Upper East Side
The Upper East Side, sometimes abbreviated UES, bounded by 96th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 59th Street to the south, and Central Park/Fifth Avenue to the west. The area incorporates several smaller neighborhoods, including Lenox Hill, Carnegie Hill, and Yorkville.
Most members of New York's upper-class families have made residences on the Upper East Side, including the oil-rich Rockefellers, political Roosevelts, political dynastic Kennedys, thoroughbred racing moneyed Whitneys, and tobacco and electric power fortuned Dukes.
The area is host to some of the most famous museums in the world. The string of museums along Fifth Avenue fronting Central Park has been dubbed "Museum Mile", running between 82nd and 105th Streets. It was once named "Millionaire's Row". The following are among the cultural institutions on the Upper East Side:
- Manhattan House.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- El Museo del Barrio.
- Museum of the City of New York.
- National Academy of Design.
- Neue Galerie.
- Park Avenue Armory.
- Society of Illustrators.
Subways in the Area:
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