 81st Street (American Museum of Natural History) 30:08 Turning East into 79th Street Transverse (Central Park) 31:58 Exiting Central Park at Fifth Avenue & East 79th Street 33:27 East 79th Street & Madison Avenue 34:50 East 79th Street & Park Avenue 36:33 East 79th Street & Lexington Avenue 36:54 East 79th Street & Third Avenue 38:07 East 79th Street & Second Avenue 39:00 East 79th Street & First Avenue 40:25 East 79th Street & York Avenue 40:53 Merging onto FDR Drive Southbound (at East 79th Street) 42:11 Driving under Hospital for Special Surgery / Gracie Square Tunnels 43:10 Approaching Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge & Roosevelt Island Tramway Views 45:16 Taking Exit 10 (East 49th Street) off FDR Drive South 45:35 Merging onto East 49th Street (Westbound toward First Avenue) 47:30 East 49th Street & First Avenue Intersection #NYCDriving #ManhattanPOV #DashcamNYC #UpperEastSide #UpperWestSide #CentralPark #FDRDrive #NewYorkCity #4KDrive