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====Fort George==== [[File:Fort George, New York, NY, USA - panoramio (17) cropped version.jpg|thumb|Apartment buildings in [[Fort George (New York)|Fort George]], with stilts along Fairview Avenue due to elevation differences]] Named for the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]'s [[Fort George (New York)|Fort George]], the lesser-recognized Fort George sub-neighborhood runs east of Broadway from 181st Street to Dyckman Street.<ref name="fortgeorgeplayground">{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/highbridge-park/highlights/12317|title=Highbridge Park Highlights β Fort George Playground|access-date=May 1, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718082120/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/highbridge-park/highlights/12317|archive-date=July 18, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/realestate/fort-george-manhattan-nosebleed-heights-and-down-to-earth-prices.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 1, 2020|date=April 19, 2017|first=C. J.|last=Hughes|title=Fort George, Manhattan: Nosebleed Heights and Down-to-Earth Prices}}</ref> Educational institutions include [[Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University)|Yeshiva College]], located east of Amsterdam Avenue near [[Highbridge Park]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yu.edu/student-life/campuses/wilf/|title=Campuses|publisher=[[Yeshiva University]]|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> and [[George Washington High School (New York City)|George Washington High School]], on the nearby site of the original Fort George.<ref name="heightseventful"/>{{Rp|155}} Fort George also holds one of Manhattan's rare semi-private streets, Washington Terrace, which runs south from West 186th Street for a half-block between Audubon and Amsterdam avenues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forgotten-ny.com/2013/12/washington-terrace-washington-heights/|title=Washington Terrace, Washington Heights|access-date=September 1, 2020|date=December 28, 2013|website=[[Forgotten NY]]}}</ref>
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