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UPPER EAST SIDE

An enclave of New York’s upper class since the and Park avenues. Chic shops and galleries line
1890s, the area was once home to dynasties Madison Avenue. Farther east lies what is left of
such as the Astors, Rockefellers, and Whitneys. German and Hungarian Yorkville in the East 80s,
Many of their Beaux Arts mansions are now and little Bohemia, with its Czech population,
museums and embassies, such as the Met and below 78th Street. Although many of these
the buildings on Museum Mile, but the well-to- ethnic groups no longer occupy the area, their
do still occupy apartment buildings on Fifth churches, restaurants, and shops still remain.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets and Buildings Churches and Synagogues Restaurants see pp302–4
9 Park Avenue Armory 0 Temple Emanu-El 1 Beyoglu
t Gracie Mansion e Christ Church 2 Café Boulud
Museums and Galleries United Methodist 3 Café d’Alsace
1 Neue Galerie y Church of the Holy Trinity 4 Café Sabarsky
2 Jewish Museum u St. Nicholas Russian 5 Daniel
3 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Orthodox Cathedral 104TH ST 6 E.A.T.
EAST
Design Museum 7 Flex Mussels
EAST
4 Ukrainian Institute 102ND ST 8 Maya
5 Solomon R. Guggenheim 9 Penrose
Museum pp184–5 10 Sasabune
6 The Metropolitan Museum of Art 98TH ST 11 Sfoglia
EAST
pp186–93 12 Shanghai Pavilion
7 The Frick Collection pp196–7
8 Asia Society EAST 96TH ST
q Society of Illustrators F I F T H A V E N U E EAST 95TH STREET 96th St
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w Mount Vernon Hotel Museum EAST 94TH STREET
and Garden EAST 93RD STREET
r The Met Breuer EAST 92ND STREET
i Museum of the City of EAST 91ST STREET
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F I R S T A V E N U E

EAST 89TH STREET
Y O R K A V E N U E
EAST 88TH STREET
EAST 87TH STREET
EAST 86TH STREET
EAST 85TH STREET
EAST 84TH STREET
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EAST 78TH ST
PARK
EAST 77TH ST
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EAST 82ND STREET
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EAST 81ST STREET
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EAST 76TH ST

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EAST 73RD STREET

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Fifth Ave-59th St Lexington Ave- EAST 67TH STREET Y O R K A V E N U E
N.Q.R 63rd St
EAST 68TH STREET
F EAST 65TH STREET
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EAST 64TH STREET
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EAST 62ND STREET
63RD
59th St
Lexington Ave- 60TH
EAST 61ST STREET
N.Q.R STREET STREET
See also Street Finder maps
12, 13, 16–18, 21
Brightly lit facade of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum For keys to symbols see back flap
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