Manhattan Locales

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Aurora Photo Studio

This was the photo studio in New York where Donna Troy worked in the years following her wedding to Terry Long.

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Battery Park

Battery Park is a public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. The modern incarnation of the Justice Society of America maintain their headquarters there.

Main article: Battery Park

Belmont Island

Belmont Island is a tiny 100 x 200 foot (30 x 60 metre) artificial island in New York City's East River, just south of Roosevelt Island. It lies across from United Nations headquarters at 42nd Street,

Benton & Benton Attorneys

This was a Manhattan law firm operated by Ted Benton Jr. The practice once filed patent work for an experimental drug called Nuvafed on behalf of Ollins Medical Lab. The criminal Goldenrod once fought Firestorm at this law office. ^[1]

Bradley High School

Bradley High School was a public learning institution located in upper Manhattan. Once a school of reputable means, it suffered in later years due to low enrollment and skyrocketing costs. Members of the Bradley High school board even contemplated shutting the school down permanently and transferring students to another institution.

Main article: Bradley High School

Bun 'n' Run

Bun 'n' Run was the name of a popular fast-food chain in the Manhattan area. Ronnie Raymond once held a part-time job there.

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Central Park

Central Park is a large urban recreation area located in the borough of Manhattan, New York. It is bordered by Central Park West, Central Park North and Columbus Circle.

Main article: Central Park

Concord Federal Penitentiary

The Concord Federal Penitentiary was a prison located in New York City. One of its more infamous inmates was the psychotic murderess, Killer Frost. Killer Frost broke out of Concorde, killing the warden and several guards. ^[2]

See also: Category:Concord Federal Penitentiary/Appearances

Concordance Research

Concordance Research was a scientific analysis firm located in the heart of midtown Manhattan. One of the many project managers was a man named Quentin Quale. See Professor Martin Stein for more details.

Main article: Concordance Research

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Dark Side Club

Following the "Death of the New Gods", the souls of Darkseid and his followers were reincarnated in human form. Known as Boss Dark Side, he established a club in Manhattan and used it as a combat zone by which to forge fresh foot soldiers. ^[3]

District Attorney's Office

The District Attorney's Office or D.A.'s office is located near New York City Hall. It is staffed by a team of federal prosecutors and was often visited by Judge Adrian Chase.

Downtown Medical Center

The Downtown Medical Center was a hospital located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. After the destruction of the Hudson Nuclear Power Plant, the villain known as Multiplex was taken to the Medical Center for observation. He later escaped and siphoned off all of the electricity powering the building. ^[4]

Donna Troy's Apartment

Donna Troy leased a penthouse apartment on the Upper East Side which she shared with her fellow Teen Titans Starfire. The lavish suite, decorated in the style of ancient Greek culture, was a gift to her from her adoptive mother Queen Hippolyta. When Deathstroke the Terminator learned the Teen Titans' secret identities, he tracked broke into Donna's apartment and ravaged it, destroying many pieces of fine art in the process. Note: It should be noted that Donna Troy's Studio was a different location than her apartment.

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East River

The East River connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island, including the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx on the North American mainland. Titans Island is located just off the East River. A special raft is in place to ferry visitors back and forth from the island to he mainland.

Eastside Hospital

Eastside Hospital is a private medical-care institution located in midtown Manhattan. Dr. Jivan Shi admitted Summer Day to Eastside so that she could recuperate from the physical trauma of her alter-ego, the Hyena.

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is (as of 2001), the tallest skyscraper in New York City. It is located on 5th Avenue in midtown, Manhattan. In the 1930s, the 86th floor of the Empire State Building housed the personal offices of the adventurer known as Doc Savage.

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Hudson University

Hudson University is located in the city of New Carthage, New York. Notable former students at Hudson University include Dick Grayson, who only attended for one semester, Professor Martin Stein, Crystal Frost, Louise Lincoln, and Duela Dent. The father of Amy Winston was a professor of English at Hudson.

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Manhattan Criminal Courts Building

This was the base of operations of judge Adrian Chase, the Vigilante. Also working here was assistant district attorney Marcia King and bailiff (and future Vigilante) Dave Winston.

Manhattan General Hospital

This was a hospital in New York City, serving the midtown section of Manhattan borough. Lorraine Reilly was admitted here after suffering from injuries resulting in her initial transformation into Firehawk.

Midtown

Midtown is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial buildings as Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, and the Empire State Building. Midtown, along with "Uptown" and "Downtown", is one of the three major subdivisions of Manhattan. Midtown Manhattan is indisputably the busiest single commercial district in the United States, and among the most intensely and diversely used pieces of real estate in the world. The great majority of New York City's skyscrapers, including its tallest hotels and apartment towers, lie within Midtown.

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New York Bay

New York Bay is a body of water located at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York City.

New York City Hall

City Wall was the municipal center of New York City located in upper Manhattan. The mayor of New York and the New York City council members maintained their offices at City Hall. Killer Frost once froze all of New York and claimed City Hall her new throne-room. ^[5]

New York Public Library

The New York Public Library is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of America's most significant research libraries. It is unusual in that it is composed of a very large circulating public library system combined with a very large non-lending research library system

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Radu's Coffee Shop

Owned by Radu Stancu, Radu's Coffee Shop is a trendy coffee house located in Greenwich Village. Above the coffee shop is an apartment complex where Green Lantern Kyle Rayner once lived.

Reilly Townhouse

Located on the Upper West Side, this was the home of Senator Walter Reilly and his daughter Lorraine.

Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st Streets in New York City. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning between Fifth Avenue and Seventh Avenue.

Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island is a narrow island in the East River of New York City. It lies between the island of Manhattan to its west and the borough of Queens to its east.

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Schultz's Grocery

Schultz's Grocery was a deli-grocery located in Manhattan in the 1940s. In 1940, the grocery was purchased by Abigail "Ma" Hunkel and her brother-in-law Gus Hunkel with his winnings from the track. Schultz's was frequently the target of racketeers, but Ma Hunkel defended her store both in her normal identity as well as in her guise as the Red Tornado.

S.T.A.R. Labs

The Manhattan branch of S.T.A.R. Labs is located in Midtown.

St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital

St. Mary's Children's Hospital was a hospital in Manhattan. On its staff were Dr. Aikens and Dr. Cummings. Writer Eugenie Hedstrom was in need of a heart transplant in Seattle, and St. Mary's had a heart for her. However, storms were preventing aircraft from landing, so the Flash was called to transport the heart for her. In exchange for his services, Aikens and Cummings provided the Flash with medical insurance.

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Times Square

Times Square is a business district located in the midtown section of Manhattan in New York City. It is located between 6th and 9th Street running from east to west, and between 39th and 52nd Street running from north to south.

Tik-Tok Coffee Shop

The Tik-Tok Coffee Shop was a trendy coffeehouse located in midtown, Manhattan.

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Upper East Side

The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City between Central Park and the East River. Embedded within the Upper East Side are the neighborhoods of Yorkville, centered on 86th Street and Third Avenue, and Carnegie Hill, centered on 91st Street and Park Avenue and Lenox Hill centered on 69th Street and 1st Avenue.

Upper West Side

The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. Like the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side is primarily a residential and shopping area, with many of its residents working in more commercial areas in Midtown and Lower Manhattan.

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Victor Stone's Apartment

During his early years with the Teen Titans, Vic Stone lived in a small run down apartment complex on 11th Avenue and 44th Street in Manhattan. Although he had inherited a substantial sum of money from his late father's patents, Victor preferred living in this apartment and remained there for several years. ^[6]

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Wall Street

Wall Street is a large thoroughfare located in New York City that runs through the heart of the financial district in the borough of Manhattan. The New York Stock Exchange is located on Wall Street.

Warriors

Warriors was a trendy theme bar and eatery owned and operated by (at the time) former Green Lantern Guy Gardner. Warriors was decorated with paraphernalia relating to the culture and the members of the Green Lantern Corps.

West Side School for the Handicapped

Located in Manhattan's upper west side, this was a learning institution specializing in helping children come to terms with physical disabilities. Two of the staff members were Mark Bright and Sarah Simms. Simms was often considered a favored teacher among students, and she often took her children on special field trips to the park or out ice-skating. Sarah Simms developed a deep friendship with the Teen Titan Victor Stone, himself a man who suffered from adverse physical handicaps. As Cyborg, Victor Stone became a role model to many of the school's students.

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