The mayor of New York City’s official residence is Gracie Mansion, located inside Carl Schurz Park at East End Avenue and East 88th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Official residence

  • Gracie Mansion has been the official residence of the mayor of NYC since 1942, when Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and his family moved in.
  • It sits in Carl Schurz Park, overlooking the East River/Hell Gate, at East End Avenue and 88th Street in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan.

Does the mayor have to live there?

  • Gracie Mansion is the official residence, but some mayors have chosen to live elsewhere while still using it for official events and functions.
  • For example, Michael Bloomberg used his own Upper East Side townhouse as his primary home and emphasized Gracie Mansion mainly as an official venue.

Current context and recent mayors

  • Recent mayors like Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams did live in Gracie Mansion during their terms, sometimes splitting time with their longtime neighborhood homes (e.g., Park Slope in Brooklyn, or a Brooklyn residence for Adams).
  • Coverage of the 2025 NYC mayoral election notes that the winner, Zohran Mamdani, is expected to move from Astoria, Queens to Gracie Mansion as part of assuming the office, reinforcing its role as the living and ceremonial home for the city’s mayor.

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