East Side

Or Eastside

noun

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

adjective

1. of, relating to, or located in this section.

   East Side restaurants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of East Side¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

For the first time in nearly two decades, CBGB, the beloved Lower East Side punk venue, was back in the New York groove, but in a different form and in a new setting.

From Los Angeles Times

“The Lower East Side is not what the Lower East Side used to be,” Sandhaus said.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, even American-style Chinese food is somewhat of a rarity along Highway 395, the artery that connects the communities along the east side of the jagged Sierra Nevada mountains.

From Los Angeles Times

Former Upper East Side Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 79, whom Nadler beat in a member-on-member primary in 2022, says, “I’m going to keep my options open and my eyes open,” and that “people have been calling me, from Washington, electeds and constituents, and others, urging me to run.”

From Slate

Imagine the shock, then, when I found myself grinning ear to ear during the final act of Aronofsky’s latest, “Caught Stealing,” a rollicking lark through New York City’s semi-gentrified Lower East Side circa 1998, based on Charlie Huston’s 2005 novel of the same name.

From Salon