Upper West Side
The Upper West Side covers a large area in upper Manhattan bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and Central Park and Morningside Park on the east.Photo: Nmattson10, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Central Park
Photo: Ed Yourdon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
A vast green swath of open space in the heart of Manhattan, Central Park is a district in its own right, neatly separating the Upper East Side from the Upper West Side, stretching from Midtown at the southern end to Harlem at the north.
American Museum of Natural History
Photo: Gigi alt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Localities in the Area
Upper East Side
Photo: Alex Proimos, CC BY 2.0.
The Upper East Side of Manhattan is one of the city's wealthiest districts.
Guttenberg
Photo: Wtz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guttenberg is a town in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Lincoln Square
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
40°46′26″N 73°59′04″W / 40.773828°N 73.9844722°W Lincoln Square Neighborhood CenterLincoln Square at night Lincoln Square is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Upper West Side
- Type: Quarter with 215,000 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in Manhattan, New York City, United States
- Categories: neighbourhood in Manhattan and locality
- Location: Manhattan, New York City, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.78705° or 40° 47' 13" northLongitude
-73.97542° or 73° 58' 32" westPopulation
215,000Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open Location Code
87G8Q2PF+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 158839157OpenStreetMap Feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
5142036Wikidata ID
Q429687Upper West Side Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: الجانب الغربي الشمالي لمنهاتن
- Armenian: Վերին Վեսթ Սայդ
- Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Vestsayd
- Basque: Upper West Side
- Belarusian: Верхні Уэст-Сайд
- Catalan: Upper West Side
- Chinese: 上西城
- Czech: Upper West Side
- Danish: Upper West Side
- Dutch: Upper West Side
- English: Upper West Side, Manhattan
- Esperanto: Supra Okcidenta Flanko
- Estonian: Upper West Side
- Finnish: Upper West Side
- French: Upper West Side
- French: Upper West Side de Manhattan
- Georgian: ზემო ვესტ-საიდი
- German: Upper West Side
- Greek: Άπερ Γουέστ Σάιντ
- Hebrew: אפר וסט סייד
- Indonesian: Upper West Side
- Italian: Upper West Side
- Japanese: アッパー・イースト・サイド
- Japanese: アッパー・ウェスト・サイド
- Japanese: アッパー・ウエスト・サイド
- Korean: 어퍼웨스트사이드
- Latin: Upper West Side
- Latvian: Augšvestsaida
- Lithuanian: Aukštutinis Vestsaidas
- Luxembourgish: Upper West Side
- Maltese: Upper West Side
- Occitan (post 1500): Upper West Side
- Persian: آپر وست ساید
- Polish: Upper West Side
- Portuguese: Upper West Side
- Romanian: Upper West Side
- Russian: Аппер-Вест-Сайд
- Russian: Верхний Вест-Сайд
- Russian: Верхний Вестсайд
- Slovak: Upper West Side
- Slovenian: Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York
- South Azerbaijani: اوپر وزت سید
- Spanish: Upper West Side
- Spanish: Upper West Side (Manhattan)
- Swedish: Upper West Side
- Thai: อัปเปอร์เวสต์ไซด์
- Turkish: Upper West Side
- Ukrainian: Верхній Вестсайд
- Welsh: Upper West Side
- Yiddish: אפער וועסט סייד
- Верхній Вест-Сайд
Other Places Named Upper West Side
In the Area
- Carnegie HillNeighbourhood
- Columbus CircleNeighbourhood
- YorkvilleNeighbourhood, 2½ km southeast
- Lenox HillNeighbourhood, 2½ km southeast
- Morningside HeightsNeighbourhood, 3 km northeast
- West New YorkTown, 3 km west
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Upper West Side. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.