Next to Jugendgästehaus stands in the west one of the most significant modern buildings of Berlin: The Jewish Museum. Beside of the museum in the northwest joins a residential area built 1987 during the international exhibition IBA. The lodges were built to meet sophisticated demands of executives. In the middle of this area is the Berlinische Galerie, which presents modern arts from 1870 until today. In the north is located the Waldorfschule Kreuzberg and in the south residential buildings and the Federal Patent Office.

Broader environs: Amerika Gedenk Bibliothek (first public library), Federal Agency of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in Wilhelmstraße (Willy-Brandt-House), Checkpoint Charlie in Friedrichstraße, Axel-Springer-Building and the Federal Printing Office.