Carnegie Hill, Manhattan
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Carnegie Hill is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side, in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Roughly speaking, it is bounded by 86th Street on the south, Third Avenue on the east, 98th Street (i.e., Spanish Harlem) on the north, and Fifth Avenue (i.e., Central Park) on the west. The neighborhood is part of Manhattan Community Board 8.
The neighborhood is named for the mansion that Andrew Carnegie built at Fifth Avenue and 91st Street 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.
Known for its "suburban" family-friendly atmosphere, Carnegie Hill boasts many fine restaurants, upscale boutiques, and gourmet food stores. Following New York City's tradition of similar stores residing next to one another, the stretch of Madison Avenue that runs through Carnegie Hill is known for its numerous children's clothing boutiques. The neighborhood also includes several schools, including Dalton, St. David's, Nightingale-Bamford, Trevor Day School, Convent of the Sacred Heart, and Hunter College High School .
Also within Carnegie Hill along Fifth Avenue is the National Academy Museum in the former Huntington mansion, the Neue Gallerie in the former Vanderbilt mansion, and the Jewish Museum in the former Warburg mansion. The El Museo del Barrio and the Museum of the City of New York are both just north of Carnegie Hill also along Fifth Avenue; together these museums partly comprise the famed "Museum Mile". The 92nd Street Y is a cultural institution located on Lexington Avenue.
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[edit] Noted residents
Noted current and former residents include:
- Woody Allen, who sold his Carnegie Hill townhouse in 2004 for well over $20,000,000.
- Katie Couric, anchor of the CBS Evening News
- Kevin Kline, stage and film actor
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former first lady, lived here for thirty years in her fifteen room apartment on Fifth Avenue.
- Paul Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward
[edit] In popular culture
Movies set in Carnegie Hill include Devil's Advocate, A Perfect Murder, and Ransom. One of the characters from Sex and the City resided on Carnegie Hill.
