Upper East Side

Wealthy Manhattan neighborhood

The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in northeastern Manhattan, New York City, bounded roughly by Central Park to the west and the East River to the east.

It's associated with old money, high society, and some of the city's most expensive real estate: She grew up on the Upper East Side.

Museum Mile, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, runs along its western edge.

landmarks

Metropolitan Museum

New York's largest art museum

architecture

brownstones

Attached urban residences

limestone · high-rise · penthouses · condominiums · landmarked · ornate · Beaux-Arts · iron railings · stoops · terraces

neighborhoods

Yorkville

Trendy Toronto locale

zoning · gentrification · residential · tree-lined · quiet streets

streets

Park Avenue

Prestigious Manhattan residential street

Gold Coast · tree-lined · canopied · awnings

affluence

wealthy

Having abundant financial resources

moneyed · well-to-do · socialites · philanthropy · private schools · country clubs · charity galas · trust funds · cotillion · debutantes

lifestyle

boutiques

Small fashionable stores

upscale dining · private clubs · nannies · dog walkers · country houses · Hamptons · afternoon tea

Categories
Opposites
socioeconomic class/wealth

Upper East SideSouth Bronx

Northern NYC district

Brownsville · Skid Row · Bed-Stuy · inner city · Harlem

cultural sensibility/lifestyle

Upper East SideEast Village

Lower Manhattan residential area

Lower East Side · Greenwich Village · Williamsburg · SoHo · downtown

geographic/urban positioning within NYC

Upper East SideLower East Side

Manhattan district below Houston

Upper West Side · South Bronx · Staten Island · Tribeca · Coney Island

Family

upper, east, side, upped, upping, uppish, uppermost, eastern, easterly

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G