West Side

American  

noun

1. the western part of Manhattan Island, New York City: conventionally W of Fifth Avenue.

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• West Side vs. East Side

Example Sentences

Just a steady, warm-hearted procession winding from the Upper West Side to Herald Square.

From Salon

There were whole walls of buildings on the Upper West Side that were dark at night because everyone had gone to the Hamptons or left New York, but the people that saved our lives were cashiers, postal workers, FedEx workers, nurses, doctors, medics, ambulance drivers and mostly working-class people.

From Los Angeles Times

He sticks mostly to the far West Side, though.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since January, several neighborhood groups in Altadena have rallied around the issue of late alerts, pressing county officials for answers as to why the historically marginalized west side of town received alerts so much later than the comparatively more affluent, whiter east side.

From Los Angeles Times

“You know the west side is the best side,” joked Town Council member Stacy Sledge.

From The Wall Street Journal