Orodhesha vitongoji vikubwa vya East Side na West Side ya Manhattan.
Context:Mashariki ya Manhattan inahusu upande wa Manhattan ambayo iko karibu na Mto wa Mashariki na inakabili Brooklyn na Queens. Fifth Avenue, Central Park kutoka 59th hadi 110th Streets, na Broadway chini ya 8th Street huitenganisha na West Side.  Jirani kuu katika upande wa Mashariki ni pamoja na (kutoka kaskazini hadi kusini) Mashariki Harlem, Yorkville, Upper East Side, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Gramercy, East Village, na Lower East Side. kuu kaskazini-kusini expressways kuwahudumia East Side ni Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive na Harlem River Drive, ambayo kwa ajili ya wengi wa urefu wao ni kutengwa kutoka pwani ya mashariki ya kisiwa na Manhattan Waterfront Greenway. Upande wa Mashariki hutumika na IRT East Side Line Subway na na mistari mingi ya basi.  Upande wa Magharibi wa Manhattan unarejelea upande wa kisiwa cha Manhattan ambacho kinashikilia Mto Hudson na inakabiliwa na jimbo la Marekani la New Jersey. Barabara ya Tano, Central Park, na Broadway ya chini huitenganisha na Upande wa Mashariki. Jirani kuu katika upande wa Magharibi ni (kutoka kaskazini hadi kusini) Inwood, Hudson Heights, Washington Heights, West Harlem, Morningside Heights, Manhattan Valley, Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea, West Village, SoHo, na Tribeca. Njia za chini ya ardhi za 8th Avenue na West Side huunganisha sehemu zote za West Side.  Barabara kuu za kaskazini-kusini zinazotumikia upande wa Magharibi ni Henry Hudson Parkway kaskazini, na Barabara kuu ya Magharibi ya Magharibi kusini. Barabara ya Mto Hudson Greenway hutenganisha barabara hizo na pwani ya magharibi ya kisiwa hicho.
Upande wa Mashariki: Mashariki ya Harlem, Yorkville, Upper East Side, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Gramercy, East Village, na Lower East Side  Upande wa Magharibi: Inwood, Hudson Heights, Washington Heights, West Harlem, Morningside Heights, Manhattan Valley, Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea, West Village, SoHo, na Tribeca