Upper West Side

The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River.

Geography

In modern terms, the Upper West Side is bounded on the south by 59th Street, Central Park to the east. The neighborhood reaches north to 125th Street, and west to the Hudson River. Some consider its northern boundary to be 110th Street and Morningside Heights (site of Columbia University) to the north to be a separate neighborhood. On the south, the Upper West Side borders the West Side of Midtown. The entire western edge alongside the river is Riverside Park.

Related Topics:
Central Park - Hudson River - Morningside Heights - Columbia University - Midtown - Riverside Park

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The Upper West side contains the neighborhoods of Lincoln Center and Morningside Heights. The Lincoln Center area, running from 59th Street to 72nd Street, contains the Juilliard School, Fordham University, and other highly notable institutions. Morningside Heights, just south of Harlem, is the site of Columbia University.

Related Topics:
Lincoln Center - Morningside Heights - Juilliard School - Fordham University - Harlem - Columbia University

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From west to east, the avenues of the UWS are Riverside Drive (12th Avenue), West End Avenue (11th Avenue), Amsterdam Avenue (10th Avenue), Columbus Avenue (9th Avenue), and Central Park West (8th Avenue). The 66-block stretch of Broadway forms the spine of the neighborhood and moves diagonally across the avenues; it begins at its juncture with Central Park West at Columbus Circle (59th Street), crosses Columbus Ave. at Lincoln Square (65th Street), crosses Amsterdam Ave. at Verdi Square (72nd Street), and then merges with West End at Straus Square (aka Bloomingdale Square, at 107th Street).

Related Topics:
Riverside Drive - Central Park West - Columbus Circle - Lincoln Square - Verdi Square - Straus Square

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Traditionally the neighborhood ranged from the former village of Harsenville, centered on the old Bloomingdale Road (now Broadway) and 65th Street, west to the railroad yards along the Hudson, then north to 110th Street, where the ground rises to Morningside Heights. With the building of Lincoln Center its name, though perhaps not the reality, was stretched south to 59th Street.

Related Topics:
Broadway - Morningside Heights - Lincoln Center

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