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The Upper West Side covers a large area in upper Manhattan bounded by 59th Street in the South, 125th Street in the North, the Hudson River on the West, and Central Park and Morningside Park on the East. The area encompasses four distinct Manhattan neighborhoods -- the Upper West Side, Morningside Heights, Bloomingdale, and Manhattan Valley -- and includes one of its finest parks, Riverside Park, which runs along the river all the way from 59th Street to 125th Street.
It is also known as the city′s quintessential neighborhood. Delightful residential streets, the twin-towered facades of the old apartment hotels on Central Park West and Riverside Drive, two of the city′s best-known markets (Zabar′s and Fairway) and many other famous places are situated in Upper West Side. One of its major museums (the American Museum of Natural History), an Ivy League university (Columbia University), and the Neo-Gothic Cathedral of St. John the Divine can be found there.
The neighborhood is an architectural historian′s delight with many of its buildings built before the Second World War and quite a few built before the First World War. The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is housing the Metropolitan Opera.
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Landmark buildings
Dakota Building, 1 West 72nd Street – It is a massive apartment building - a home to many celebrities. Probably best known was the former Beatle John Lennon
Apthorp, 2207 Broadway and 390 West End Avenue, a beautiful early 20th-century high-rise luxury apartment building.
Time Warner Center, the new skyscraper on Columbus Circle (59 St. at the junction of 8th Av./Central Park West and Broadway) is the new home of Jazz at Lincoln Center and also contains some of the most expensive and critically acclaimed restaurants in New York, as well as a shopping mall.
Museums and galleries
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th St,. Americana inc Audubon′s watercolors of birds.
American Museum of Natural History 79th St and Central Park West, - The 4th floor has the history of vertebrates with excellent exhibits on dinosaurs, pterosaurs, prehistoric mammals, etc.
Nicholas Roerich Museum, 319 W. 107th St,(212) 864-7704
Churches and cathedrals
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th St. The world′s largest neo-Gothic cathedral.
Riverside Church, south of Grant′s Tomb at Riverside Av. and 122 St., is a large and historically important Protestant church and center of progressive social activism.
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Institutions of learning
Columbia University, centered around Broadway and 116 St., is a famous Ivy League college of very long standing in New York.
Barnard College across Broadway to the west, is one of the Seven Sisters colleges, and is affiliated with Columbia University.
Teacher′s College, 120th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam. Affiliated with Columbia, Teacher′s College is an architectural gem with its block length Beaux Arts and Gothic facade buildings.
Juilliard School of Dance, Drama, and Music on 65th St. between Columbus and Amsterdam, is one of the foremost conservatories of those disciplines in the United States.
Manhattan School of Music on 122nd St. and Broadway, is another major conservatory of music.
Fordham College at Lincoln Center, on 60th St. between Columbus and Amsterdam, is a branch of Fordham University.
Monuments
Grant′s Tomb, Riverside Drive and 122nd Street. General Grant National Memorial.
Shinran Shonin, 331-332 Riverside Drive (between 105th and 106th Streets). In another life, the statue stood in Hiroshima and witnessed the devastation caused by the bomb.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Riverside Drive at 89th Street. A memorial to the Civil War dead.
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Restaurants:
Kefi Restaurant
222 W 79th St, New York, NY 10024
Alice′s Tea Cup
102 W 73rd St, New York, NY 10023
Barney Greengrass Restaurant
541 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024
Sal Carmines Pizza
2671 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
Good Enough to Eat
483 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024
Ollie′s Noodle Shop
1991 Broadway Ste 67, New York, NY 10023
Boat Basin Cafe
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W 79th St, New York, NY 10024
428 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024
A sincere barbecue joint with something for everyone.
2175 Broadway, New York, NY 10024
103 W 77th St, New York, NY 10024
10 Columbus Cir, 4th Fl, New York, NY 10019
2315 Broadway, New York, NY 10024
A real meat-and-potatoes chef brings excellent American cooking to the neighborhood.
1900 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
72 W 69th St, New York, NY 10023
Chef Bill Telepan takes diners to the country, without leaving the comforts of home.
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Jean Georges Restaurant
1 Central Park W, New York, NY 10023
Compass
208 W 70th St, New York, NY 10023
Cafe Mozart Inc
154 W 70th St, New York, NY 10023
Per Se
10 Columbus Cir, 4th Fl, New York, NY 10019
ZIP CODES in Upper West Side:
The Upper West Side zip codes include 10023, 10024, 10025, 10027 and 10069 (which is the zip code for Trump Place, a development of new high-rise residential buildings along Riverside Boulevard).
