8th Ave Between 28th St and 26th St

It may have been the weather, or the time of day, but an overwhelming wave of depression and apathy overcame me as I walked down this block – and I'm not necessarily inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt. With towering public housing to the west and short tenement apartments to the east, you're able to experience low-income housing spanning five decades. 

Just block from Madison Square Garden, I can't imagine the proximity is a good selling point for many rental agents in the area. I can say that I like the curvy detour that 28th Street takes as it meanders its way through the megablock. The bubbled dome of the Midtown Tennis Club sits atop a Gristedes, a building which also holds the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. In addition to the large FIT building, which also takes over a street, there's a handful of other shops that line the block.