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NORTHERN MANHATTAN

East Harlem

boundaries; S- 96th St.; W- Fifth Ave.; E- Harlem River; N-155th St.

 

Known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio

 

A neighborhood with a Latin flavor from Puerto Ricans to Mexicans today.  An area that is constantly changing.

 Museum for African Art

Neighborhoods

(Between 125th Street and 205th Street)

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 Harlem (west)

boundaries: S- 110th; W- Hudson River; E- Fifth Ave.; N- 155th St.

 

 

It was named after the Dutch city of Haarlem, and where the Harlem Renaissance occurred--the great artistic work of the African community.

Mother Hale Statue

Harlem West

  • ​​​MARCUS GARVEY PARK- (previously known as Mt. Morris Park) East 120th to 124th Street

    • MOUNT MORRIS FIRE WATCHTOWER- Landmark 

 

 

  • HANCOCK PARK-St. Nicholas Ave., Manhattan Ave., W. 123rd Street

    • GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK STATUE- by James Wilson Alexander MacDonald

 

 

  • JACKIE ROBINSON PARK- Bradhurst Ave & Edgecombe Ave, W. 145th To 155th St.

    • JACKIE ROBINSON BUST- by Inge Hardison

 

  • HARLEM RIVER PARK- Harlem River Drive from E. 131 Street to W. 145th and W. 155th Street to Dyckman St.

 

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Hamilton Heights

boundaries: S- 135th St., W- Hudson River; N- 155th St.; E- Edgecombe Ave.

 

The neighborhood is named after Alexander Hamilton  who lived here during the last few years of his life.

 

The Hispanic Society of America

 

 

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Washington Heights

boundaries: S- 155th St.; N- Dyckman St.; W- Hudson River; E- Coogan's Bluff

 

 

During the American Revolution War the Continental Army built Ft. Washington at the highest point in Manhattan and this area is named for this fort.

Ft. Washington Memorial

Washington Heights

 

  • J. HOOD WRIGHT PARK- West 173rd Between Haven Avenue & Ft. Washington Avenue

    • 3000 A.D. DIFFUSION PIECE- by Terry Fugate-Wilcox

 

 

 

Ft. Tryon
Ft. Tryon

boundaries: W- Broadway; E- Hudson; N0 W181st St.; S- Dyckman St.

 

 

Built by Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr. (his father built Central Park) and gifted by John D. Rockefeller to the City.

 

Ft. Tryon Plaque

 

  • FORT TRYON PARK- Riverside Drive to Broadway, West 192nd St. to Dyckman Street

    • HEATHER GARDEN- 1st Street, a free-outdoor botanical garden

    • COLUMNADE- east of Cabrini Drive in T. Tryon Park by Eduardo Ramirez

    • MARGARET CORBIN CIRCLE- 190th Street & Ft. Tryon Park

 

  • THE CLOISTERS- Ft. Tryon Park, replica of a medieval monastery, W. 193rd Street; (212) 923-3700 or visit NYC Parks Site 

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Inwood
Inwood

boundaries: N- Harlem River; W- Hudson  River - S- Ft. Tryon Park

 

The last natural forest and salt marsh in Manhattan and the most northern neighborhood in Manhattan.

Salt Marsh in Manhattan

Neighborhoods

 

  • INWOOD HILL PARK- Dyckman St., Hudson River, Harlem River South, the last natural forest and salt marsh in Manhattan

    • INWOOD HILL PARK- Salt Marshes - around 207th Street

 

 

  • ISHAM PARK- Broadway, Isham St. Inwood Pk

    • ISHAM PARK BENCHES- 6 benches in the park

    • ISHAM PARK MEMORIAL- tablet on wall

 

  • HIGHBRIDGE PARK- West 155th Street and Dyckman Street, Edgecombe Avenue & Amsterdam Avenue

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