Uptown Manhattan Districts

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Central Park
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Central Park spans two and a half miles from 59th Street to 110th Street and half a mile from Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue. The park is home to numerous restaurants, playgrounds, the Metropolitan Museum, the Central Park Zoo, and Wollman Rink.

The internal "loop" (known officially as Park Drive) is approximately 6 miles around and is closed to traffic on weekdays from 10am-3pm and 7pm - 10pm, and from Friday night at 7pm until Monday morning at 6am. From the day before Thanksgiving until the first business day of the new year, the drives are still closed on weekends, but are open 24 hours a day on weekdays.

Sights in Central Park in geographical order:

1. The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center - 110th Street
2. Duke Ellington Circle - 110th Street
3. Harlem Meer and Landscape - 106th to 110th Street
4. Lasker Rink and Pool 108th Street
5. Great Hill - 105th to 107th Street
6. Conservatory Garden - 104th to 106th Street
7. North Meadow - 97th to 102nd Street
8. Tennis Center - 94th to 96th Streets
9. The Re

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Upper West Side
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Home to such venerable New York landmarks as Lincoln Center, Columbia University and St. John the Divine Cathedral, the Upper West Side stretches from 59th Street to 123rd Street, including Morningside Heights. Its eastern boundary is Central Park; its western boundary is the Hudson River.

Major Sights in geographical order:

1. Symphony Space - 95th Street & Broadway
2. Soldiers and Sailors Monument - 89th Street & Riverside Drive
3. Hector Memorial - 86th Street & Central Park West
4. Children's Museum of Manhattan - 83rd Street & Amsterdam Avenue
5. Hayden Planetarium and Rose Center - 81st Street & Central Park West
6. Zabar's - 80th Street & Broadway
7. American Museum of Natural History - 78th Street & Central Park West
8. New York Historical Society - 77th Street & Central Park West
9. Ansonia Hotel - 74th Street & Broadway
10. Dakota Apartments - 72nd Street & Central Park West
11. Hotel des Artistes - 67th Street bet. Central Park West & Columbus Avenue

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Upper East Side
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The Upper East Side stretches from 59th Street to 96th Street, including Lennox Hill and Yorkville. Its western boundary is Central Park; its eastern boundary is the East River. Major sights include Central Park, Museum Mile (Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum and more), Gracie Mansion and six historic districts.

Major Sights in geographical order:

1. Conservatory Gardens - 105th Street & Central Park
2. El Museo del Barrio - 104th Street & Fifth Avenue
3. Museum of the City of New York - 103rd Street & Fifth Avenue
4. Mt. Sinai Hospital - 99th Street & Fifth Avenue
5. International Center of Photography - 94th Street & Fifth Avenue
6. Jewish Museum - 92nd Street & Fifth Avenue
7. Cooper-Hewitt Museum - 91st Street & Fifth Avenue
8. National Academy of Design - 90th Street & Fifth Avenue
9. Guggenheim Museum - 89th Street & Fifth Avenue
10. Gracie Mansion, the Mayor's House - 89th Street & East End Avenue
11. Metropolitan Museum of Art - 82nd

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Harlem
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Harlem is an area in northern Manhattan which includes Hamilton Heights and El Barrio (Spanish Harlem). In 1658, Governor Peter Stuyvesant established Harlem, naming it Nieuw Harlem after the Dutch city of Harlem. From 1920 until about 1930, Harlem was the center of an African American cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. The East Harlem/El Barrio community is bounded by First Avenue to Fifth Avenue and from East 96th Street to East 125th Street; the population is primarily Puerto Rican and African-American.

Hamilton Heights is a residential historic district north of Morningside Heights and south of Washington Heights which includes Sugar Hill. Sugar Hill extends from Edgecomb Avenue to Amsterdam Avenue, and from 145 Street to 155 Street. The name "Sugar Hill" originated in the late 1920's when rich African-Americans began moving into the "sweet and expensive" area.

Major Sights in geographical order:

1. Sugar Hill - Edgecomb to Amsterdam Ave from 145 to 155 Streets
2. Hamilton Gran

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Inwood and Washington Heights
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Inwood and Washington Heights are located on the northern tip of Manhattan; Washington Heights extends from 145th Street to 200th Street (Dyckman St), Inwood extends from 200th St (Dyckman St) to 220th Street.

Major Sights in geographical order:

1. Dyckman House - 204th Street and Broadway
2. St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Chapel - Fort Washington Avenue
3. The Cloisters - Fort Tryon Park
4. Yeshiva University - 185th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
5. George Washington Bridge Bus Station Broadway between 178th and 179th Streets
6. The Audubon Ballroom Complex - 168th Street and Broadway houses the Harlem-Heights Historical Society and the Audubon Tourist and information Center.
7. Morris-Jumel Mansion - 160th Street and Edgecombe Avenue
8. Audubon Terrace - 155th Street and Broadway: the former estate of the American artist John James Audubon houses the The American Numismatic Society, The Hispanic Society of America, The American Academy of Arts and Letters and Boricua College.