Sleeps : 4

Type : 2 Bed Room

Area : Upper East Side

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    This apartment is located only three blocks from Central Park, also near the Metropolitan Museum and the Guggenheim Museum. This peaceful area lends itself well to fine dining and a tranquil restful vactaion. The entrance of the building is very secure, and the front door closes automatically. This apartment includes high ceilings, parquet floors, and has huge picture windows in each room.
Includes: flat 22 inch TV, high speed cable internet access, 1 queen size bed and full size bed + all linens, sofa bed, fully equipped kitchen, coffee maker, dishes, glasses, tools for cooking, study desk, chair, printer, audio set, A/C, iron/iron board, refrigerator, blender, hair dryer.
Located three blocks from the 86th street station (Express stop 4,5,6 lines).
Walking distance to bars, trendy café and NYC nightlife.

    We at Kaleidoscope wish to ensure our clients a safe visit in New York city along with a cozy home like atmosphere. We hope you enjoy your stay!

    The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA, between Central Park and the East River.

    The 1.8 square miles (4.7 km²) neighborhood, with elegant rows of landmark townhouses, once known as the 'Silk Stocking District', has much of the most expensive real estate in the United States, with 2+ bedroom apartments starting at $5 million and the famous Fifth and Madison Avenue townhouses starting at $30 million. The most expensive Upper East Side penthouse (in the The Pierre Hotel) in the New York Times real estate classifieds is listed for $70 million, and the most expensive townhouse (on Madison Avenue) is listed for $58 million.

    The Upper East Side is famous for its many high society residents (Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, Barbara Walters, Rudy Giuliani, etc.); luxurious hotels (Carlyle Hotel, Plaza Hotel, Plaza Hotel Athenee, Four Seasons-New York, The Pierre Hotel, etc.); high-end shopping; world-class dining and entertainment; and nationally ranked single-sex and coeducational private schools.

    In the 19th century, and until the Park Avenue railroad cut was covered (finished in 1910), rich industrialists including Pittsburghers Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick began building stylish mansions and townhouses on the large lots along Fifth Avenue, abutting Central Park. One of the first sections to be developed was around 86th Street, where several prominent families of German descent, including the Schermerhorns, the Astors, and the Rhinelanders built (what were then) country estates.

    Cornelius Vanderbilt, the third wealthiest person in history and patriarch of the prominent Vanderbilt Family of New York, planted his family's roots on the Upper East Side in the 1800's and his descendants went on to build the great ten Fifth Avenue Vanderbilt mansions, which were torn down in the early 1900's as a result of the Fall of the House of Vanderbilt.

    Yorkville, as it was known, soon moved east past Lexington Avenue and became a suburb of middle-class Germans, many of whom worked in nearby piano factories, stables, and breweries.

    A long high bluff fronting the river north of Beekman Place was dotted with fine suburban villas in the 19th century, the last remaining one being Gracie Mansion, now home of New York's mayor.

    The Upper East Side is also notable as a significant location of political fundraising in the United States. Four of the top five zip codes in the nation for political contributions are in Manhattan. The top ZIP Code, 10021, is on the Upper East Side and generated the most money for the 2004 presidential campaigns of both George W. Bush and John Kerry.

    Madison Avenue from 60th Street well into the 80s is the monied crowd's main shopping strip, recently vaulting ahead of (though in terms of prestige, arguably always outclassing) Hong Kong's Causeway Bay to become the most expensive retail real estate in the world. Zip code 10021 has the highest concentration of stores in the United States with more than $1 million in annual sales each.