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How walkable is Upper East Side?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Upper East Side has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in New York City, which scores 93 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
3,605 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Upper East Side. The nearest grocery is Yorkville Meat Emporium, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Gristedes3 min
- La Pulperia4 min
- Meisterdish1 min
- Mixing Bowl1 min
- Margoth Consignment Shop1 min
- Janovic Paint and Decorating Center1 min
- Alice's Tea Cup: Chapter III1 min
- Kings' Carriage House1 min
- Chase Bank3 min
- Charles Schwab4 min
- John Jay Park13 min
- Carl Schurz Park14 min
- St Ignatius Loyola Preschool3 min
- Children's Academy5 min
- Yorkville Library4 min
- Dog Lovers Bookshop8 min
- National Guitar Museum4 min
- Associate Of Art Museum4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Upper East Side at 40.7755, -73.9550. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 72 street intersections per km², and blocks average 127 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Upper East Side
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.2 km around the centre of Upper East Side. Rings mark 600 m and 1.2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in New York City
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Times Square | 3.3 km | 98 |
| Greenwich Village | 6 km | 100 |
| Lower Manhattan | 8.1 km | 100 |
| Tribeca | 8.1 km | 100 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the New York City page.
Questions about walking in Upper East Side
Is Upper East Side walkable?
Yes. Upper East Side in New York City has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Upper East Side more walkable than the rest of New York City?
Upper East Side is about as walkable as New York City as a whole: it scores 94, against 93 for the 5 km around New York City's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 New York City neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in New York City?
Of the 5 New York City neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Greenwich Village (100), Tribeca (100) and Lower Manhattan (100).
How is the walkability score of Upper East Side calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Upper East Side it is the average of 53 points spread evenly across the 1.2 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.