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The St. Nicholas Historic District, known colloquially as "Striver's Row", [3] is a historic district located on both sides of West 138th and West 139th Streets between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue), in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City.
The IRT Lenox Avenue Line runs under the entire length of the street, serving the New York City Subway's 2 and 3 trains. The M7 and M102 serve Lenox north of West 116th Street, respectively coming from west and east, and the M1 joins in north of West 139th Street. All three run to West 147th Street (Harlem) or from West 146th Street (opposite ...
The most dangerous part of Harlem was the "Bradhurst section" between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Edgecombe, from 139th Street through 155th. In 1991, this region was described in the New York Times as follows: "Since 1970, an exodus of residents has left behind the poor, the uneducated, the unemployed. Nearly two-thirds of the ...
Grace Congregational Church of Harlem is a congregational church in Harlem, New York City, New York. [1] It has served African Americans including in the theater industry. The building, designed by Joseph Ireland in a Romanesque architectural style and completed in 1892, served two other congregations before this one.
On February 15, 1999, Coleman was killed in a drive-by shooting at 45 West 139th Street in his native Harlem. He was hit nine times in the face and chest. He was hit nine times in the face and chest. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Gerard Woodley, one of Coleman's childhood friends, was arrested three months later for the crime. [ 39 ] "
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Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
139 & Lenox is the third studio album and second posthumous studio album by American hip hop artist Big L.It was released on August 31, 2010 by Flamboyant. [1] [2] [3] The title of the album refers to the street corner of Harlem where Big L was raised.