Actually, it is located on the UES as far as I am concerned.
Only thing which prompted me to wonder why you may think otherwise was the Yorkville neighborhood…but that’s ~10 blocks further uptown.
Also, some of the more snobby UES* residents IME tend to regard addresses in parts of the lower '60s and high 80s and up to not be the “real UES”…but their opinions can be safely ignored and even ridiculed…
Where exactly does upper East Side start. I think I’d have said in the 70’s, but 68th is pretty close - it’s not really mid town anymore.
New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell is on the UES. New York Presbyterian Columbia Medical Center is in Washington Heights on the UWS and is a straight shot up from Columbia University.
The 2 hospitals are affiliated.
D1 has a place in the UES. 83rd and third. The Q has made a big difference. Walk out of Penn Station about a block to 6th. Get on the Q to 86th and leave the south exit–83rd. D1’s place is less than a bock away.
Sometimes when we come to NYC by train and are going to D1’s and have a lot of luggage, rather than stand at a taxi stand we start to walk east out of the crowds and pick up a taxi on a north bound Avenue. It works every time. Faster and cheaper.
@morrismm , It’s been a long while since I lived on the UES- I actually lived on E. 83rd b/w York and East End back in the early 90s right after college. The nearest subway stop was 86th Street but it was a long walk to my apt. I worked in midtown so usually took the bus on 79th St. Such fond memories of living there even though it was a tiny apt. It was a great neighborhood. Seems like another lifetime ago.
"Also, some of the more snobby UES* residents IME tend to regard addresses in parts of the lower '60s and high 80s and up to not be the “real UES”…but their opinions can be safely ignored and even ridiculed…
I’ve lived all over the UES for the past 20 years, including the area you mention, and I’ve never heard anyone say that. Real estate agents will sometimes make a distinction between east of west of Lexington but it’s all UES.
@cbreeze D will be working out of the NY-P/Columbia campus and staying in a Columbia dorm at Morningside and 118th - so it’s a quickish walk to the 1 line and up to the hospital. Onboarding appointments were at Weill Cornell.
Thank goodness for Google maps (+ kind CC posters) in helping us figure all of this out.
So this has nothing to do with the UES at all… but for those who do need to get to the UES, the new Q train extension is fantastic! You easily pick it up at Herald Square…
They are a distinct minority among the UES…but tend to be those on the wealthier side…such as one former client who owned a multi-roomed condo overlooking the Museum mile/Met with the square footage comparable to a medium sized suburban house in an upper/upper-middle class Tri-state area suburban town.
Very late to this thread, but the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the subway, Long Island Rail Road and most of Metro North, has a really good website to plan a trip. Better for sure than Google Maps which is pretty good.
http://mta.info on a laptop, where the trip planner is on the right
http://m.mta.info on a phone, select Trip Planner.
One good thing about it is that it includes any kind of track work that affects the schedule.
I don’t have an ipad so I don’t know which works on that.
Also, every single subway station now has cell service and wifi. And even if you are on an express train going past local stations, it kicks in and out as you go by.
Also, any of you who come to NYC and are 65 or older or disabled, you can get a half-fare Metrocard. Mine fills itself from my bank account. You can purchase a 2-ride card (each of which includes a free transfer between buses or between subway and bus) by showing your ID to a token clerk (definitely a misnomer but I don’t know what to call them) in any subway station but it’s much easier to get a refillable card with your photo on it. The whole process takes less than an hour. The office is very close to the Bowling Green station on the 4/5 lines, and a short walk to any station that goes to the Staten Island Ferry, or the new Fulton St. station downtown. It’s half a block from the Museum of the American Indian which is part of the Smithsonian and FREE! You can also send in your own photos and have it mailed to you.
Oh, and one more thing: the rerouted Q train stops at 72nd, 86th and 96th St. along Second Ave. That’s two long blocks east of Lexington Ave. and it’s made the eastern part of the Upper East Side much more accessible.