Inside Manhattan's RICHEST Neighborhood... Could You Live Here?

Let's tour the Upper East Side of Manhattan, arguably home to New York's Richest people. We'll show you where to shop, eat, and more!
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[@HereBeBarr]

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[@desmondcastro3679]

Caviar with egg with egg white. Smokey 🍷😁 cheers ! Very fine dinning, brah !

[@doinitlive3015]

Definitely an explosion of flavors!

[@prestonradtke222]

The UES is massively expensive, however there’s a stylistic and drastic change between The 5th/Madison/Park/Lexington Avenue section and the 3rd/2nd/1st/York Avenue section. Once you get to 3rd Avenue it’s a lot younger, rents are actually somewhat reasonable for Manhattan, and the vibe is a lot accessible and “normal”

[@yourhollywooddream]

Exactly right! I went to high school on the UES and definitely it’s relatively affordable from 3rd Avenue east; and unaffordable from Lexington west.

[@roxtar38]

I haven't been to Manhattan for a few years, but strolling around that neighborhood always feel like a little bit urban calm in the midst of a pretty busy island. That and downtown are my favorite areas to explore.

[@romanopeterj]

It was great meeting you( met at Ralph’s Coffee) as I’ve been a big fan of your content for years. Have a wonderful holiday season!

[@HereBeBarr]

You too!

[@LeahCampbell-jc4yw]

Hi, do you remember me?

[@thisis.michelletorres444]

I grew up in that neighborhood, not everyone who lived/lives there is rich. I always felt grateful to live in such a beautiful area surrounded by museums, fantastic stores and the park. A great, safe walking neighborhood. It's changed so much. It's not the same city I grew up in.

[@1525boy]

Can you elaborate on how it’s changed?

[@MONEYAINTATHANG100]

....fantastic graciousness amongst

[@richardbissell6909]

yeah i remember how it was in the 80's and 90's when i was growing up it was pretty much the end of the multi generational blue collar families its when all my friends started moving away and where replaced by people with more economic freedoms,,,in the old old days everything west of lexington was wealthy and everything east of lex was blue collar, now its almost entirely wealthy people and the children of wealthy people

[@1525boy]

@@richardbissell6909 What demographic/ethnic groups lived there in the 80’s and 90’s?

[@richardbissell6909]

@@1525boy in the old days it was mostly German but by the time i came along it was a lot more mixed,,but i can only speak of me and my friends, Irish, Italian Scottish, Puerto Rican, Indian and a few others i dont recall but Irish was the biggest

[@word42069]

Yes, there’s money in the UES but ironically some of the cheapest rent in Manhattan is also there lol. All the young people want to be in other neighborhoods and downtown. Covid came and even a lot of those people moved to Brooklyn. East side of UES is what we call “yopros” young professionals and bros. Our luxury building in a quiet/popular Brooklyn neighborhood had a LOT of manhattanites move in during covid, it will be interesting to see how the trends move going forward. UES has a lot of older housing stock and I think developers will have a hard time offering the amenities renters want nowadays. To buy, believe it or not you might be able to get some value out of the UES right now.

[@user73958]

I used to live in the UES for years, I think it is the best value in Manhattan rental price wise.

[@shalonsmith3653]

Yeah around 1st Ave and York

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

You are dreaming if you think that it has some of the cheapest rent.

[@Person-mh6xq]

@@bigmacdaddy1234 uptown, east of 3rd Ave- yes it does.

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

@@Person-mh6xq Post a link here.

[@laceyr_8322]

Great video Jon. My family and I watched the 4th of July fireworks from Carl Schurz Park last summer. Glad you featured the park as not many people know about it.

[@rephaelrechitzky9763]

Thank you Jon. This one was made for me. I love rich places and class.

[@Aidan_Au]

Next video can be about UWS Upper West Side. People say billionaires live in UES and millionaires live in UWS

[@carmensierra3258]

Finally see your post about UES! I love it. Thank you. Please post more about this neighborhood!!

[@rolfjacobson833]

the two of you have perfect chemistry as commentators. I hope you can include her in more videos.

[@rosemariemello6675]

I think they would make a wonderful couple 💑

[@NikkiRich174]

She Was Totally Flirting

[@ririabz1393]

@@rosemariemello6675 lol hes already married -_-

[@alistairt7544]

@@rosemariemello6675 He's married with a kid now...but yeah, the chemistry between them exudes in the video lol

[@theupgraded6558]

5:51 says it all

[@katierose1893]

This video put a smile on my face. Thanks guys!

[@bonniepwtf]

Really enjoyed seeing this, a little different perspective.

[@David_10157]

Great video, Barr. Really enjoyed this one. By the way, I spotted the new watch you were wearing a few months back in one of your videos, but didn't comment on it. It all made sense when I came across the Hodinkee article profiling your purchase the other day. Great article and great watch.

[@lizbits9339]

I grew up on 78th and Park next to Lenox Hill Hospital and the Met. I hid in the Egyptian wing at the Met as a little girl. My older brother lives on 65th and 3rd now. Sledding in Central Park in winters. I have great memories. We left in the 80’s.

[@bpetvshow]

Great video. Watching it twice and waiting on part 2

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Wow John, you've outdone yourself with this video! Such a great look into UES. Now I'm hyped to give NR a try myself.

[@HereBeBarr]

Thanks Ariel! Happy Holidays from Mexico.

[@semperfidani]

When I was in New York in 2002, I got lost (because I took the wrong subway), and I had to cut through these neighborhoods to get to my hotel (the Hotel Beacon). It felt so safe and people were very helpful directing me to where I needed to go. I love the charm and the vibe and aesthetics of that area. This video was also great because you had a local, so it wasn't just a tourist viewpoint. (But that's why I subscribe to Here Be Barr...you are great at getting the local perspective and finding hidden gems).

[@vivek27789]

Well sadly it's not that safe now...things have very much deteriorated in last 5 years.

[@LeaNezz]

love that

[@ramencurry6672]

I ate at a fancy expensive restaurant in the area in the 1990s. I forget the name because back then there was no internet and no cell phone for me to type in notes or photos. Due to lack of information, New York was more mysterious but more adventurous

[@MONEYAINTATHANG100]

personable NEW YORKERS...well AllRight! ❤

[@ceciliaromia]

Loved this video so much, Jon!!! Thank you!!!

[@wensmyrtlebeachliving]

Always love seeing NY .... Thanks for sharing the views !

[@alexwallace6120]

Fantastic and fun I want to visit there in 2022! The food looked so good ,I love Deviled eggs and ramen .The drinks looked wild.

[@tonyverastudio]

Love this video, I♥️NY…! Thanks for sharing such of nice places and experiences.

[@leodf1]

Awesome video. I'm all for more sequels of this. Do it!

[@leapheap6837]

That restaurant looks amazing in the upper East side. NYC definitely has some of the best food in the world. So glad you shared this video.

[@mikef445]

Jon, as always, nicely done video. Yea, the brownstones on the upper east side are historical treasures that will hopefully be preserved in the coming decades. Gracie Mansion is a very unique site in the city. While I'm not a fan of it's current occupant, its not often you see an 18th century private home in the middle of midtown. I'm glad you included a food component. The egg & caviar appetizer looked absolutely delectable. The Ramen entree was a pleasant surprise as well. Keep up the good work as always and the best of holidays to you and your family.

[@LeahCampbell-jc4yw]

Hi, do you remember me?

[@cherylzaccone9685]

Just finding you on YT totally enjoying your vibe and loving watching NYC I've been gone 20 years

[@moniqueneagle7091]

Amazing and Exquisite Upper East Side. Just love it. Thank you for sharing. 👍 😘

[@sandrahamilton2521]

This was great thanks John

[@sunnybeachwalks4k2022]

Love your channel keep up the great work

[@mcr1photo]

That was a good one Mr Barr!

[@maryjoognibene6218]

Great Video & Beautiful Lady!! Merry Christmas to Both of You, the Camera Guy & Barr's Girl Friend too! Please do more Videos of the Rich Side of NY.

[@chrisjackowski591]

i've never been to the east side of nyc, thanks for introducing it to us.

[@scoutandscooter]

Can't believe you opened with Carl Schurz. We lived on far east 85th for fifteen years. Sold our apartment to a couple with a child and one on the way. Other than the kitchen renovation, proximity to CSP was the big selling point.

[@ren1018]

It really is a great spot to chill and feel like you are getting away from the city.

[@roscoemuttley]

Nice one, movin' on up to a de-luxe apartment in the sky... You host is very pretty and seems cool too! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Mr. Barr and the Barr family!!!!

[@chinajo555]

Great video 👍🏾. Chandlers comment on Rikers Island had me cracking up 😂

[@nashwanalaezy4727]

Thanks so much for your effort 🌹

[@CommandoMaster]

I can't wait to go back to NYC to try out all the amazing restaurants.

[@mattguy2998]

Well I hope in the last 2 months u commented u visited cause I don't think u wanna go now.

[@rolfjacobson833]

yes, we need a part two

[@GarrettMusic1]

Your channel is so useful!

[@jamesstark8316]

88th and 1st Avenue here. Great neighborhood and super neighbors. Thanks for the video.

[@milagrosalicea4035]

Thanks! Barr and your tour guy (lady) showing a wonderful place neighborhood ❤ ues

[@NYCgirl927]

I own a place on E84th st. The neighborhood has stayed really nice. I now spend most time on Long Island and it’s like a different country.

[@newyorkvisionary]

Just moved to UES and I love it! My new favorite area in NYC

[@michaelmorales1475]

Great Video!

[@aureliomarty3079]

It's funny, I always biked through Carl schurz park coming from Randals Island and the Bronx and back. I always wondered why there were heavy cops presence around the park: Gracie mansion.I never knew the mayor's residence was there.I Learned something.The end of the video and that food: yummy!

[@LeaNezz]

loved this video! as a local, still so interesting!

[@Hassan..eldeeb.7]

yeah you right I like that too 🌹❤️⚘️

[@MickAngelhere]

You are living the high life and those were some real serious cocktails 👍👍

[@jeromeibanez2891]

Wow, your guest is great! She looks lovely, positive, and eloquent!

[@peacelovejoy8667]

This was amazing, thank you 😍 I would love to see those 10 other videos you mentioned hehe ^_^ I always love checking out the rich areas of New York 😍 more, please 😍 and with Alycia, too, please, you two were both amazing New York commentators, together 😍

[@markuspietila1728]

Yes, I could imagine living in the Upper East Side. Must visit next time I'm in New York

[@NormaGeli]

omg loved it. I think the UES might be the spot for me, feels way more homey than Tribeca

[@HereBeBarr]

You’d love it 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@mariar3715]

Ive never visited the upper east side, but its now on my radar to visit.

[@clarissakrigger4599]

I work on the East Side so I'm always the one dragging friends to little spots here send there. I also love the Alice tea cup on ihe east side more than the west side.the weat side is uncharted territory for me but the East I know I love.

[@SgtRobert-qb8kt]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022

[@brendad3570]

Love the architecture.

[@mikir6777]

Thanx for the video , lived so many years on the ues , but tbh it’s really for older ppl and the ones that can’t agree on that can’t afford downtown .

[@MRP3261]

2 and a half years ago ( Before Pandemic) I was in the Upper East Side .Went to Museum Of History Of New York. Took Q train from Sheepshead Bay to 96 street( Last Stop) Cool video.

[@janicejingyi7147]

Cool and great vid! BTW do you watch the superbowl e.g superbowl correlation to NYC?

[@zackzaga2286]

Love ur channel ! And damn this girl is really flirting with or am I the only one that sees this ?

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

Yes you are the only one that sees this. She was being polite and courteous and nothing more.

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

@@duluthdiner518 Nope, her body language is just being friendly and nothing more. You are reading way too much into this.

[@Phantom_275]

@@bigmacdaddy1234 I know there’s a difference between being friendly and liking someone but she was kinda flirting with him especially in the end and in the beginning

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

@@Phantom_275 She was just being friendly. Too many people read that as being more than it really is.

[@Phantom_275]

@@bigmacdaddy1234 yeah I know but she was also being flirty. Didn’t you see the end.

[@ren1018]

Wow, NR looks like an AMAZING restaurant!

[@prestonradtke222]

Also, the Eastside by far has the best subway, the q! It’s clean, relatively quiet, doesn’t smell like a shoe… It’s only like five years old so that will change quickly

[@edwink1467]

the West side has way more lines tho

[@prestonradtke222]

@@edwink1467 definitely! It’s kind of ridiculous, that the stretch of fifth Avenue above 59th St., one of the most tourist heavy areas in upper Manhattan is essentially a relative subway wasteland… also, it’s 2021, when are we gonna get the cross park Subway?

[@Chieftracyhorse]

Wow! Looks fantastic Jon! Cannot wait to visit NY next year! ❤️

[@desmondcastro3679]

Excellent experience being able to see how the upper crust live in the Big 🍎.

[@sergiobujalancemoreno6512]

Super beautiful neighbourhood!😍

[@rolfjacobson833]

one of your best videos

[@BradMarcus]

Terrific video!! I lived on the UES for 12 years and my mom still lives there. Rents from 3rd Ave east can be as much as half of those in the Village, east or west. Very safe and with areas of life into the evening. I love spending visits there. As with much of NYC, the one constant is change. Hot spot today is a new place tomorrow.

[@LeahCampbell-jc4yw]

Hi, do you remember me?

[@JLALALALA]

The last time I was on the UES was 2007 and walked on Lex and found a German restaurant and deli that served the most amazing schnitzel. That things was as big as my head and damn expensive too. And I bought some liverwurst back to LA for my dad. Along with the Zabars freshly ground coffee I always wondered if my checked in luggage drove the screening dogs mad. 😄

[@jedalbano2014]

Schaller and Weber German Deli is still there and still original family owned!

[@GinaGraves68]

I love your videos! 😃

[@Hassan..eldeeb.7]

me too really that is nice video ⚘️❤️

[@gregranger6241]

Good tour of UES. Have to try NR. Were u limping John? Hope ur doing OK. Merry Christmas to you and Adriana!

[@HereBeBarr]

I was, hurt my foot filming that day. But i'm good now, thanks!

[@zikster99]

Third Av is dividing line on the upper east side. Please do an upper west side video too... West End AV, Museum block, The Dakota building, Ansonia building.etc...

[@maaz6351]

Before moving to the UES, I had this preconceived notion that much other New Yorkers had about it being snobby etc. To sum things up, UES is a cleaner/safer version of Manhattan. Its filled with young professionals east of 3rd Avenue, the old money folks live west of Lexington Ave. The biggest pros living in UES is access to Central Park, Carl shruz park, clean, safe, and nightlife on 2nd Ave for young professionals. Biggest con is the lack of diversity of people. Better for 25-35 year olds than 18-25.

[@alpiansyah3884]

The atmosphere of the city was pleasant and very sunny air. 😎👨💝👍👍👍

[@jayeshsingh7875]

Do you know if the holiday markets (union square and others) are open on Christmas Day? I looked online and I can’t find a definitive answer.

[@maddog3693]

You walked past my apt building on 76th. That sun city burger place is really good

[@berkguler5339]

She is so into you

[@saptarshidassss271]

Great video 📸 man Love from India ❤️

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Just to be pedantic, Cameroon has a consulate in NYC. (Their US embassy, like most, is in Washington, DC.)

[@HereBeBarr]

Thanks for clarifying

[@vivek27789]

Not most...but all the embassies are in D.C.

[@imallamaforeba]

Waiting on the next video “inside alycia powers”

[@sjwilloughby-greene8214]

Christmas 🎄⛄..love it. I ♥️ NY!

[@laylaali5977]

Beautiful

[@davidellis5141]

Lived on 84th & 3rd in the 70's as a kid & the East Side Park was where we played 🏀 & ⚾️ ! Lots of nice shops on 86th. Definitely a nice place to grow up & relatively quiet.

[@alanb7095]

What if we had taken that very first apartment we looked at in 2011 in the upper east side?? Except it was a terrible railroad with a dungeon middle room! :)

[@HereBeBarr]

Hahahaa

[@homodeus8713]

This is so beautiful. Have the Blueblood children not moved to the West Village?

[@benhenry69]

Hey Jon - just a note to let you know that I watched this video yesterday and made a reservation for NR for Happy Hour / Dinner with Trung (husband) for tonight. We had a little problem with which street they were on - but other than that, thanks for the GREAT recommendation. The staff was excellent - Trung enjoyed $1.50 oysters - the craft cocktails were amazing and we shared the Egg Egg Egg and a bowl of Kyoto Ramen. GREAT meal - we will definitely go back. FYI when I made the reservation, I let them know that we discovered them because of you. Hopefully, you get credit somehow. :-) Have a great last few days of 2021 and a SUPER-GREAT 2022! :-)

[@HereBeBarr]

Thanks happy holidays

[@LeahCampbell-jc4yw]

Hi, do you remember me?

[@nicksticks6657]

My favorite place for ramen and cocktails in New York has to be izakaya mew. So good and always busy

[@tuxtommy69]

@4:03 That would be the CONSULATE of Cameroon not EMBASSY. An embassy is always located in the host nation's capital.

[@AdrianaMarvan]

That area looks too fancy for my pockets haha but beautiful!!!

[@HereBeBarr]

😆

[@adrianosbrandao]

Alycia obviously loved making that video with you, Jon

[@Phantom_275]

IDK but I think she was feeling my boy a little

[@chanm99]

@@Phantom_275 I was thinking the same haha

[@alishaostrowski5250]

@@chanm99 Me too. Lol The vibes I felt were real. 😘😘

[@urbanwlkr3151]

Came to the comments just to find exactly this haha

[@vanessarayfox]

I live on the UES & it's truly the best. It can be pricey, but all of Manhattan south of 100th is.

[@reesahufnagle6856]

I remember back in the late 1990s when i was living there there was no fence around the Mayor's mansion.

[@albertcook1960]

5th Ave, Madison and Park Ave are for the old money rich people. Fancy stores, restaurants and gourmet markets. Further East, where Yorkville is, is more for the young crowd with bars and lively nightlife.

[@georgiasmith7615]

There are also very rich people in Brooklyn Heights. There are more single family brownstones there for people who don’t want an apartment

[@douglassmith52]

She's fabulous....what a cool video

[@Sydneyrella]

Lived on 70th and 2nd last year and loved it ❤️ I filmed a videos about it!

[@peterlagroove6555]

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL WITH YOUR MASKS ..... BRAVO LISTENING TO YOUR MASTERS

[@HorizonMelt]

This was such a great collab! I hope to see more with Alycia.

[@Rosanna.989]

Can you and Adrianna do a fashion video on what to wear for 10C 50F etc weather for Women and Men

[@rolfjacobson833]

Great, great, great!!!

[@ilyaLNYC]

Interesting how UES came to be as more modern version of UWS but now we have billionaire row with modern skyscrapers end up on 57th. Too bad didn’t try bakeries - bit pricey at times but really good.

[@HaleyMary]

That is adorable how so many people carry around their dogs in their bags. The dogs must be happy to be able to explore the city with their owners.

[@InspiredFortunes]

A dog has four legs and is meant to walk.The last thing they are happy about is being carried unnaturally