I lived at 80th and 1st in Manhattan, 22nd just off Broadway, 7th Ave at 29th St, and 78 West a block from the Museum of Natural History.
And during this time, I had a home in Darien, CT (which was the most beautiful state I have ever known).
The most dignified area in the Tri-State area is clearly Connecticut (except for those who are fans of Gilligan's Island and, more specifically, Thurston Howell the 3rd).
Our last home, in NYC, was a cop-op in Gramercy Park, when when GP was still just the 4 blocks around the park;. as it always has been , until very recently.
We now live in Ct. ( Fairfield County ) and neither sound like, nor am in any way like old Thurston. :-)