Upper East Side (Central)
Went back down to the Upper East Side ("UES") again and did E 73rd St. through E 86th St; about 14 miles.
The composition of this section of the neighborhood was very similar to the streets I covered in my previous UES post, which has some of the historical info on the neighborhood. The one notable difference was that instead of hospitals and related medical facilities, the blocks east of 1st Ave / 2nd Ave. were mostly residential.
Interesting Fact: I'd always assumed that York Ave. (the avenue east of 1st. Ave that corresponds w/Ave. A south of 14th St.) was named either for Old (English) York, like Amsterdam Ave. on the west side, or for the Yorkville neighborhood, which it runs through. Turns out neither is the case. Instead, York Ave. was named for Sgt. Alvin York, a heavily decorated soldier from WWI best known for receiving the Medal of Honor after leading an attack on a German machine gun nest. Well, I thought it was interesting.
E. 73rd @ 5th Ave.
E 73rd St. btw Lexington Ave. & 3rd Ave.
E 73rd St. btw Lexington Ave. & 3rd Ave.
E 73rd St. btw 2nd Ave. & 1st Ave.
E 73rd St. btw 1st Ave. & York Ave.
E 73rd St. btw 1st Ave. & York Ave.
E 73rd St. btw York Ave. & FDR Drive
E 73rd St. btw York Ave. & FDR Drive
E 74th St. btw 1st Ave. & 2nd Ave.
E 74th St. btw 1st Ave. & 2nd Ave.
E 74th St. btw Park Ave. & Madison Ave.
E 74th St. btw Park Ave. & Madison Ave.
E 75th St. btw Lexington Ave. & 3rd Ave.
E 75th St. btw 1st Ave. & York Ave.
E 76th St. btw Madison Ave. & 5th Ave.
E 78th St. btw 2nd Ave. & 3rd Ave.
E 78th St. btw Madison Ave. & 5th Ave.
E 78th St. btw Madison Ave. & 5th Ave.
E 78th St. btw Madison Ave. & 5th Ave.
E 79th St. btw Madison Ave. & 5th Ave.
E 79th St. btw Madison Ave. & 5th Ave.
E 79th St. btw Madison Ave. & 5th Ave.
E 79th St. btw York Ave. & East End Ave.
E 79th St. btw York Ave. & East End Ave.
E 80th St. btw York Ave. & East End Ave.
E 80th St. btw Lexington Ave. & Park Ave.
E 80th St. btw Lexington Ave. & Park Ave.
E 81st St. btw 5th Ave. & Madison Ave.
E 81st St. @ East End Ave.
E 82nd St. btw Park Ave. & Madison Ave.
E 82nd St. btw Madison Ave. & 5th Ave.
E 82nd St. btw Madison Ave. & 5th Ave.
E 82nd St. at 5th Ave.
E 83rd St. btw 3rd Ave. & 2nd Ave.
E 83rd St. btw 1st Ave. & York Ave.
E 83rd St. btw 1st Ave. & York Ave.
E 83rd St. btw 1st Ave. & York Ave.
E 84th St. btw 1st Ave. & York Ave.
E 84th St. btw Madison Ave. & 5th Ave.
E 85th St. btw 3rd Ave. & 2nd Ave.
E 86th St. @ East End Ave.