What does "uptown" refer to? Cops say, "You're coming downtown with me" (ie. in movies)

Question

....but what the hell is "Uptown". In a city like New York City, where is "uptown"? What are they referring to? Just curious!!!

Answer 1

In the case of NYC, there a large police station right by city hall. Its also where most of the courts for Manhattan are, and this area is......in downtown manhattan, so thats probably where the downtown thing comes from

The up and down is also the way the streets are numbered in NYC, and correspond roughly to north and south, where south is downtown and north is uptown. I would say anything above 55th street or so is uptown.

You can also refer to uptown/downtown as a direction rather than a place as in "I'm walking uptown on 5th Avenue"

The East Side and West Side are delineated by 5th Avenue, or central park above 59th st.


The whole affluence thing is a little broken here, in NYC far uptown isnt a great area, while downtown is pretty nice.

Generally outside of NYC someone talking about downtown in reference to a city means the city center.....the core of the city

Answer 2

Uptown is Harlem, Downtown is Greenwich Village. When they say uptown, they usually mean 110th Street and north on the west side of Manhattan. Times Square area is considered mid-town. Yet Manhattan is also distinguished between West Side and East Side. Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) or Madison Avenue is usually the split depending on what part of Manhattan you are in, since Madsion Avenue ends at 23rd Street.

Answer 3

It is generally a reference to the more affluent end of town. Where the more expensive Real Estate is, where the expensive shops are, where the rich people live. Think of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl".

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Uptown is Upper manhhattan
Downtown is lower manhattan