Tudor City is an apartment complex located on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is borded by E 40th Street to the South, First Avenue to the East, Second Avenue to the West and E 43rd Street to the North.

The area was once home to tenaments and slums and bordered a power plant and slaughterhouses along First Avenue on the East River.

In the 1920's, the complex was built to bring in middle-class residents who had begun leaving the city for the outer boroughs and suburbs. The complex, home to 12 buildings and over 5000 residents was completed in 1928.

The complex is located directly across First Avenue from the United Nations headquarters. In an ironic twist, no apartments face the United Nations because the area was home to slaughterhouses in the 1920's, and no apartments were built to face east because of the stench and filth that came from them. In the 1940's, the slaughterhouses were demolished and the United Nations was built in their place. Today, no apartments have what could have been high priced views of the UN headquarters and East River. Instead, all apartments face inland parks and the Midtown skyline. Most apartments have good views of the Chrysler Building and Empire State Building.

In 1988, the complex was named as a historic district and is perhaps most famous for its TUDOR CITY sign overlooking 42nd Street.

Manhattan neighborhoods