The neighborhood is bounded by Columbus and Amsterdam avenues to the east and west, and 66th and 63rd streets to the north and south, respectively.
It is bounded by Hell's Kitchen, Riverside South, Central Park, and the Upper West Side proper.
The Walt Disney Company’s New York City campus is located here, including ABC News, ESPN, Hulu, and studios for WABC-TV.
Lincoln Square is located on the site of San Juan Hill, a historical community once comprising a predominantly African American neighborhood of tenements.
It has been suggested that the area was named after the 10th Cavalry that fought with Theodore Roosevelt at the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish–American War, but this is not certain.
[12] Most of the area's former residents instead moved to Harlem, another predominantly African American neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, as well as the Bronx.
[14] Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Lincoln Square was 61,489, an increase of 6,250 (11.3%) from the 55,239 counted in 2000.