East Side

the eastern section of Manhattan, in New York City, lying to the east of Fifth Avenue.

of, relating to, or located in this section: East Side restaurants.

Origin of East Side

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

East-Side tenements, where pennies are infrequent, have resources.
Out of Mulberry Street|Jacob A. Riis
We would not have talked to chance people in an east-side French caf.
The Story of a New York House|Henry Cuyler Bunner
He had had experience, in an East-Side ambulance, but then that had been over level streets.
Overland Red|Henry Herbert Knibbs
North of 96th Street sixty-four ducts are provided for the West-side lines and an equal number for the East-side lines.
The New York Subway|Anonymous

In "Chimmie Fadden," we laugh at the humor of East-side life.
In Strange Company|Guy Boothby