East River Greenway
The East River Greenway is an approximately 9.44-mile-long foreshoreway for walking or cycling on the east side of the island of Manhattan on the East River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Promenade
- Description: esplanade in Manhattan, New York
- Also known as: “East River Esplanade”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Wards Island Bridge.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Museum
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is situated 1¼ miles west of East River Greenway.
Wards Island Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The Wards Island Bridge, also known as the 103rd Street Footbridge, is a bridge crossing the Harlem River between Manhattan Island and Wards Island in the Manhattan borough of New York City that does not allow vehicular traffic. Wards Island Bridge is situated 1,100 feet south of East River Greenway.
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Hospital
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Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is one of the oldest and largest teaching hospitals in the United States. It is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, on the eastern border of Central Park, stretching along Madison and Fifth Avenues, between East 98th Street and East 103rd Street. Mount Sinai Medical Center is situated 1 mile west of East River Greenway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Harlem and Astoria.
East Harlem
Neighborhood
Photo: Diensthuber, CC BY 3.0.
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem, or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east and north.
Astoria
Neighborhood
Photo: Dinker022089, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, Sunnyside to the southeast, and Woodside and East Elmhurst to the east.
Upper East Side
Photo: Alex Proimos, CC BY 2.0.
The Upper East Side of Manhattan is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of Central Park, the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.
East River Greenway
- Category: path
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“East River Greenway” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “East River Greenway”
- Japanese: “イースト・リバー・グリーンウェイ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Franklin Houses and Carnegie Hill.
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