Upper East Side

American  

noun

1. a section of the East Side of New York City, conventionally between 57th Street and 96th Street, known for its affluence.

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Example Sentences

St. Joseph’s isn’t the only New York City parish teeming with youngsters: The young adult ministries at “Old” St. Patrick’s Cathedral in SoHo and St. Vincent Ferrer’s on the Upper East Side are also drawing zoomers.

From The Wall Street Journal

He maintained the trappings of a New York success story: the five-bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side, the Hamptons estate, the charity galas, a wife and three kids.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alexander, who died in 2011, had amassed valuable art treasures in his five-story townhouse on the Upper East Side.

From The Wall Street Journal

One week before the closing on a 5,300-square-foot condominium in New York City’s Upper East Side, Beth Benalloul, a broker at the Corcoran Group, got a frantic call from the buyer’s agent.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new job comes with a change of address as he swaps his rent-controlled apartment in the borough of Queens for Gracie Mansion, the luxurious mayor's residence on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

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