“Uptown” Manhattan is above 59th Street. It includes the Upper West Side, Central Park, the Upper East Side and “Upper Manhattan” above Central Park.
Upper West Side
Ballet Hispánico, American Museum of Natural History, Beacon Theatre, Symphony Space, Thanksgiving Parade, Cinco de Mayo Parade
Columbus Circle
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Dizzy’s Club, Botero statues, Museum of Arts and Design
Central Park
SummerStage, Tango and the Metropolitan Museum of Art make Central Park a beloved place for New Yorkers to relax
Upper East Side
92nd Street Y, Americas Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim, Jewish Museum, Frick Collection, Sotheby’s
Morningside Heights
Columbia University dominates, but there is also the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Riverside Park, Riverside Church, General Grant Memorial and the Manhattan School of Music
Harlem
The soul of New York City is at the Apollo Theater, Ginny’s at the Red Rooster, Minton’s Playhouse, Paris Blues and around
East Harlem “El Barrio” “Spanish Harlem”
East Harlem “El Barrio” or “Spanish Harlem” is a Puerto Rican neighborhood. Latin kids went to jazz clubs in Harlem. Black kids went to Latin clubs in Spanish Harlem and we got latin jazz and salsa.
Manhattanville
Harlem Stage
Washington Heights
The area around Manhattan’s I-95 crossing is a Dominican neighborhood as in “In the Heights“