  thumb|325px|turtle bay in 1853  turtle bay is a neighborhood in new york city, on the east side of midtown manhattan. it extends between 41st and 53rd streets,turtle bay association website and eastward from lexington avenue to the east river's western branch, facing roosevelt island."map." turtle bay association. retrieved on january 25, 2009; "roughly 43rd to 53rd" are the borders given in pamela hanlon, manhattan's turtle bay: story of a midtown neighborhood (2008:14), which begins its history with the 1950s. it is the site of the headquarters of the united nations and the chrysler building. the tudor city apartment complex is considered to be within turtle bay. ==history== turtle bay, which received its name in the 17th century, was a valuable shelter from the often harsh weather of the east river, and it also became a thriving site for shipbuilding. the turtle bay neighborhood was originally a  grant given to two englishmen by the dutch colonial governor of new amsterdam in 1639, and named "turtle bay farm". on a knoll overlooking the cove, near 41st street, the farmhouse was purchased as a summer retreat by francis bayard,dorothy b. wexler, reared in a greenhouse: the stories and story, of dorothy winthrop bradford 1998:39. and in the early 19th century remained the summer villa of francis bayard winthrop.recollections of john flavel mines, in a tour around new york, and my summer acre, 1893:409. turtle creek, or devoor's mill creek as it was known, emptied into the cove at what is now 47th street."a scrawny ledge of rock at the foot of forty-fifth street marks the approximate location of turtle bay" (wpa guide 1939:209). to the south lay kip's bay farm; to the north, on a bluff, stood james beekman's "mount pleasant", the first of a series of houses and villas with water views stretching away up the shoreline. after the street grid system was initiated in manhattan, the hilly landscape of the turtle bay farm was graded to create cross-streets and the land was subdivided for residential development.  an army enrollment office was established at third avenue and 46th street, after the first draft act was passed during the [[american 
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