Upper East Side - Renowned throughout the world as the epitome of sophistication and luxury, the Upper East Side is a neighborhood in Manhattan which travels from 59th to 96th Streets and from the Central Park to the East River. Addresses in this section of the City are highly coveted due to the ambience of elegance and culture conveyed through the mixture of classic and modern architecture, glamorous shopping, four-star dining and world-class museums. The Upper East side is also home to prestigious hospitals like The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York Presbyterian, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as well as the Consulate General of countries such as Austria, France, Greece and Italy.
The inspiration for an array of artists, the Upper East Side plays a role in many books like Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote, Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell and The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger as well as tv shows such as Gossip Girl, The Nanny, Will & Grace, Ugly Betty, and White Collar and movies such as The Great Gatsby, Kramer vs Kramer, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Nanny Diaries, and Twelve.
The Upper East side can be divided into smaller neighborhoods such as Carnegie Hill, Lenox Hill and Yorkville. Its Historic District runs 59th to 78th from 5th Avenue to 3rd Avenue.