Manhattan Neighborhood Information:  Upper East Side, NYC



Boundaries: The Upper East Side extends from 59th to 96th Streets, between Central Park and the East River.

Borders: The Upper East Side (UES) borders Yorkville and Midtown East

Subway stops: 4, 5, 6 to 86th Street

The Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York houses world-famous museums, elite schools, luxury boutiques, luxury real estate, fine boutiques, and proximity to Central Park.

The Upper East Side of Manhattan is home to some of the city's wealthiest residents and most prized real estate. However, just east of Lexington, the neighborhood and real estate can also be surprisingly affordable.

This two square mile neighborhood, once known as the 'Silk Stocking District', has some of the most expensive real estate in the United States, and is believed to be the greatest concentration of individual wealth in the nation. Until the Park Avenue railroad cut was covered (finished in 1910), the stylish part of the Upper East Side with mansions and townhouses lay on Fifth Avenue, bordering Central Park, while the area to the east was a blue-collar district that included stables and breweries. A long high bluff fronting the river north of Beekman Place was dotted with fine suburban villas in the nineteenth century, the last remaining one being Gracie Mansion, now home of New York's mayors.

The Upper East Side  of Manhattan is host to some of the most famous museums in the world. The string of museums along Fifth Avenue has been dubbed "Museum Mile." Among the cultural institutions on the Upper East Side:

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Whitney Museum of American Art
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
National Academy of Design
Neue Galerie
The Asia Society
Frick Collection
Museum of the City of New York (north of 96th Street)
The Jewish Museum
The 92nd Street Y
Museum of American Illustration
Goethe-Institut New York


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