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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 81st St. on the south, the East River on the east, 96th St. (i.e., Spanish Harlem) on the north, and Third Avenue on the west.
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. Today there are a few remnants of the German origins (the Schaller & Weber sausage shop being one) but it is largely an upper middle class neighborhood.
Yorkville includes Gracie Mansion, the official home of the mayor of New York City, and Carl Schurz Park.
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