Upper East Side

noun

1. a section of the East Side of New York City, conventionally between 57th Street and 96th Street, known for its affluence.

Example Sentences

The actual Dole banana taped to the wall of Sotheby’s on Wednesday evening was bought earlier in the day from a nearby fruit stand on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for 35 cents.

From New York Times

“I love the Upper East Side feeling of the slightly boxy shape of it,” says Lawson.

From Los Angeles Times

In the original late '90s run of “Sex and the City,” the screenwriters explained that Carrie — also a writer —could afford her Upper East Side apartment due to rent control.

From Salon

I was living in Yorkville, which is the Upper East Side, basically.

From Los Angeles Times

The night before the unsealing of the indictment, in a short video address given in front of a fireplace mantle in Gracie Mansion, the mayoral residence on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Adams insisted the charges were “based on lies.”

From Salon