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Upper East Side

Mansions, Museums and Old Money

56stops
5.4miles
3h 43mwalking
$2.99in the app

When the Gilded Age millionaires built their palaces along Fifth Avenue in the late 1800s, they moved steadily north along Central Park, and the Upper East Side became the home of old money. The Vanderbilts, Carnegies, Fricks and Rockefellers lived here, and many of their mansions are now museums, embassies and private clubs, some so exclusive that members are still chosen by secret ballot. Museum Mile along Fifth Avenue holds some of the greatest art collections on earth, and Madison Avenue is lined with designer boutiques and galleries. This walk takes you past clubs, mansions, churches, delis and museums, from the old Copacabana to the Frick.

Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St NRW · 2 min walk to the start
Map of the Upper East Side walking route with its 56 stops
The route of the Upper East Side walk. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The first 3 stops

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  1. 1Former Site of Copacabana

    From 1940 to 1973, the basement here was the Copacabana, the most famous nightclub in New York.

  2. 2Harmonie Club

    The Harmonie Club was founded in 1852 by German Jewish immigrants, at a time when most of New York’s social clubs would not admit Jews.

  3. 3Metropolitan Club

    The story goes that in 1891 a friend of banker J.P. Morgan was turned down by the exclusive Union Club.

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Also on this walk: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Frick Collection and more

Sights

  • 740 Park Avenue
  • Asia Society and Museum
  • Breuer Building
  • Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
  • Church of St. Thomas More
  • Church of the Heavenly Rest
  • Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
  • Cosmopolitan Club
  • Episcopal Church of the Resurrection
  • Fabbri Mansion
  • Fifth Avenue Synagogue
  • Gagosian on Madison Avenue
  • Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House
  • Hunter College
  • Knickerbocker Club
  • Lenox Hill Hospital
  • Lévy Gorvy Dayan
  • Michael Werner Gallery
  • Neue Galerie New York
  • Park Avenue Armory
  • Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute
  • Salon 94
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  • St. Jean Baptiste Church
  • St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church
  • The Browning School
  • The Colony Club
  • The Comic Strip
  • The Explorers Club
  • The Frick Collection
  • The Halston House
  • The Jewish Museum
  • The Leash
  • The Links Club
  • The Mark Hotel
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • The Pierre Hotel
  • The Union Club

Food and drink

  • Anita La Mamma del Gelato
  • Bemelmans Bar
  • Butterfield Market
  • EJ’s Luncheonette
  • Glace NY by Noglu
  • JG Melon
  • Ladurée
  • Lexington Candy Shop
  • Milano Market
  • Pastrami Queen
  • Patisserie Vanessa
  • Ralph’s Coffee
  • Tal Bagels
  • The Lowell (Afternoon Tea at Majorelle)

Shops

  • The Corner Bookstore

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