Anchored by none other than Central Park, the Upper West Side is an iconic New York City neighborhood, well-documented across all forms of visual media. This inspiring neighborhood features rows of historic townhouses, streets lined with old-growth trees, and various styles of architecture that span all 20th-century design trends. Broadway, from Lincoln Center to 96th Street, is the main retail artery and is home to Upper West Side commercial retail space and beloved Upper West Side institutions such as Zabar’s, the essence of the area’s Jewish-American influence. This walkable neighborhood houses the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Museum of Natural History, cultural attractions that people from all over the world travel to experience.
The Upper West Side is an affluent, primarily residential area with some of the most opulent apartment buildings in the city, including The Dakota, where numerous celebrities have lived. The neighborhood is also home to a variety of artists, professors, filmmakers, and writers who have helped to develop it into an urban oasis for intellectual curiosity.