A section of Yorkville as seen from a high rise on Second Avenue and 87th Street

Yorkville is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side of the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York City. Roughly speaking, it is bound by 79th Street on the south, the East River on the east, 96th Street (i.e., Spanish Harlem) on the north, and Third Avenue on the west. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 804 KB) Photography by Leif Knutsen, May 8, 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 804 KB) Photography by Leif Knutsen, May 8, 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This photo, showing the architectural mix on the Upper East Side, was taken from 87th Street and Second Avenue. ... A borough is a local government administrative subdivision used in the Canadian province of Quebec, in some states of the United States, and formerly in New Zealand. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... Spanish Harlem, also known as East Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood in northeastern part of the borough of Manhattan, one of the largest predominantly Hispanic communities in New York City. ...

For much of the twentieth century, Yorkville was inhabited by many people of German and Hungarian descent, with many German and Hungarian restaurants and bakeries. In the 1930s, the neighborhood was the home base of Fritz Kuhn's German-American Bund, the most notorious pro-Nazi group in 1930's America. As a result of their presence, Yorkville in this period was the scene of fierce street battles between pro- and anti-Nazi Germans and German-Americans. Today there are rare remnants of Yorkville's German origins (Schaller & Weber grocery shop, Elk Candy Company, Orwasher's bakery), but it has largely become an upper middle class residential neighborhood. Since the 1990s, Old World merchants such as the Kleine Konditorei bakery and Bremen House market (both German) as well as the Rigo bakery and Mokka restaurant (Hungarian) have closed. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Fritz Kuhn (May 15, 1896–December 14, 1951) was the leader of the German-American Bund, prior to World War II. He was a naturalized citizen of the United States and a loyal supporter of the German government led by Adolf Hitler. ... The German-American Bund, or German American Federation, was an American Nazi organization established in the 1930s. ... Look up Nazi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... German-Americans are citizens of the United States of German ancestry. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...

Yorkville includes Gracie Mansion, the official home of the mayor of New York City, and Carl Schurz Park. Gracie Mansion is the official residence of the mayor of New York City. ... A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Carl Schurz Park is a 14. ...

Of further note, this city neighborhood is the birthplace of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, in 1903. Henry Louis Gehrig, born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the New York Yankees and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. ...

And Yorkville is also the birthplace of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, circa 1920, founded by eleven local business men. See http://www.manhattancc.org/

Yorkville was the home of the Marx Brothers at 179 East 93rd street. The brothers in Hollywood: (left to right) Chico, Zeppo, Groucho, Harpo The Marx Brothers were a team of sibling comedians that played in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television. ...

References

1 Marx, Harpo (1962) Harpo Speaks!, Limelight Editions. ISBN 0-87910-036-2