Upper East Side

Upper East Side
East 69th Street between Park and Madison Avenues in the Upper East Side Historic District
Nickname: 
UES
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Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°46′08″N 73°57′58″W / 40.769°N 73.966°W / 40.769; -73.966
Country United States
State New York
CityNew York City
BoroughManhattan
Community DistrictManhattan 8[1]
Area
 • Total
4.6 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
183,986
 • Density40,000/km2 (100,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity
 • White79.0%
 • Asian8.6%
 • Hispanic7.1%
 • Black3.2%
 • Others2.2%
Economics
 • Median income$131,492
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
10021, 10028, 10065, 10075, 10128
Area code212, 332, 646, and 917

The Upper East Side, sometimes abbreviated UES, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, bounded approximately by 96th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 59th Street to the south, and Central Park and Fifth Avenue to the west.[4] The area incorporates several smaller neighborhoods, including Lenox Hill, Carnegie Hill, and Yorkville. Once known as the Silk Stocking District,[5] it has long been the most affluent neighborhood in New York City.[6]

The Upper East Side is part of Manhattan Community District 8, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10021, 10028, 10065, 10075, and 10128.[1] It is patrolled by the 19th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Upper East Side neighborhood in New York" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference PLP3A was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Gronowicz, Anthony. ""Upper East Side in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2. p. 1352
  5. ^ The City Review Archived June 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Upper East Side, the Silk Stocking District
  6. ^ Plitt, Amy. "The richest neighborhoods in New York City; Where do the wealthiest New Yorkers live? The answers may surprise you (or not)" Archived September 4, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Curbed New York, June 27, 2017. Accessed September 3, 2017. "That the Upper East Side is No. 1 should come as no surprise, given the concentration of wealth found along the westernmost border of the neighborhood (i. e., Museum Mile and the Gold Coast)."