Garment District (New York City, New York) | neighbourhood

 district, neighbourhood

The Garment District, also known as the Garment Center, the Fashion District, or the Fashion Center, is a neighborhood located in the midtown area of New York City's Borough of Manhattan. The dense concentration of fashion-related uses give the neighborhood its moniker. Historically, it stretched as far east as Fifth Avenue, but with the loss of garment and apparel stores and factories since the 1970s today it is generally considered to span between Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas)and Ninth Avenue, from 34th to 42nd Street.

The Garment District has been known since the early 20th century as the center for fashion manufacturing and fashion design in the United States, and even the world. Less than one square mile in area, the neighborhood is home to the majority of New York’s showrooms and to numerous major fashion labels, and caters to all aspects of the fashion process–from design and production to wholesale selling. No other city has a comparable concentration of fashion businesses and talent in a single district.