Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African-American residential, cultural, and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658. It is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands.
Harlem has been defined by a series of boom-and-bust cycles, with significant ethnic shifts accompanying each cycle. Black residents began to arrive in 1904, with numbers fed by the Great Migration. In the 1920s and 1930s, the neighborhood was the locus of the "Harlem Renaissance", an outpouring of artistic and professional works without precedent in the American black community. However, starting with the job losses of the Great Depression and especially after World War II with deindustrialization in New York, rates of crime and poverty increased significantly.
New York's revival in the late 20th century has led to renewal in Harlem as well. By 1995, Harlem was experiencing social and economic gentrification. Though the percentage of residents who are black peaked in 1950, the area remains predominantly black.
LOCAL PARKS & ENTERTAINMENT
Jackie Robinson Park [ between 145th and 155th Street and Edgecombe
and Bradhurst Avenue ]
St. Nicholas Park 100 Saint Nicholas Terrace and Street Nicholas Avenue
Morningside Heights Park 399 West 110th Street and Morningside Drive
Apolo Theater 253 W 125th St btw 7th Avenue and Frederick Douglass Blvd.
Museum of the City of New York1220 5th Ave
StudioMuseum of Harlem144 West 125th Street
[ between Lenox Avenue and 7th Avenue ]
Harlem Jazz & Music Festival West 135th Street
[ from 5th Avenue to Malcolm X Blvd ]
Harlem Heritage Tours104 Malcolm X Blvd. and 115th Street
DyckmanFarmhouseMuseum 4881 Broadway
RESTAURANTS
Amy Ruth’s 113 West 116th Street [ between Lenox & 7th Avenues ]
Bilie’s Black 271 West 119th Street
[ between Frederick Douglass Blvd. & St. Nicholas Avenue ]
China de Puebla 3143 Broadway and LaSalle Street
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que 646 West 131st Street and 12th Avenue
Mis Mamie’s 366 West 110th Street [ between Columbus & Manhattan Avenues ]
Patsy ’s Pizzeria 2287-91 First Avenue [ between 117th & 118th Streets ]
Zoma 2084 Frederick Douglass Blvd. and 113th Street
SCHOOLS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
PS028 Wright Brothers Schol 475 West 155th Street
PS046 Tapan Schol 2987 Frederick Douglass Boulevard
PS125 Ralph Bunche Schol 425 West 123rd Street
PS149 Sojourner Truth Schol 41 West 117th Street
PS161 Pedro A. Campos Schol 499 West 133rd Street
PS175- IS Henry H. Garnet 175 West 134th Street
PS180 Hugo Newman Schol 370 West 120th Street
PS 192 Jacob H. Schif Schol 500 West 138th Street
PS194 Counte Cullen Schol 244 West 144th Street
PS197 Joen Russwurn Schol 2230 Fifth Avenue
PS200 James Smith Schol 2589 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
PS208 Alain L. Locke Schol 21 West 111th Street
PS241 FamilyAcademy240 West 113th Street
PS76 A. Philip Randolph Schol 220 West 121st Street
PS92 Mary M. Bethune Schol 222 West 134th Street
HIGH SCHOOLS
IS195 Roberto Clemente Schol 509 West 129th Street
Rice High Schol 74 West 124th Street
Wadleigh High Schol 215 West 114th Street
COLLEGE
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 3080 Broadway
Manhattan Schol of Music 120 Claremont Avenue
New York Colege of Pediatric Medicine 1800 Park Avenue
Teachers Colege, ColumbiaUniversity525 West 120th Street
SHOPPING
Fairway market 2328 12th Avenue
Universal Games 3529 Broadway
Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Atmos 203 W 125th Street
Rite Aid 2170 Frederick Douglass Blvd
LOCAL HOSPITALS
Harlem Hospital Center 506 Lenox Avenue
St NicholasChildHealthCenter281 West 127th Street
Renaisance Health Care Network 215 W 125th St # 2
TRANSPORTATION
SUBWAY 6, 2, 3, A, B, C, or D
BUS M2, M10
POLICE
28th Precinct 2271 8th Avenue [ T 212.678.1611 ]
32nd Precinct 250 West 135th Street [ T 212.690.6311 ]
26th Precinct 520 West 126th Street [ T 212.678.1311 ]