
Upper West Side
Upper East Side
Midtown
Lower Manhattan
The Upper East Side
- The Upper East Side is a neighborhood between Central Park and the East River. Many diplomatic missions are located in former mansions on the Upper East Side and the area is host to many cultural institutions as well as some of the most famous museums in the world.
- With its expensive restaurants and boutiques, proximity to Central Park, elite schools, and influential residents it retains its position as the most affluent area of New York City. The neighborhood has a long tradition of being home to some of the world's most wealthy, powerful families and individuals and today has some of the most expensive real estate in the world.
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The Upper West Side
- The Upper West Side lies between Central park and the Hudson River. Like the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side is an upscale, primarily residential, area, with many of its residents working in more commercial areas in Midtown and Lower Manhattan.
- The neighborhood median household income is above the Manhattan average.
- The area is home to many cultural and architectural landmarks as well as leading educational institutions including Lincoln Centre and Columbia University.
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Midtown Manhattan
- Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is home to world-famous commercial zones such as Rockefeller Centre, Broadway and Times Square (also the epicentre of American Theatre).
- As New York's largest central business district, Midtown Manhattan is indisputably the busiest single commercial district in the United States. It is also a growing center of finance, second in importance within the United States only to Downtown Manhattan's Financial District.
- Midtown encompasses many neighbourhoods, important sites, flagship stores of retailers, streets and throroughfares as well as corporate headquarters (Museum of Modern Art, United Nations Headquarters, Bloomingdale’s, Madison Square Garden).
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Lower Manhattan
- Lower Manhattan or “downtown” is the southernmost part of the island. It is the financial capital of the world, home to the New York Stock Exchange, the world’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies.
- Many of Manhattan’s court buildings and government offices are located in this area as well as some of Manhattan’s most famous neighbourhood’s, landmarks and educational institutions (Wall Street, Chinatown, Greenwich Village, New York University)
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