The area including Fifth Avenue and everything east from 34th to 59th streets, is the more upscale side of the midtown map. This side of town is short of subway trains, served primarily by the Lexington Avenue 4, 5, 6 line.

Midtown East is where you'll find the city's finest collection of grand hotels, mostly along Lexington Avenue and near the park at the top of Fifth. The stretch of Fifth Avenue from Saks at 49th Street extending to FAO Schwarz at 59th is home to the city's most high-profile haute shopping, including Tiffany Co., Cartier, and Bergdorf Goodman, but more mid-priced names like Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, and Liz Claiborne have moved their superstores in of late. The stretch of 57th Street between Fifth and Lexington avenues is also known for high-fashion boutiques (Chanel, Herm?) and high-ticket galleries, but change is underway since Warner Brothers (at the intersection with Fifth), Levi's, and Niketown squeezed in. You'll find plenty of spillover along Madison Avenue, a great strip for shoe shopping in particular.

Magnificent architectural highlights include the recently repolished Chrysler Building, with its stylized gargoyles glaring down on passersby; the beaux arts tour de force that is the newly renovated Grand Central Terminal; magnificent St. Patrick's Cathedral; and the glorious Empire State Building, offering oh-so-romantic views from its observation deck.

Far east, swank Sutton and Beekman places are enclaves of beautiful town houses, luxury living, and tiny pocket parks that look out over the East River. Along this river is the United Nations, which isn't officially in New York City, or even the United States, but is on a parcel of international land belonging to member nations.

Claiming the territory east from Madison Avenue, Murray Hill begins somewhere north of 23rd Street (the line between it and Gramercy Park is fuzzy), and is most clearly recognizable north of 34th Street to 42nd Street. This residential quarter, lined with lovely brownstones, is largely a quiet residential neighborhood, most notable for its handful of good budget and mid-priced hotels.

OUR HOTELS IN
MIDTOWN EAST

• The St. Regis Hotel, New York

2 E 55th St New York, NY 10022
• Waldorf Towers  
100 East 50th Street New York, NY 10022
• The Benjamin
125 E 50th St # 405 New York, NY 10022
• W New York - The Court  

130 East 39th Street ? Between Lexington and Park Avenue ? New York, New York 10016
• San Carlos Hotel
150 E 50th Street New York, NY 10022
• W New York - Union Square
201 Park Avenue South ? New York, New York 10003
• The New York Helmsley
212 East 42nd Street NY, NY 10017
• InterContinental The Barclay New York
111 East 48th St New York City NY 10017-1297
• Gramercy Park Hotel
 
2 Lexington Avenue New YorkNY 10010
• Millennium UN Plaza Hotel

One United Nations Plaza 44th Street (Between First and Second Avenue) New York City, NY 10017-3575
• Courtyard New York Manhattan

866 Third Avenue New York City, NY 10022
• Four Seasons New York

57 East 57th Street, New York City, NY 10022
• W New York - Times Square

303 Lexington Avenue New York City, NY 10016
• Fitzpatrick Manhattan 

687 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10022
• Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel

141 East 44th Street New York City, NY 10017
• Jolly Hotel Madison Towers

Madison Ave at 38th St New York City, NY 10016
• Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel

569 Lexington Avenue at East 51st Street New York City, NY 10022
• Affinia Dumont  
150 East 34th Street New York City, NY 10016
• Affinia 50
155 East 50th Street New York City, NY 10022
• The Alex Hotel  
205 E 45th St New York, NY 10017
• 70 Park Avenue Hotel

70 Park Avenue at 38th Street New York City, NY 10016
The Waldorf Astoria

301 Park Avenue New York City, NY 10022
• Kitano New York
66 Park Avenue At 38th Street New York City, NY 10016
• Omni Berkshire Place 

21 E 52nd St at Madison Ave New York City, NY 10022
• Vincci Avalon
16 East 32nd Street New York City, NY 10016
• Carlton on Madison Avenue

88 Madison Avenue 22 East 29th New York City, NY 10016
• Palace Hotel New York
455 Madison Avenue New York City, NY 10022
• Peninsula
700 Fifth Avenue at 55th Street, New York City, NY 10019
• Plaza
5th Ave at 59th Street, New York City, NY 10019
• W - New York
541 Lexington Avenue At 49th Street New York City, NY 10022
• New York Marriott East Side

525 Lexington Avenue New York City, NY 10017
• Dylan Hotel  
52 East 41st Street New York City, NY 10017
• Shelburne Murray Hill

303 Lexington Avenue New York City, NY 10016
• AKA United Nations

234 East 46th Street, bet. 2nd & 3rd avenues, New York City, NY 10017
• AKA Sutton Place
330 East 56th Street, New York City, NY 10022
• W-Tuscany
120 East 39th Street, New York City, NY 10016
• Kimberly
145 East 50th Street, New York City, NY 10022
• Morgans
2237 Madison Ave, New York City, NY 10016