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Harlem Meer is a man-made lake at the northeast corner of New York City's Central Park. It lies west of Fifth Avenue , south of 110th Street , and north of the Conservatory Garden , near the Harlem and East Harlem neighborhoods of Manhattan .
1868 map of Central Park, detail; North Woods is at left, while Harlem Meer is at top right. North Meadow can be seen at the bottom of the image. In 1870–1871, the Tammany Hall political machine, which was the largest political force in New York at the time, took control of Central Park for a brief period.
A map of Upper Manhattan, with Greater Harlem highlighted.Harlem proper is the neighborhood in the center. Harlem is located in Upper Manhattan.The three neighborhoods comprising the greater Harlem area—West, Central, and East Harlem—stretch from the Harlem River and East River to the east, to the Hudson River to the west; and between 155th Street in the north, where it meets Washington ...
This is a list of all neighborhoods in the section of Harlem, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Central Harlem ... West Harlem. Hamilton Heights;
Though no longer a part of New York City's water supply system, it does supply water to the nearby Pool and Harlem Meer. It is a popular place of interest in Central Park. Many joggers have used the 1.58-mile (2.54 km) [21] Stephanie and Fred Shuman Running Track, [22] including Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Madonna, and Jacqueline Kennedy ...
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 Harlem River is an 8-mile (13 km) tidal strait in New York City, New York, flowing between the Hudson River and the East River and separating the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the United States mainland. The northern stretch, also called the Spuyten Duyvil ("spewing devil") Creek, has been significantly altered for navigation purposes.
Little Hill was leveled when the right-of-way was graded for the New York and Harlem Railroad, following the present route of Park Avenue. [6] Mt Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church Apartment house on Mt Morris Park West. On September 4, 1839, a 20-acre (81,000 m 2) residential square was set aside. [7]