New York City area guide
What to do around Upper East Side
Museum Mile — Met, Guggenheim, Frick. A New York City area guide with nearby places, food stops, walking routes, and a map you can open when you arrive.
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Museum Mile — Met, Guggenheim, Frick.
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Source-backed place · Religious sites
St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church
An Italian Renaissance masterpiece on the Upper East Side, this landmark church is distinguished by its rare high dome and exquis…
Source-backed place · Public art
Alice in Wonderland
A whimsical, 11-foot bronze tableau in Central Park depicting Alice and her companions. This interactive monument invites visitor…
Source-backed place · Landmarks
The Carlyle Hotel
An Upper East Side institution, The Carlyle is a five-star Art Deco landmark known for its old-world charm, understated opulence,…
Reservations ResySource-backed place · Landmarks
998 Fifth Avenue
A masterpiece of Italian Renaissance-style architecture, 998 Fifth Avenue is a limestone-clad landmark designed by McKim, Mead &…
Source-backed place · Museums
Ukrainian Institute of America
A National Historic Landmark promoting Ukrainian art, culture, and history, housed in the Gilded Age Fletcher-Sinclair mansion de…
Source-backed place · History
The James B. Duke House
A limestone masterpiece on Fifth Avenue, this former Gilded Age mansion was built for tobacco magnate James B. Duke and now serve…
Source-backed place · History
The Payne Whitney House
A Gilded Age masterpiece by Stanford White, this five-story mansion at 972 Fifth Avenue now serves as the French Embassy's cultur…
Source-backed place · Museums
Neue Galerie New York
An elegant museum of early twentieth-century German and Austrian art, housed in a stunning 1914 mansion on Manhattan's Upper East…
Reservations ResySource-backed place · Viewpoints
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
A massive 106-acre man-made lake in Central Park, renowned for its 1.58-mile jogging track and stunning panoramic skyline views o…
Source-backed place · Museums
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of the world's largest and most comprehensive art museums, the Met is an encyclopedic collection spanning 5,000 years of huma…
Source-backed place · Landmarks
Museum Mile
A prestigious stretch of Fifth Avenue on Manhattan's Upper East Side, home to eight world-class cultural institutions including t…
Source-backed place · Museums
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
An architectural masterpiece by Frank Lloyd Wright, this UNESCO World Heritage Site features a spiraling ramp that showcases a wo…
Source-backed place · Museums
Cheim & Read
A prestigious contemporary art gallery in Chelsea, founded in 1997, renowned for its museum-quality exhibitions of both recent an…
Source-backed place · Landmarks
The Obelisk (Cleopatra’s Needle)
An ancient Egyptian monolith, the Obelisk (also known as Cleopatra's Needle), is the oldest man-made object in Central Park and t…
Source-backed place · Museums
Asia Society and Museum
Founded by John D. Rockefeller 3rd, this Upper East Side landmark celebrates Asian art and culture through groundbreaking exhibit…
Source-backed place · History
Gracie Mansion
The official residence of the Mayor of New York City, this Federal-style mansion built in 1799 is one of Manhattan's oldest survi…
Source-backed place · Museums
Andrew Carnegie Mansion
A palatial 64-room Georgian Revival estate built for steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, now serving as the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian…
Source-backed place · Museums
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
The only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design, housed in the landmark Andrew Car…
Free Gyde walk · DUMBO & Brooklyn Bridge
DUMBO & Brooklyn Bridge
A roughly two-and-a-half-kilometer riverside walk through DUMBO, tracing the Brooklyn waterfront from Brooklyn Bridge Park up to the Brookl…
Free Gyde walk · Financial District & 9/11 Memorial
Financial District & 9/11 Memorial
A roughly three-kilometer walk through the southern tip of Manhattan, with eight stops spanning the 9/11 Memorial and rebuilt World Trade C…
Free Gyde walk · Greenwich Village & SoHo
Greenwich Village & SoHo
A roughly 2.4-kilometer cultural walk south through Greenwich Village and into SoHo, with eight stops covering historic architecture, legen…
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