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Spanish Harlem, also known as El Barrio, is a neighborhood in the East Harlem area of New York City, in the north-eastern part of the borough of Manhattan. Spanish Harlem is one of the largest predominantly Latino communities in New York City. It was formerly known as Italian Harlem, and still harbors a small Italian American population. However, since the 1950s it has been dominated by residents of Puerto Rican descent, sometimes called Nuyoricans. Spanish Harlem extends from East 96th Street to East 125th Street and is bound by the Upper East Side, East River and the Metro-North Railroad tracks along Park Avenue. The general area of East Harlem stretches from the East River to Fifth Avenue and from 96th Street to 141st Street. Both Spanish Harlem and East Harlem fall within Manhattan Community Board 11. The primary business hub of Spanish Harlem has historically been 116th Street from 5th Avenue headed east to its termination at the FDR Drive.

With the growth of the Latino population, the neighborhood is expanding. It is also home to one of the few major televisions studios north of midtown, Metropolis (106th St. and Park Ave.), where shows like BET's 106 & Park and The Chappelle Show have been produced.




 

The East Harlem also known as El Barrio, is a neighborhood in the East Harlem area of New York City. A community that stretches from First Avenue to Fifth Avenue and from East 96th Street to East 125th Street. Central Harlem stretches from Central Park North to the Harlem River and from Fifth Avenue to St. Nicholas Avenue. West Harlem, including Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill, stretches from 123rd to 155th Streets and from St. Nicholas Avenue to the Hudson River. Spanish Harlem is one of the largest predominantly Latino communities in New York City. It was formerly known as Italian Harlem, and still harbors a small Italian American population.

However, since the 1950s it has been dominated by residents of Puerto Rican descent, sometimes called Nuyoricans. Spanish Harlem extends from East 96th Street to East 125th Street and is bound by the Upper East Side, East River and the Metro-North Railroad tracks along Park Avenue. The general area of East Harlem stretches from the East River to Fifth Avenue and from 96th Street to 141st Street. Both Spanish Harlem and East Harlem fall within Manhattan Community Board 11. The primary business hub of Spanish Harlem has historically been 116th Street from 5th Avenue headed east to its termination at the FDR Drive.

With the growth of the Latino population, the neighborhood is expanding. It is also home to one of the few major televisions studios north of midtown, Metropolis (106th St. and Park Ave.), where shows like BET's 106 & Park and The Chappelle Show have been produced.

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Sugar Hill is a neighborhood in the northern part of Harlem, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The neighborhood is defined by 155th Street to the north, 145th Street to the south, Edgecombe Avenue to the east, and Amsterdam Avenue to the west. The name originated in the 1920's, when the area became a popular place to live for wealthy African Americans. It was a popular residential area of row houses for wealthy African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance, including W.E.B. DuBois, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, and Duke Ellingto. Sugar Hill was made a municipal historic district by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2000. Rap group The Sugarhill Gang and rap record label Sugar Hill Records pay homage to the neighborhood in their names.
 

Typical residents—students, young professionals with college loans, new parents who need an extra room—have fled uptown for space. A lot of actor-singer-dancer-waiters live along (where else?) Broadway. In Hamilton Heights, you’ll find one- or two-bedroom floor-throughs in brownstones. Farther up, five- or six-room apartments in prewar buildings, as well as Art Deco two- and three-bedrooms, dominate. .

Boundaries: Nestled within Harlem, Hamilton Heights stretches from 123rd to 155th Sts, bordered by the Hudson River and Edgecombe Ave. Washington Heights is at the northern tip of Manhattan, from 145th St. to 200th St.

Borders: Harlem and Inwood

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Harlem

Harlem's new residents are here for the neighborhood’s history and the immaculate houses on Strivers Row—plus fixer-upper brownstones that cost 20 percent of what they would a mile to the south.

Harlem today is enjoying a vigorous rejuvenation and is becoming one of the popular new places to live. It begins at the northern border of Central Park, at 110th Street, and extends to 155th Street between Saint Nicholas Avenue and the East River.

In East Harlem, also known as El Barrio "The Neighborhood", you can find blocks of restored brownstones. The heart of Harlem, at 125th Street, has all the colors, and sights one would expect of a neighborhood commercial center and such landmarks as the Apollo Theater, where many African-American musicians started their careers, the Studio Museum, one of the principal centers for the study of Black art in America, and the Theresa Hotel (now an office building), which played host to such notables as Fidel Castro, Jimi Hendrix, and Joe Louis.

After his presidency, Bill Clinton brought further attention to this area by choosing it for his business offices. In cafes in Europe and clubs in Japan, you will hear people speaking about the real estate opportunities Harlem has to offer. With historic districts, landmark and turn-of-the century buildings, one can find beautiful architecture and charming details in the properties here. Wise buyers and investors are taking advantage of the many abandoned buildings and restoring them to their original state.

Boundaries: The East Harlem/El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) community stretches from First Avenue to Fifth Avenue and from East 96th Street to East 125th Street. Central Harlem stretches from Central Park North to the Harlem River and from Fifth Avenue to St. Nicholas Avenue. West Harlem, including Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill, stretches from 123rd to 155th Streets and from St. Nicholas Avenue to the Hudson River.

After declining in the 1970s and 1980s, the area has begun to work its way back. Real estate values have climbed, and the community scored a public relations coup when Bill Clinton decided to locate his office here after leaving the White House

The neighborhood consists of:

West Harlem (west of St. Nicholas Avenue and north of 123rd Street)

• Hamilton Heights, around the Hamilton Grange

• Manhattanville, north of Morningside Heights

Central Harlem

• Mount Morris, extending west from Marcus Garvey Park

• Strivers' Row, centered on 139th Street

• Sugar Hill

• Astor Row, centered on 130th Street

East Harlem (east of Fifth Avenue)

• Spanish Harlem, south of 116th Street

Harlem's new residents are strikingly diverse: straight and gay, black and white, Asian and European. They’re here for the neighborhood’s history and the immaculate houses on Strivers Row—plus fixer-upper brownstones that cost 20 percent of what they would a mile to the south. Southern dishes such as ribs, barbecue, collard greens, spoon bread and sweet potato pie. Also, Jamaican, West Indian and Senegalese cuisines.

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Hudson Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located within the larger area known as Washington Heights. It is bounded to the north by Fort Tryon Park, to the west by the Hudson River, to the south by J. Hood Wright Park/173rd Street and to the east by Broadway. The name dates back at least to the 1990s, when residents of the area sought to differentiate their blocks from Washington Heights at large. As a result, some have criticized it as an especially artificial creation, but it is now in more common usage, with The New York Times typically using it to label real estate transactions that happen within its borders. Indeed, Times references to the name date back at least to 1998.

Hudson Heights is home to the highest natural point in Manhattan, located in Bennett Park. It's 265 feet above sea level, or a few dozen feet lower than the torch on the Statue of Liberty.

The neighborhood is mostly residential, but it also has strips of commercial activity along 187th Street and 181st. Most buildings are pre-war i.e, built in the 1930s, some in Art Deco style, most are "owner occupied residential properties". The first and largest residential complexes in the area where started by real estate developer Dr. Charles V. Paterno; Hudson View Gardens opened in 1924 and was originally started and sold as a housing cooperative, Castle Village on the other side of Cabrini Boulevard was finished in 1939 and converted to a co-op in 1985. Another large cooperative is the 16-story Cabrini Terrace [1], the highest building in the neighborhood. In the 1980s, most rental buildings in the area were converted to housing cooperatives or condominiums. In recent years, Hudson Heights has been an attractive area for homebuyers who want to stay in Manhattan, but can't afford to buy condos or co-ops in most other areas of the borough, or who want to buy condos or co-ops larger than those typically found in other areas. The multiple housing cooperatives and condominiums in the area have formed the Hudson Heights Owners Coalition.

Among notable institutions in Hudson Heights are the Catholic shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and The Cloisters, where the Metropolitan Museum of Art houses and displays its collection of Medieval art, located in Fort Tryon Park.

 

Hudson Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located within the larger area known as Washington Heights. It is bounded to the north by Fort Tryon Park, to the west by the Hudson River, to the south by J. Hood Wright Park/173rd Street and to the east by Broadway. The name dates back at least to the 1990s, when residents of the area sought to differentiate their blocks from Washington Heights at large. As a result, some have criticized it as an especially artificial creation, but it is now in more common usage, with The New York Times typically using it to label real estate transactions that happen within its borders. Indeed, Times references to the name date back at least to 1998. Hudson Heights is home to the highest natural point in Manhattan, located in Bennett Park. It's 265 feet above sea level, or a few dozen feet lower than the torch on the Statue of Liberty. The neighborhood is mostly residential, but it also has strips of commercial activity along 187th Street and 181st. Most buildings are pre-war i.e, built in the 1930s, some in Art Deco style, most are "owner occupied residential properties". The first and largest residential complexes in the area where started by real estate developer Dr. Charles V. Paterno; Hudson View Gardens opened in 1924 and was originally started and sold as a housing cooperative, Castle Village on the other side of Cabrini Boulevard was finished in 1939 and converted to a co-op in 1985. Another large cooperative is the 16-story Cabrini Terrace, the highest building in the neighborhood. In the 1980s, most rental buildings in the area were converted to housing cooperatives or condominiums. In recent years, Hudson Heights has been an attractive area for homebuyers who want to stay in Manhattan, but can't afford to buy condos or co-ops in most other areas of the borough, or who want to buy condos or co-ops larger than those typically found in other areas. The multiple housing cooperatives and condominiums in the area have formed the Hudson Heights Owners Coalition.
 

Among notable institutions in Hudson Heights are the Catholic shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and The Cloisters, where the Metropolitan Museum of Art houses and displays its collection of Medieval art, located in Fort Tryon Park.The area gained notoriety in May 2005 when a 75-year-old retaining wall facing the Hudson River on the property of the Castle Village co-op housing complex collapsed onto the Henry Hudson Parkway, causing much consternation and traffic delays.

Hudson Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located within the larger area known as Washington Heights. It is bounded to the north by Fort Tryon Park, to the west by the Hudson River, to the south by J. Hood Wright Park/173rd Street and to the east by Broadway. The name dates back at least to the 1990s, when residents of the area sought to differentiate their blocks from Washington Heights at large. As a result, some have criticized it as an especially artificial creation, but it is now in more common usage, with The New York Times typically using it to label real estate transactions that happen within its borders. Indeed, Times references to the name date back at least to 1998. Hudson Heights is home to the highest natural point in Manhattan, located in Bennett Park. It's 265 feet above sea level, or a few dozen feet lower than the torch on the Statue of Liberty. The neighborhood is mostly residential, but it also has strips of commercial activity along 187th Street and 181st. Most buildings are pre-war i.e, built in the 1930s, some in Art Deco style, most are "owner occupied residential properties". The first and largest residential complexes in the area where started by real estate developer Dr. Charles V. Paterno; Hudson View Gardens opened in 1924 and was originally started and sold as a housing cooperative, Castle Village on the other side of Cabrini Boulevard was finished in 1939 and converted to a co-op in 1985. Another large cooperative is the 16-story Cabrini Terrace, the highest building in the neighborhood. In the 1980s, most rental buildings in the area were converted to housing cooperatives or condominiums. In recent years, Hudson Heights has been an attractive area for homebuyers who want to stay in Manhattan, but can't afford to buy condos or co-ops in most other areas of the borough, or who want to buy condos or co-ops larger than those typically found in other areas. The multiple housing cooperatives and condominiums in the area have formed the Hudson Heights Owners Coalition.
 

Among notable institutions in Hudson Heights are the Catholic shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and The Cloisters, where the Metropolitan Museum of Art houses and displays its collection of Medieval art, located in Fort Tryon Park.The area gained notoriety in May 2005 when a 75-year-old retaining wall facing the Hudson River on the property of the Castle Village co-op housing complex collapsed onto the Henry Hudson Parkway, causing much consternation and traffic delays.

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This neighborhood was designated an Historic District by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, one of the earliest landmarked districts in the five boroughs. It encompasses a 16-block area in Central Harlem, going north from West 118th to West 124th Streets and west from Fifth Avenue to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue). The district includes a remarkable cross-section of late 19th- and early 20th-century residential and church architecture representing all of the various eclectic styles associated with the Gilded Age. "Doctors' Row" (West 122nd Street), Mount Morris Park West, and Malcolm X Boulevard demonstrate the remarkable survival of substantially unaltered 19th-century streetscapes, rare in most areas of Manhattan.

The rocky hill of Manhattan mica-schist that dominates Mount Morris Park was popular among Native American tribes as a look-out point from which one could see over the entire island. Dutch colonists who established the town of Nieuw Haarlem in 1658 called it Slang Berg, which translates to Snake Hill. During the War of Independence, the hill's strategic position near the mouth of the Harlem River led to a series of skirmishes between the patriots and the British. On September 4, 1839, a residential square named Mount Morris Square was established on just over 20 acres of the old Benson family land grant farm. Shortly thereafter, it became part of the New York City public park system as Mount Morris Park.

Many New Yorkers came up to Mount Morris Park from the more congested areas of the city to enjoy country walks and picnics well into the late 1870's. The area also enjoyed a colorful history as an entertainment venue. The Benson farm was the site of the former Harlem Trotting Course, a race track extending from 120th and 134th Streets between Madison and Fifth Avenues.

The park was renamed Marcus Garvey Park in 1973, honoring the charismatic leader of the international Pan-African movement. Garvey (1887-1940) was spokesman and President of the short-lived nation known as the "Republic of Africa," and maintained his headquarters in Harlem.

To honor the rich heritage of the Historic District and of Harlem, the Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association (MMPCIA) was formed in 1981. These concerned and committed residents of Harlem's elegant brownstone neighborhoods and proud members of its churches are striving to create a 21st Century Renaissance. They are involved in promoting sites such as the historic Apollo Theatre, the National Black Theatre, the Schomburg Library, the Studio Museum of Harlem, and the many fine soul food, African, and Caribbean restaurants in Central Harlem. They are the sponsors of an annual Historic Neighborhood House Tour (usually the second weekend in June), featuring historic brownstones and other landmarked buildings in the area for public view.

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Inwood is the northernmost neighborhood on Manhattan Island in the New York City borough of Manhattan and New York State's County of New York. This is not to say, however, that Inwood is the northernmost neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan (because the borough of Manhattan includes a small part of the North American mainland (Marble Hill) to the north of the island of Manhattan). While Inwood is sometimes thought to be a sub-section of Washington Heights, the larger and better-known neighborhood to its south, most people residing in, or familiar with, Upper Manhattan consider Inwood to be a separate and distinct neighborhood in its own right. It has earned the nickname "The Singer's Slum" as many opera singers, musicians, composers and actors live in the area. It is physically bounded by the Harlem River to the north and east, the Hudson River to the west, and runs down to a little below Dyckman Street on the south.

Its main local thoroughfare is Broadway (also, at this point US 9), its main highways are the Henry Hudson Parkway and the Harlem River Drive, and its main shopping areas are Dyckman Street, Broadway and West 207th Street. Compared to the rest of Manhattan, Inwood is often deemed a rather remote, if not obscure, locale, and enjoys (even savors) no worldwide renown. In fact, its location places it technically closer to suburban Westchester County, New York than to Midtown Manhattan. Inwood Hill Park, on the Hudson River, is a largely wooded city park that contains caves that were used by the Lenape before Europeans arrived, and the last salt marsh in Manhattan. Birdwatchers come to the park to see waterbirds, raptors, and a wide variety of migratory birds. The legendary purchase of Manhattan Island from the Lenape by Peter Minuit took place in what is now Inwood Hill Park. Inwood is one of the few neighborhoods on Manhattan Island that still has a few detached houses (as opposed to the apartment houses, brownstones and townhouses that predominate in other residential areas of Manhattan). There are also a few detached homes in Washington Heights.

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Sugar Hill is a neighborhood in the northern part of Harlem, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The neighborhood is defined by 155th Street to the north, 145th Street to the south, Edgecombe Avenue to the east, and Amsterdam Avenue to the west. The name originated in the 1920's, when the area became a popular place to live for wealthy African Americans. It was a popular residential area of row houses for wealthy African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance, including W.E.B. DuBois, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, and Duke Ellingto. Sugar Hill was made a municipal historic district by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2000. Rap group The Sugarhill Gang and rap record label Sugar Hill Records pay homage to the neighborhood in their names.
 

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   Rich in History, Culture and Beauty is Washington Heights

This New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War at the highest point on Manhattan island to defend the area from the British forces. During the Battle of Fort Washington, on November 16, 1776, the fort was captured by the British at great cost to the American forces; 130 soldiers were killed or wounded, and an additional 2,700 captured and held as prisoners, many of whom died on prison ships anchored in New York Harbor.

Washington Heights is located in northern Manhattan. Along with its neighbor, Inwood, it is experiencing gentrification as increasing numbers of professionals with higher incomes seek affordable housing, a more relaxed suburban feel, and more space in these neighborhoods. Artists, students, and families from diverse backgrounds live here. Many of the buildings were built in the once prevalent Art Deco style, thereby creating a certain stylistic uniformity, which harmonizes the area. Washington Heights has many beautiful houses and co-ops on quiet tree-lined blocks with lovely architecture. Along with its oases of trees, parks and Hudson River views, you'll find many nooks and crannies in this area, still largely undiscovered by the folks who think Manhattan ends at 96th Street. On the other hand, when you want big-city life, this lovely, safe neighborhood is only 15 minutes from Midtown on the A train.

The progress of the battle is marked by a series of bronze plaques along Broadway. The neighborhood has a large Dominican population (the area is sometimes referred to as "Quisqueya Heights"), and Spanish is commonly heard being spoken on the streets. Since the 1980s, the neighborhood has been the United States' most important base for Dominican empowerment in the political, non-profit, cultural, and athletic arenas.

There is also a significant Jewish population, particularly in Hudson Heights subsection, descended from a previous wave of immigration, as well as students (and recent graduates) of the neighborhood's Yeshiva University. The term "Hudson Heights" was created by one of the local real estate firms to attract more wealthy residents in the area. It worked, and the gentrification has been continuing in recent years. It brought a Starbucks to 181st Street, and other upscale stores, spas, gourmet markets, and restaurants.
 

In the heart of Washington Heights, there is a bustling commercial district as well as Yeshiva University and Columbia's Presbyterian Medical Center. The neighborhood's Fort Tyron Park is home to the magnificent Cloisters, a medieval museum, with a tremendous collection of art, built in the style of medieval cloisters, chapels and halls. With its many positives, it's no wonder this neighborhood is becoming increasingly popular. If there is any area of the city that is destined to be the next "it" neighborhood, Upper Manhattan is the one to watch.