The seemingly interminable and acrimonious presidential election will finally draw to a close on Tuesday, but not before some residents of the overwhelmingly Democratic New York City are dealt a final indignity: being forced to cast their vote in a building named Trump Place.



The official polling site address for people living in sections of Riverside Boulevard, in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, is: Trump Place, 180 Riverside Boulevard.

It has irked some voters already sensitive about living in the building, which bears the Republican nominee’s name. The building was developed by Trump in the 1990s, but is no longer managed by his company.

“His views are just completely disconnected from the reality of people who live here,” said Erin Kelly. She lives on Riverside Boulevard and will be voting in Trump Place on Tuesday, though not for Donald Trump.

“It had not occurred to me that I’d have to vote in a building with Trump’s name on it until I went to verify that my registration was still valid. And there it was. That was my polling place,” Kelly said.

“My consolation is knowing that the majority of the voters who have to vote there will not actually be voting for Trump.”

The polling site for some Manhattan residents: Trump Place. Photograph: New York Board of Elections

In 2012 President Barack Obama won 83.75% of the vote in Manhattan. Mitt Romney got 14.92%.

The New York City board of elections did not respond to a request for comment, but its website displays the Trump polling station. “Trump Place” appears in a large font with “180 Riverside Boulevard” written underneath.

Residents wishing to exercise their voting rights will have to walk beneath a large gold “Trump Place” sign.

There is no building in Manhattan bearing the Clinton name, although there is a William J Clinton Presidential Center and Park – Bill Clinton’s presidential library – in Little Rock, Arkansas. A spokesman for Arkansas’s Pulaski County board of elections, which covers Little Rock, said the Clinton presidential center was not a polling site.

The Trump Place polling station is a sensitive issue as a number of local residents are currently campaigning to have his name removed from their buildings.

Trump developed the apartments, between 59th Street and 71st Street on the west side of Manhattan, in partnership with investors from Hong Kong in the 1990s, according to the New York Times.

Seven buildings bear the Trump name, although the three apartment buildings at 140, 160 and 180 Riverside Boulevard are no longer managed by Trump, and in October residents started a petition to have the Trump signage removed.

The petition cited Trump’s “appalling treatment of women, his history of racism, his attacks on immigrants, his mockery of the disabled, his tax avoidance [and] his outright lying” as factors in wanting to “dump” the Trump name.

Kelly said she was among the signatories.

“For the whole time I have lived here I have apologized for the name on the building,” she said. I’ve explained it as: ‘We’re not necessarily fans but it’s a great place to live.’

“But when he launched his campaign and referred to Mexican immigrants as rapists it got really serious for me.

“Every taxi I got into, every playdate my child had, whenever I was giving people directions I was very clear about: ‘It’s just a name on the building, he has nothing to do with it, it was a real estate deal from 15 years ago, and please know that he has zero connection to our philosophy as humans.’”

Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, did not respond to a request for comment.