Lenox Hill () is a neighborhood on the

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in New York City. It forms the lower (southern) section of the Upper East Side, east of

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in the 60s and 70s. A significant portion of the neighborhood lies within the Upper East Side Historic District, designated by the

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in 1981 and expanded in 2010. The neighborhood is part of

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Geography

Based on the location of the original Lenox Hill, which was on a farm that spanned present-day 68th Street to 74th Street, east of

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, ''

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'' defines the neighborhood as the area between 60th Street and 77th Street, from Fifth Avenue on the west to

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on the east. However, neighborhood boundaries can shift and most residents see the modern boundaries differently, as the Lenox Hill post office and the neighborhood's service-oriented retail shops are located east of

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, the

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, NYCityMap (by the

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), and the Friends of the Upper East Side.

History

The neighborhood is named for the hill that "stood at what became 70th Street and

." The name "Lenox" is that of the immigrant Scottish merchant Robert Lenox (1759-1839), who owned about of land "at the five-mile (8 km) stone", reaching from Fifth to Fourth (now Park) Avenues and from East 74th to 68th Streets. For the sum of $6,420 ($ in current dollar terms) or $6,920 ($) he had purchased a first set of three parcels in 1818, at an auction held at the

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of mortgaged premises of Archibald Gracie, in order to protect Gracie's heirs from foreclosure, as he was executor of Gracie's estate. Several months later he purchased three further parcels, extending his property north to 74th Street. According to one source, "Thereafter these two tracts were known as the 'Lenox Farm.'" The tenant farmhouse stood on the rise of ground between Fifth and Madison avenues and 70th and 71st Streets, which would have been the hill, if the property had ever been called "Lenox Hill." The railroad right-of-way of the New York & Harlem Railroad passed along the east boundary of the property. Robert Lenox's son James Lenox divided most of the farm into blocks of building lots and sold them during the 1860s and 1870s; he also donated land for the Union Theological Seminary along the railroad right-of-way, between 69th and 70th Streets, and just north of it a full square block between Madison and Fourth Avenue, 70th and 71st streets, for the Presbyterian Hospital, which occupied seven somewhat austere structures on the plot; He built the Lenox Library on a full block-front of Fifth Avenue, now the site of the

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Structures

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, the former German Hospital, is located in this area, on East 77th Street. Luxury residences built in the 1910s and 1920s are now very expensive.

and

both pass through Lenox Hill, and along these avenues, there are many

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and five-star

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s. Museums in the area include the Frick Collection.

Demographics

Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Lenox Hill and

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, which are combined into one census tabulation area, was 80,771, an increase of 4,140 (5.4%) from the 76,631 counted in 2000. Covering an area of , the neighborhood had a population density of . The median income for a household living in Lenox Hill was $92,219. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 75.3% (60,831)

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, 4.4% (3,571)

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, 0.1% (57) Native American, 10.6% (8,569) Asian, 0.1% (61)

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, 0.3% (262) from other races, and 1.9% (1,558) from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race was 7.3% (5,862) of the population. The racial composition of Lenox Hill / Roosevelt Island changed moderately from 2000 to 2010. The most significant changes were the increase in the Asian population by 38% (2,346) and the increase in the Hispanic / Latino population by 22% (1,064). The White population remained the majority with a slight increase of 1% (360), while the small Black population increased by 2% (61); the even smaller population of all other races increased by 19% (309).

Notable people

Residents of Lenox Hill have included: * James Lenox (1800–1880), philanthropist, founder of Lenox Library * Robert Lenox (1759–1839), merchant, namesake of Lenox Hill *

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(1928–1987), artist

Transportation

Lenox Hill is serviced by three

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stations. These are the 68th Street–Hunter College station on the ; the 72nd Street station on the ; and the Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station on the Q, . Bus routes include .

References

Notes Bibliography *Morrison, George Austin. ''History of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, 1756-1906'' (1906)

External links

* {{Authority control Neighborhoods in Manhattan Upper East Side