Streetlife, Midtown Manhattan, New York. Crossing streets in Midtown West and Theater District on Broadway Street at the height of the 52 . The other better half of Midtown East , found in the west side area that runs along Eighth Avenue to the Hudson River , from 14th Street to 59 comprising . While Midtown East represents an environment more office and retail , the West , offers more options for leisure overnight. In this area we find mostly young , affluent professionals and a recent gay community embracing the neighborhood and the environment in which to live in this island of a thousand faces..