Developed around the turn of the century as a result
of the new subway system, the Upper West Side is now
one of the hottest rental areas in the city. The Upper
West Side has become home to many of the city's writers,
musicians, actors, and intellectuals. Its unpretentious
and independent character makes it a choice neighborhood
for a diverse group of people representative of the
city as a whole. A favorite amongst the young Wall
Street banking crowd and other well-paid professionals,
the neighborhood is now home to many of the city's
wealthy and famous individuals. With its proximity
to Lincoln Center and other performing arts venues,
it is also a neighborhood of actors, writers, and
musicians. The Upper West Side is packed with fashionable
stores, trendy bars and restaurants as well as multiple
movie theaters, including the Sony I-Max theatre.
This area is also a great place to shop for food.
For the athletic-minded, the Upper West Side is a
great place to work up a sweat. Whether it's rock
climbing in one of the areas ultra modern gyms, roller
blading in Central Park or a game of baseball in Riverside
Park, the Upper West Side will surely keep you active!
Upper East Side
- 57th - 96th Street; 5th Avenue - FDR
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Manhattan's gold coast, as it is sometimes called,
is a mostly residential part of Manhattan with
an abundance of luxury apartment buildings, townhouses,
private schools, legendary restaurants and shopping
on Madison Avenue and grand apartments lining
Park Avenue and fifth Avenue overlooking Central
Park. The Upper East Side is an exclusive universe
of clean streets, ivy-covered townhouses, designer
boutiques, an abundance of private schools and
museums, offering the best of everything in the
city. While Fifth and Park Avenue offer spacious
and luxurious residential dwellings, Madison Avenue
gives us the best in commercial retailing; housing
the most prestigious and international boutiques.
With the most famous museums contained within,
this neighborhood is packed with culture, class
and refinement. Points of interest include shopping
on Madison Avenue and Third Avenue Bloomingdale's,
the Guggenheim Museum, Hunter College and Central
Park.
Known for its exclusive shopping along Fifth Avenue
and its luxuriousapartments along Park Avenue, the
Midtown East area is certainly for those with a
taste for the finer things. The eastern part of
this neighborhood is filled with luxury buildings,
which offer breathtaking views of the East River.
Turtle Bay is the site of the United Nations and
some of New York's costliest real estate. Beekman
Place residents enjoy stately townhouses and elegant
apartment buildings that offer river views, many
with gardens or terraces. Sutton Place instantly
suggests status and affluence to New Yorkers and
out-of-towners alike. This quiet enclave is within
walking distance to the best Manhattan has to offer
in shops, restaurants, theatres and cultural institutions.
Points of interest include Rockefeller Center; St.
Patrick's Cathedral, FAO Schwartz, Gucci, Tiffany
& Co., Grand Central Station and the United
Nations.
Also known as Hell's Kitchen and Midtown West, this
neighborhood is home to many young professionals
attracted to the area because of its proximity to
midtown and its reasonably priced rents. Residents
tend to wok in the performing arts, fashion, advertising,
media and recording professionals. Because the area
was once supported by breweries, slaughter houses,
outdoor markets, neighborhood shops and restaurants
have a tradition of offering a wide variety of fresh
and exotic food options. Ninth Avenue is one of
the city's great resources of good and inexpensive
ethnic restaurants. A great place to catch a bite
to eat before going to the theater or a weekend
brunch. Points of interest include Carnegie hall,
Disney store, Virgin Megastore, Times Square, Theatre
District, All-Star Cafe, Planet Hollywood, Jeckyll
& Hyde and the Hard Rock Cafe.
Murray Hill is probably best known to its close
proximity to the Empire State Building. Aside from
the historical landmark, the area is also a center
of business, and the site of many clubs, churches,
hi-rise apartment buildings, brownstone mansions
and restaurants. Murray Hill is a neighborhood where
time has changed old carriage houses into charming
homes. The brownstones here are unpretentious turn-of-the-century
buildings that are elegant and fashionable. This
popular area is made more attractive by the vitality
of its early evening street life. There are doctors,
nurses and other young professionals employed by
the University and Bellevue Hospitals and related
New York University medical facilities. Casual,
inviting shops and restaurants crowd Second and
Third Avenues and play to a youthful audience. Points
of interest include the Empire State Building and
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Chelsea previously understood by most to be from
14th Street to 24th Street and from Fifth Avenue
to the Hudson has grown to extend its northern border
to 30th Street and its eastern border to Seventh
Avenue. The name was given to the area by Captain
Thomas Clark after the Thames-side village Chelsea,
now part of London. The area, with its diverse building
styles, is a patchwork of townhouses, prewar low
rises and loft buildings. With its many residential
services, convenience to transportation and the
development of Chelsea Piers, it has become a much
sought after community by many. Chelsea is home
to a wide range of people and activities and has
recently undergone a transformation that has made
it one of New York's most happening neighborhoods.
Old warehouses that were once factories and breweries
are being converted into gallery spaces, nightclubs
and residential lofts. With the newly paved Hudson
River Park and the massive Chelsea Piers Sports
and Recreation Complex. Chelsea is becoming a favorite
spot for sports enthusiast. For the most part, Chelsea
can be considered a mix of family types, great stores,
movie theaters, sports enthusiasts, artists and
bargain shopping. Points of interests include Historic
'Ladies Mile' of shopping along 6th Avenue, Chelsea
Piers Sports and Recreation Complex (ice skating,
indoor golf, tennis, rock climbing and much more),
26th Street Flea Market, and the famous Chelsea
Hotel.
This area surrounds Gramercy Park, after which it
was named.The park is one square block in size and
is fenced and locked. Only residents of the surrounding
buildings have keys to the park. The park is reminiscent
of a quiet London square with an air of elegance
that sets the tone for the neighborhood as a whole.
This is one of New York's most historic and urbane
enclaves. The area is well known for its large prewar
buildings as well as its postwar hi-rises, many
with doormen. Scattered throughout are low-rise
buildings and brownstones that line side streets.
GramercyPark includes many restored homes throughout
the neighborhood. Valued for its charming streets
and filled with synagogues, churches, schools, shopping
and places for outdoor recreation, Gramercy Park
is becoming a great place to live.
Greenwich Village is homey and intimate; a small
town within a sprawling metropolis - a town within
a town loved by artists, writers, and actors. With
its tree-lined streets, all named rather than numbered,
it is difficult to remember at times that one is
still in New York City. The streets of Greenwich
Village are lined with shops offering anything you
could ever want to buy. Whether it be antiques,
books, clothing, jewelry, music, house wares or
just a cup of coffee at one of the small cafes this
neighborhood offers something for everyone. Everything
is within walking distance from everything else.
Points of interests include Washington Square Park,
8th Street shopping, Astor Place shopping, New York
University, and Bleeker Street night life.
TriBeCA (Triangle Below Canal Street), was an industrial
district that in the last decade has undergone a
major revitalization. Many warehouses have been
converted to livable residential lofts and new businesses
which emerged make the neighborhood much more like
a community than an industrial district. Residents
like their neighborhood for its vibrancy, as well
as for the solitude and harmony achieved by mixed
zoning. They lunch in posh restaurants and shop
is gourmet food stores, and boast of having everything
they could possibly want or need just a few steps
from their doors. Tribeca is now a fashionable residential
neighborhood with an affluent population. The streets
are lined with shops, art galleries, bars and restaurants.
Tribeca is also home to many celebrities including
Robert DeNiro, David Letterman and the late John
F. Kennedy, Jr.
The East Village is home to a very much eclectic
group. Also a stomping ground for New York University
students. For the most part, apartment buildings
in the East Village are low-rise and pre-war units,
although luxury buildings are starting exist however
they are not widespread. Whether you prefer indian
eats and live sitar music or potato latkes and stories
of the old neighborhood, you've got plenty of options.
Because the area also has a slew of far-out nightclubs,
music venues, bars and funky shops, the most number
of 24hr kitchens is higher than most in most neighborhoods
around the city. Points of interest include Angelika's
Kitchen, Tompkins Square park and shopping on St.Marks
Place.
A relatively new residential and commercial neighborhood.
Battery Park City is located at the southern most
tip of Manhattan. The residential area includes
numerous hi-rise luxury buildings with views of
the Statue of Liberty or the Hudson River. In addition,
there are several parks and gardens including Battery
Park, and the 1.5 mile esplanade along the Hudson
River for walking, jogging or picture taking.
A downtown neighborhood with a vibrant artistic
life is Soho (South of Houston Street). Soho is
considered to have some of the world's finest examples
of the 19th century prefabricated cast-iron architectural
style buildings. Once an abandoned industrial district,
Soho is now a haven for artists. Many of the huge
warehouse buildings have been transformed into lofty
studios. In addition to its architectural allure,
Soho also offers great shopping, art gallaries and
fine restaurants. Soho has become one of the most
sought after neighbourhoods in New York City.
