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East Side

American  
Or Eastside

noun

  1. the eastern section of Manhattan, in New York City, lying to the east of Fifth Avenue.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or located in this section.

    East Side restaurants.

Etymology

Origin of East Side

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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Brothers Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale got their start in 1872 selling hoop skirts, corsets and other women’s fashions on New York’s Lower East Side.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her crusade reflected her earlier shock upon seeing Lower East Side tenements for the first time.

From The Wall Street Journal

By 1930, Wald noted the large number of “empties” on the Lower East Side; immigrants had moved up and out to Brooklyn.

From The Wall Street Journal

Police found the character actor in his Lower East Side apartment, Deadline reported, after neighbors heard Christmas music playing for days and one of them called authorities and the landlord for a wellness check.

From Los Angeles Times

The summer after his freshman year, Silverblatt worked a New York City mail route, delivering letters to the mayor’s mansion on an Upper East Side route that took him past numerous old bookstores and used-books shops.

From Los Angeles Times