Manhattan Neighborhood Information:  Carnegie Hill

Carnegie Hill's real estate is one of Manhattan, New York's most prestigious addresses on the Upper East Side. Carnegie Hill extends from 86th Street to 96th Street and from Lexington Avenue to Central Park. This wealthy neighborhood has some of the most elegant shops and restaurants, which line Madison Avenue, in the entire city.

The neighborhood is named for the mansion that Andrew Carnegie built at Fifth Avenue and 91st St. in 1901. The mansion is today the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution.

One of New York's most prestigious and expensive neighborhoods, most of the neighborhood's opulent townhouses, built in the early twentieth century, are protected as part of the Carnegie Hill Historic District. Many of the townhouses are single family residences, although some have been converted to apartments.

Carnegie Hill consists of luxury apartment buildings (apartments to buy or rent), coops and condos, as well as many exquisite townhouses. The prewar buildings demonstrate some of the most beautiful architecture in all of New York City. Home to the Museum Mile, which includes the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Jewish Museum, Carnegie Hill, offers a large variety of cultural activities.

Known for its "suburban" feel, Carnegie Hill boasts several fine restaurants, upscale boutiques, and gourmet food stores.

Carnegie Hill Attractions Include

Central Park
Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum
92nd Street Y
Jewish Museum
Int'l Center of Photography
Carl Schurz Park - Gracie Mansion
Episcopal Church

Well known residents of Carnegie Hill include "Today Show" host Katie Couric, actor Paul Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward, actor Kevin Kline, and, until recently, actor and director Woody Allen, who sold his Carnegie Hill townhouse in 2004 for well over $20,000,000.

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