Yorkville

Yorkville runs east of Lexington Avenue from the 70s into the 90s, historically the Upper East Side's more affordable half and materially better connected since the Second Avenue subway opened. Pre-war walk-ups and small elevator buildings sit on the side streets, large postwar co-ops and newer condominiums on the avenues. It is more competitive than its reputation suggests: closings run closer to ask than the Manhattan norm, roughly one in six clears above it, and monthly charges sit well below Lenox Hill's and Carnegie Hill's.