Upper West Side

Manhattan

The Upper West Side runs from Columbus Circle to the 100s between Central Park and the Hudson, a neighborhood of prewar apartment houses, brownstone side streets, and cultural anchors like Lincoln Center. Housing ranges from grand Central Park West co-ops to studios and one-bedrooms in the side-street walk-ups and postwar towers. It is residential, bracketed by two of the city's great parks, and built at a scale that rewards staying put.

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The Lay Of The Land

The Upper West Side fills the long stretch between Central Park and Riverside Park, from Columbus Circle north into the 100s. Broadway, Amsterdam, and Columbus carry its commerce while the numbered side streets hold rows of brownstones, and the two park-facing avenues, Central Park West and Riverside Drive, hold its grandest buildings. The result is one of the most consistently residential districts in Manhattan, low-key on its side streets and busy on its avenues.

The housing is prewar at its core. Central Park West and West End Avenue are lined with substantial co-op buildings of the 1920s and 30s, with high ceilings and large rooms, while the side streets mix brownstone floor-throughs and walk-ups and the avenues add postwar rental towers. The supply runs the full range, from compact studios near Lincoln Center to sprawling classic-six apartments along the park.

Transit runs straight up the spine. The 1, 2, and 3 follow Broadway with express stops at 72nd and 96th, and the B and C run under Central Park West, so most blocks sit within a short walk of a train. Crosstown buses handle the trips the subway does not.

Lincoln Center, the American Museum of Natural History, and the two parks give the neighborhood its anchors, and Broadway's markets and cafes handle daily life. The Upper West Side suits someone who wants space, prewar character, and a park at each end of the block, and who prefers a settled residential rhythm to a nightlife one.

Market Pulse

What renting in Upper West Side looks like right now, from listings active on Sidewalk.

Median asking rent$6,110/moup $32 vs Oct 2026
Active listings284on Sidewalk today
Days on market34median, listings leaving in the last 90 days
Studio$3,731/mo median1 BR$5,997/mo median2 BR$8,250/mo median3 BR$10,495/mo median4+ BR$17,750/mo median
Median asking rent by bedroom, Jun to NovEach month, the median of what listings on the market that month were asking, from their price history on Sidewalk.
$0$5k$10k$15kJunJulAugSepOctNov
  • Studio$3,595/mo
  • 1 BR$5,930/mo
  • 2 BR$8,600/mo
  • 3+ BR$14,000/mo
  • Hollow: fewer than 5 listings that month

Asking rents among listings active on Sidewalk, updated November 15.

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Buildings In Upper West Side

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