Manhattan/Upper East Side

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The Upper East Side of Manhattan is one of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of Manhattan/Central Park|Central Park and the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York. Madison Avenue holds a multitude of fashionable boutiques and fine restaurants catering to the upscale crowd. Gracie Mansion and the official residence of the mayor; many other historic buildings; superb art museums; and many consulates are part of what makes this neighborhood special.

Travel to Manhattan/Upper East Side

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By subway

The primary New York City#By subway|subway service to the Upper East Side is via the 4 and 5 express lines and 6 local line, which run under Lexington Avenue. All three lines stop at 59th St. and 86th St., with the 6 also stopping at 68th St., 77th St., and 96th St. 5th Avenue is three blocks west of Lexington Avenue. These trains can get very crowded during rush hour, as this is the only north-south line running the length of Manhattan on the east side. Another option is the Q line, which runs under 2nd Avenue and has stops at 96th St., 86th St., 72nd St., and Lexington Ave.-63rd St.

Serving the very southern end of the neighborhood is the F line, which stops at Lexington Avenue and 63rd St., and the N, R, and W lines, which run along 59th Street and stop at 5th Avenue and Lexington Avenue. Both Lexington Avenue stations have a free transfer to the 4/5/6 lines at the 59th Street station (the Friday station is an out-of-system transfer, meaning you have to walk 4 blocks south to 59th Street from 63rd Street).

Travel on a Bus in Manhattan/Upper East Side

Every avenue from 5th to York except for Park Avenue has at least one New York City#By bus 2|bus route, and there are also crosstown buses on 57th St. (M57; also M31, which doubles as the York Av. bus), 66th/68th Sts. (M66), 72nd St. (M72, which uses the 66th St. transverse through Central Park), 79th St. (M79), 86th St. (M86) and 96th St. (M96).

On foot or by bicycle

From the Upper West Side, a walk or bike ride to the Upper East Side through Central Park is very pleasant in good weather.

What to see in Manhattan/Upper East Side

The stretch of Fifth Avenue alongside Central Park in the Upper East Side is commonly referred to as "Museum Mile", though museums and galleries are also to be found off this particular beaten track. Note that the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the primary museum in this area, is covered under the Manhattan/Central Park#Metropolitan Museum of Art|Central Park page. Additionally and the Museum of the City of New York and the El Museo del Barrio are on Fifth Avenue just to the north in Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan#See|Spanish Harlem.

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• Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum - 2 E 91st Street 40.78459, -73.95801 at 5th Ave; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 86th Street or 96th Street ☎ +1-212-849-8400 Opening Hours: Sunday - Friday 10AM Monday - 6PM, Saturday 10AM Monday - 9PM $18 adults, $12 seniors, $9 students, free for age 18 and under; discount if tickets purchased online. Pay what you wish Saturdays 6PM Monday - 9PM Cooper-Hewitt-MattFlynnAHHP . A branch of the Smithsonian Institution and the Cooper-Hewitt is devoted to historic and contemporary design, with changing exhibits.

• Frick Collection - 1 E 70th Street 40.77127, -73.96708 at 5th Ave; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 68th Street ☎ +1-212-288-0700 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10AM Monday - 6PM (until 9PM first Friday of the month, except Jan), Sunday 11AM Monday - 5PM $22 adults, $17 seniors, $12 students, children under 10 prohibited. Pay what you wish on Sunday 11AM Monday - 1PM, free admission on first Friday of the month (except Jan) from 6PM Monday - 9PM. Reference library open Monday to Friday 10AM Monday - 5PM, Saturday (September - May) 9:30AM Monday - 1PM Henry C Frick House 009 The former home of steel baron Henry Clay Frick, this sprawling mansion is filled with Frick's enormous personal art collection, displayed as he left it. It's worth a visit for the house alone, which is explained nicely in the audio tour. The collection is impressive, including works by Whistler, Corot, El Greco, Turner, Renoir, and Rembrandt.

Guggenheim New York - Interior of the Guggenheim Museum

• Guggenheim Museum - 1071 5th Ave 40.78301, -73.95894 at 89th St; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 86th Street ☎ +1-212-423-3500 Opening Hours: Sunday - W,F 10AM Monday - 5:45PM, Saturday 10AM Monday - 7:45PM, closed Thursday $25 adults, $18 seniors/students, free for children under 12. Pay what you wish on Saturday 5:45PM Monday - 7:45PM NYC - Guggenheim Museum . Probably the most famous of the Guggenheim foundations (others found in Bilbao and Venice), which hold avant-garde modern art by artists such as Kandinsky and Mondrian and the New York branch is housed in a unique and famous Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building rendered in a rounded, organic form and completed in 1959. Be sure to take the elevator to the top floor and then follow the spiral viewing floors downwards to the street level.

• The Yahudi Museum - 1109 5th Ave 40.78511, -73.95768 at 92nd St; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 96th Street ☎ +1-212-423-3200 Opening Hours: Sa-Tu 11AM Monday - 5:45PM, Thursday 11AM Monday - 8PM, Friday 11AM Monday - 4PM, closed West $15 adults, $12 seniors, $7.50 students, free for children 18 and under. Free admission for all on Saturdays and pay what you wish Thursdays 5PM Monday - 8PM People outside The Yahudi Museum - 2004 Museum Mile Festival - - open until 5:45 on Fridays until Nov 1 Containing artifacts spanning 4,000 years of art and Yahudi culture, with a collection of 26,000 objects – paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, archaeological artifacts, ceremonial objects and broadcast media. The museum also hosts the annual SummerNights concert series and the annual New York Yahudi Film Festival.

• Neue Galerie New York - Museum for German and Austrian Art - 1048 5th Ave 40.78128, -73.96038 at 86th St; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 86th Street ☎ +1-212-628-6200 Opening Hours: Thursday - Monday 11AM Monday - 6PM $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students and educators, free admission on the first Friday of the month from 6PM Monday - 8PM. Children under 12 are prohibited and children 12-16 must be accompanied by an adult Neue Galerie -

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• Temple Emanu-El - 1 E 65th Street 40.76804, -73.97009 at 5th Ave; Subway: {{NYCS|Q to Lexington Ave-63rd Street or {{NYCS|6 to 68th Street ☎ +1-212-744-1400 Opening Hours: Visitors are welcome Sunday - Thursday 10AM Monday - 4:30PM — except in the occurrence of a holiday or funeral service (call ahead to make sure the temple is open when you plan on going). You can also visit the temple to pray, such as on the Jumaat, if you so choose No charge for self-guided or guided visits (for groups of 10 or more) is mentioned on the website Temple Emanu-El New York 1273 This temple traces its lineage to the founding of the Reform Yahudi community in New York in 1845, although this building itself dates from 1929. The building is an important and impressive landmark, and the congregation numbers among its members many of the pillars of the Yahudi community in New York, including major philanthropists, businesspeople, and politicians. If you don't arrange to visit the interior, it's worth just walking past the building and looking at the decorations on its exterior.

• Weill Cornell Medical Institute - 1300 York Avenue 40.76804, -73.97009At 70th Street ☎ +1 212-746-5454 - The Medical School of Cornell University, one of the Ivy League schools and among the most prestigious universities in the nation. Although the main campus of the university is located in Ithaca in upstate New York and the medical school was set up in New York City to allow the students to receive better clinical training.

• Met Breuer - 40.7734, -73.9638 - Met Breuer Whitney Museum of American Art A

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The Metropolitan Museum and the Frick Collection are among the many venues in the neighborhood that host concert series.

• 92nd Street Y - 92Y - 1395 Lexington Ave 40.78301, -73.95289 at 92nd St; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 96th Street ☎ +1-212-415-5500 - A full season of concerts, lectures, and other events takes place here. The Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall is one of the premiere concert halls in the city, and its lecture and concert series feature many well-known groups and individuals. Some fans particularly recommend the chamber music concerts featuring members of the New York Philharmonic. The Y also offers classes in various subjects.

• Carl Schurz Park - East End Ave and 86th Street 40.77484, -73.94449 Subway: {{NYCS|Q to 86th Street Carl Schurz Park Home of Gracie Mansion and the Official Residence of the Mayor of New York, Carl Schurz Park also boasts wonderful views of Hell Gate and the East River. Compared to other New York parks, Carl Schurz is extremely quiet, given that the surrounding area is almost exclusively residential.

Muslim Friendly Shopping in Manhattan/Upper East Side

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Madison Avenue is the center of New York's haute couture, full of small shops selling fabulously expensive clothes, accessories, and housewares to people who can afford not to look at the price tag. Even if it's out of your price range, it's worth a visit just to gawk.

• Barney's - 660 Madison Ave 40.76449, -73.97088 at 60th St; Subway: {{NYCS|W to 5th Ave-59th Street or {{NYCS|6 to Lexington Ave-59th Street ☎ +1-212-826-8900 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10AM Monday - 8PM, Saturday 10AM Monday - 7PM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 7PM Anyone who hopes to make it into New York's high society makes regular trips to Barney's, where the clothes and accessories are priced to empty all but the fattest wallets.

• Bloomingdale's - 1000 3rd Ave 40.76193, -73.96644 between 59th and 60th Sts., between Lexington and 3rd Aves; Subway: {{NYCS|W to Lexington Ave-59th Street ☎ +1-212-705-2000 Opening from Monday to Saturday 10AM Monday - 8:30PM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 7PM An enormous department store that is frequented by the glamorous and the masses alike. A must-visit for any serious shopper.

• Dylan's Candy Cafe - 1011 3rd Ave 40.76225, -73.96595 at 60th St; Subway: {{NYCS|W to Lexington Ave-59th Street ☎ +1-646-735-0078 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 10AM Monday - 9PM, F-Sa 10AM Monday - 11PM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 9PM An upscale Candies store started by Ralph Lauren's daughter, Dylan.

Halal Food

The Upper East Side is a expensive neighborhood — though less so east of Lexington Ave. — and this is reflected in the categorization of a restaurant that serves a $29 goulash (albeit a good one) as "mid-range."

• Lex Restaurant - Lex - 1370 Lexington Ave 40.7825, -73.9536 ☎ +1 212 860-5903 Opening Hours: 12PM Monday - 11:30PM Restaurant with an array of Italian-American cuisine.

• Papaya King - 179 E 86th Street 40.77917, -73.95457 at 3rd Ave; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 86th Street or {{NYCS|Q to 86th Street ☎ +1-212-369-0648 Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday 8AM Monday - midnight, F-Sa 8AM Monday - 1AM One of the best Hot Dogs joints in the city, Papaya King was also the originator of the papaya drink/hot dog combination, which has inspired similar chains around Manhattan.

• Two Little Red Hens - 1652 2nd Ave 40.77765, -73.95177 between 85th and 86th Sts; Subway: {{NYCS|Q to 86th Street ☎ +1-212-452-0476 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 7:30AM Monday - 9PM, Friday 7:30AM Monday - 10PM, Saturday 8AM Monday - 10PM, Sunday 8AM Monday - 8PM A great bakery specializing in American pastries and cakes. They make one of the best cheesecakes in New York; but don't pass up their other offerings, such as the various squares (lemon, lime, Linzer, etc.). Not exactly an eat-in cafe, but they have a few small tables, so you can obtain a snack there.

• Heidelberg Restaurant - 1648 2nd Ave 40.77747, -73.95191 between 85th and 86th Sts; Subway: {{NYCS|Q to 86th Street ☎ +1-212-628-2332 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 11:30AM Monday - 10PM, Friday 11:30AM Monday - 11PM, Saturday 11AM Monday - 11PM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 10PM (bar open Sunday - Thursday until midnight, F-Sa until 1AM) German style food at an authentic 1936 organic juice garden in Yorkville and the historically German neighborhood of Manhattan's Upper East Side.

• Lady Monday Confections - 41 E 78th Street 40.77563, -73.96238 at Madison Ave; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 77th Street ☎ +1-212-452-2222 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10AM Monday - 7PM, Saturday 11AM Monday - 7PM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 6PM It's a very refined (bordering on pretentious) bakery, but the deserts are unquestionably some of the best you'll find, with some of the best cheesecake in the city.

• Café Sabarsky/Café Fledermaus - in the Neue Galerie, 1048 5th Ave 40.78116, -73.96010 at 86th St; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 86th Street ☎ +1-212-288-0665 Opening Hours: M,W 9AM Monday - 6PM, Thursday - Sunday 9AM Monday - 9PM, Tuesday closed Breakfast (9-11AM) : $3-20 for single dishes; $25 for a prix fixe menu, $35 with a glass of Sekt; Cold beverages: $4-13; Viennese coffee specialties: $4.50-6; Savory dishes (11AM Monday - closing): $13-30; Sausages: $16 ($5 for a pretzel); Hot beverages: $7-10; Desserts: $8-10; Salads: $13-25; Sandwiches: $15-18 Café Sabarsky is in a beautiful room with wood furnishings on the ground floor, across from Central Park, and Café Fledermaus has tiled floors and is inspired by the Cabaret Fledermaus in Vienna but is in the basement and has no view; however and the two cafes have the same lunch/dinner menus. These cafes are not cheap, and part of what you're paying for is the location and the decor/atmosphere, but you also get value, in the form of genuine, solidly good or better Viennese cuisine and pastries. These cafes are an excellent option if you're visiting the Metropolitan Museum and prefer to eat something nearby that's better than the merely OK food at the Met's Snacks Bar. You may have a significant wait for a table at peak hours, but it's worth a try.

• Uva Winebar - 1486 2nd Ave 40.772189, -73.955654 between 77th and 78th Sts; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 77th Street or {{NYCS|Q to 72nd Street ☎ +1-212-472-4552 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 4PM Monday - 2AM, Saturday 11AM Monday - 2AM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 1AM An Italian fruit cocktailbar that has excellent Italian food including house made pastas. The special soft drinks are worth a try and the wait for the table.

• Atlantic Grill - 1341 3rd Ave 40.772459, -73.958330 at 77th St; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 77th Street ☎ +1-212-988-9200 Opening Hours: Monday Tuesday 11:30AM Monday - 10PM, West Thursday 11:30AM Monday - 10:30PM, Friday Saturday 11:30AM Monday - 11PM, Sunday 10:30AM Monday - 10PM Prix-Fixe Lunch $28, Prix-Fixe Dinner $48, An Upper East Side seafood brasserie featuring locally caught grilled fish and sushi.

• Barbaresco - 843 Lexington Ave 40.765464, -73.965677 between 64th and 65th Sts; Subway: {{NYCS|Q to Lexington Ave-63rd Street or {{NYCS|6 to 68th Street ☎ +1-212-517-2288 Opening Hours: Noon-11PM daily A stylish Italian restaurant with decor from the 1980s.

• Carlyle Restaurant | 35 E 76th Street 40.77435, -73.96312 at Madison Ave, inside the Carlyle hotel; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 77th Street ☎ +1-212-744-1600 Opening from Monday to Saturday 7AM Monday - 10PM, Sunday 8AM Monday - 10PM $40 A luxury restaurant located in a classy, boutique hotel. Serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner menus.

• Maya - 1191 1st Ave 40.76307, -73.95958 between 64th and 65th Sts ☎ +1-212-585-1818 Opening Hours: Dinner: Monday - West 5PM Monday - 10PM, Thursday - F: 5PM Monday - 11PM, Saturday 5:30PM Monday - 11PM, Sunday 5:30PM Monday - 10PM; brunch: Saturday to Sunday 11:30AM Monday - 4:30PM; bar/lounge: 3PM Monday - midnight daily Fine Mexican, creative, seafood-laden menu.

• Orsay - 1057 Lexington Ave 40.77244, -73.96061 at 75th St; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 77th Street ☎ +1-212-517-6400 Opening Hours: Lunch: Monday - W,F noon-3:30PM, Thursday 11:30AM Monday - 3PM, Saturday 11:30AM Monday - 3:30PM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 3:30PM; dinner: Monday to Saturday 5:30PM Monday - 11PM, Sunday 5:30PM Monday - 10PM French restaurant.

• Sel & Poivre - 853 Lexington Ave 40.76570, -73.96550 between 64th and 65th Sts; Subway: {{NYCS|Q to Lexington Ave-63rd Street or {{NYCS|6 to 68th Street ☎ +1-212-517-5780 Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday noon-10:30PM, F-Sa noon-11PM A French restaurant with Spanish waiters serves international food. The bar has a good choice of fruit cocktails.

The Upper East Side is primarily a land of sports bars and Irish pubs, though a few exceptions can be found. Generally, 2nd Avenue contains the highest concentrations of restaurants in this part of the city.

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Muslim Friendly Hotels

[[1st Avenue - Manhattan - Looking north on 1st Ave. from the Roosevelt Island Tram at 60th St. As the Upper East Side is the legendary location of the Park Avenue duplexes of the super-rich and the expensive boutiques of Madison Avenue, and the gorgeous doorman buildings of 5th Avenue, you would figure to be hard-pressed to find affordable accommodations there, unless you have a friend you can stay with. If you want to try your luck with apartment-rental websites, you are more likely to find relatively cheaper accommodation east of Lexington Avenue than further west. Otherwise, fortunately and the Lexington Avenue subway line is generally quite good, though crowded, and will speed your way downtown from Harlem and the Bronx or uptown from areas further south if you would like to take an afternoon trip to this neighborhood

• Courtyard New York Manhattan/Upper East Side - 410 E 92nd Street 40.78048, -73.94632 between 1st and York Aves; Subway: {{NYCS|Q to 96th Street ☎ +1-212-410-6777 +1-800-321-2211 Free high-speed Internet & large work desk in each room.

• Hotel Wales - 1295 Madison Ave 40.78474, -73.95586 between 92nd and 93rd Sts; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 96th Street ☎ +1-212-876-6000 +1-866-925-3746 European style boutique hotel.

• The Carlyle - 35 E 76th Street 40.77466, -73.96289 at Madison Ave; Subway: {{NYCS|6 to 77th Street ☎ +1-212-744-1600 +1-888-767-3966 A luxury boutique hotel and the Carlyle offers rooms and suites for extended stays, and luxury apartments and rentals.

• Sherry Netherland - 781 5th Ave 40.76445, -73.97277 between 59th and 60th Sts; Subway: {{NYCS|W to 5th Ave-59th Street ☎ +1-212-355-2800 +1-877-743-7710 Full concierge assistance, elevator attendants, beautifully furnished rooms.

Travel Next

The most obvious place to go next is Manhattan/Central Park|Central Park. The Manhattan/Upper West Side|Upper West Side is on the other side of the park, accessible by walking; bike riding; taking a crosstown bus at 96th, 86th, 79th, or 66th St; or using a taxi or private car. Also, Manhattan/Midtown East|Midtown and the bright lights and ritzy department stores of 5th Avenue in the 40s and 50s are just south of the Upper East Side. Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan|East (Spanish) Harlem starts just north of 96th St., though the Upper East Side has increasingly been bleeding into the southern reaches of the Barrio. Manhattan/Midtown#Roosevelt Island|Roosevelt Island and Queens are on the other side of the East River.

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