Editing Harlem (section)

== Culture ==
{{See also|Harlem Renaissance}}
[[File:A night-club map of Harlem LOC 2016585261.jpg|thumb|222x222px|A 1933 map of [[nightclub]]s in Harlem, showing [[Savoy Ballroom]], [[Cotton Club]], [[Smalls Paradise]] and others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manhattan, Vol. 1, No. 1: A Night-Club Map of Harlem |url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2020.26.34a-e |access-date=October 29, 2023 |website=National Museum of African American History and Culture |language=en}}</ref>]]
In the 1920s and 1930s, Central and West Harlem was the focus of the "[[Harlem Renaissance]]", an outpouring of artistic work without precedent in the American Black community. Though Harlem musicians and writers are particularly well remembered, the community has also hosted numerous actors and theater companies, including the New Heritage Repertory Theater,<ref name="ng1977"/> National Black Theater, Lafayette Players, Harlem Suitcase Theater, The Negro Playwrights, [[American Negro Theater]], and the Rose McClendon Players.<ref>Jim Williams, "Need for Harlem Theater", in ''Harlem: A Community in Transition'', 1964. p.158</ref>

[[File:Apollo Theater, Harlem (November 2006).jpg|thumb|left|upright|The [[Apollo Theater]] on [[125th Street (Manhattan)|125th Street]] in November 2006]]

The [[Apollo Theater]] opened on 125th Street on January 26, 1934, in a former [[burlesque house]]. The [[Savoy Ballroom]], on [[Lenox Avenue]], was a renowned venue for [[Swing (dance)|swing]] dancing, and was immortalized in a popular song of the era, "[[Stompin' at the Savoy]]". In the 1920s and 1930s, between Lenox and [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenues]] in central Harlem, over 125 entertainment venues were in operation, including [[Speakeasy|speakeasies]], cellars, lounges, cafes, taverns, supper clubs, rib joints, theaters, dance halls, and bars and grills.<ref>{{cite web |first=Murray L. |last=Pfeffer |title=My Harlem Reverie |url=http://nfo.net/usa/harlem.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331102518/http://nfo.net/usa/harlem.html |archive-date=March 31, 2010 |publisher=The Big Bands Database |access-date=October 2, 2016}}</ref>

[[133rd Street (Manhattan)|133rd Street]], known as "Swing Street", became known for its cabarets, speakeasies and jazz scene during the Prohibition era, and was dubbed "Jungle Alley" because of "inter-racial mingling" on the street.<ref name="Freeland2009">{{cite book |last=Freeland |first=David |title=Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure |url=https://archive.org/details/automatstaxidanc00davi |url-access=registration |year=2009 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-0-8147-2763-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/automatstaxidanc00davi/page/155 155]}}</ref><ref name="NNS">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX05_owF5js |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/XX05_owF5js |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Saxman Finds Place For Jazz History |date=December 18, 2008 |publisher=New York City News Service |type=Video |access-date=December 6, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Some jazz venues, including the [[Cotton Club]], where [[Duke Ellington]] played, and [[Connie's Inn]], were restricted to whites only. Others were integrated, including the [[Renaissance Ballroom]] and the Savoy Ballroom.

In 1936, [[Orson Welles]] produced his [[Voodoo Macbeth|black ''Macbeth'']] at the [[Lafayette Theatre (Harlem)|Lafayette Theater]] in Harlem.<ref>"Jam Streets as 'Macbeth' Opens", ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 15, 1936.</ref> Grand theaters from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were torn down or converted to churches. Harlem lacked any permanent performance space until the creation of the Gatehouse Theater in an old [[Croton aqueduct]] building on [[135th Street (Manhattan)|135th Street]] in 2006.<ref>"Gatehouse Ushers in a Second Act as a Theater", ''The New York Times'', October 17, 2006</ref>
[[File:Spritual African Drummer .jpg|thumb|upright|Spiritual African drummer on 135th Street between [[Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard]] and [[Frederick Douglass Boulevard]]]]<!-- The National Black Theater does have a couple of theaters but they have not produced any plays in years; as far as I can tell, they just rent the space out for social events. -->

From 1965 until 2007, the community was home to the [[Boys Choir of Harlem|Harlem Boys Choir]], a touring choir and education program for young boys, most of whom are black.<ref name="endchoir">{{cite news |last1=Otterman |first1=Sharon |title=A Quiet End for Boys Choir of Harlem |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/nyregion/23choir.html?_r=0 |access-date=February 18, 2015 |work=The New York Times |date=December 22, 2009 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218073927/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/nyregion/23choir.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Girls Choir of Harlem was founded in 1989, and closed with the Boys Choir.<ref name="girlschoir">{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Randy |title=A Girls' Choir Finally Sings In Spotlight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/24/nyregion/a-girls-choir-finally-sings-in-spotlight.html |access-date=February 18, 2015 |work=The New York Times |date=November 24, 1997 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218074846/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/24/nyregion/a-girls-choir-finally-sings-in-spotlight.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1967 to 1969, the [[Harlem Cultural Festival]] took place in [[Marcus Garvey Park|Mount Morris Park]]. Another name for this festival is "Black Woodstock". Artists like [[Stevie Wonder]], [[The 5th Dimension]], and [[Gladys Knight]] performed here.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bernstein |first=Jonathan |date=August 9, 2019 |title=This 1969 Music Fest Has Been Called 'Black Woodstock.' Why Doesn't Anyone Remember? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/black-woodstock-harlem-cultural-festival-history-859626/ |access-date=November 30, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130194255/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/black-woodstock-harlem-cultural-festival-history-859626/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=director. |first=Questlove, film |title=Summer of soul |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1292021759 |oclc=1292021759 |access-date=November 30, 2022}}</ref>

Harlem is also home to the largest [[African American Day Parade]], which celebrates the culture of African [[diaspora]] in America. The parade was started up in the spring of 1969 with Congressman [[Adam Clayton Powell Jr.]] as the Grand Marshal of the first celebration.<ref name="africanamericanday">{{cite web |title=HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN DAY PARADE, INC. |url=http://www.africanamericandayparade.org/3.html |website=African American Day Parade |access-date=February 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218072654/http://www.africanamericandayparade.org/3.html |archive-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref>

[[Arthur Mitchell (dancer)|Arthur Mitchell]], a former dancer with the [[New York City Ballet]], established [[Dance Theatre of Harlem]] as a school and company of classical ballet and theater training in the late 1960s. The company has toured nationally and internationally. Generations of theater artists have gotten a start at the school.

By the 2010s, new dining hotspots were opening in Harlem around Frederick Douglass Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/shows/newyorklive/Harlems-Restaurant-Row/103478474 |title=Drone Footage Shows Hurricane Lane Flooding in Hawaii |website=NBC New York |access-date=February 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402032823/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/shows/newyorklive/Harlems-Restaurant-Row/103478474 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> At the same time, some residents fought back against the powerful waves of gentrification the neighborhood is experiencing. In 2013, residents staged a sidewalk [[sit-in]] to protest a five-days-a-week [[farmers market]] that would shut down Macombs Place at 150th Street.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131018/hamilton-heights/harlem-residents-protest-farmers-market-temporary-pedestrian-plaza |title=Harlem Residents Hold Sit-In to Protest Farmers Market Takeover of Plaza |last=Mays |first=Jeff |date=October 18, 2013 |publisher=DNAinfo.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123224148/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131018/hamilton-heights/harlem-residents-protest-farmers-market-temporary-pedestrian-plaza |archive-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref>

Uptown Night Market was founded in 2021 to celebrate cuisine, community, and culture.<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=September 30, 2021 |title=Announcing Uptown Night Market From Cupcakes, Catering, Cuzin's And More All Under The Arch In Harlem |url=https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/announcing-uptown-night-market-from-cupcakes-catering-cuzins-and-more-all-in-harlem/ |access-date=January 29, 2022 |work=Harlem World Magazine |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126183625/https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/announcing-uptown-night-market-from-cupcakes-catering-cuzins-and-more-all-in-harlem/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It is one of the largest night markets in [[Manhattan]]. The main attractions include musical performances, arts and crafts shows, and food.<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 4, 2021 |title=Uptown Night Market Opens Its Doors For A Strong Harlem Week 2021 |url=https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/uptown-night-market-opens-its-doors-for-a-strong-harlem-week-2021/ |access-date=January 29, 2022 |work=Harlem World Magazine |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126170452/https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/uptown-night-market-opens-its-doors-for-a-strong-harlem-week-2021/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Music===
[[File:Black Ivory promo10.jpg|thumb|[[Black Ivory]] in Harlem 2017]]
Many R&B/Soul groups and artists formed in Harlem. [[The Main Ingredient (band)|The Main Ingredient]], [[Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers]], [[Black Ivory]], [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]], [[Keith Sweat]], [[Freddie Jackson]], [[Alyson Williams]], [[Johnny Kemp]], [[Teddy Riley]], [[Dave Wooley]], and others got their start in Harlem.

Manhattan's contributions to [[hip-hop]] stems largely from artists with Harlem roots such as [[Doug E. Fresh]], [[Big L]], [[Kurtis Blow]], [[The Diplomats]], [[Mase]] or [[Immortal Technique]]. Harlem is also the birthplace of popular hip-hop dances such as the [[Harlem shake (dance)|Harlem shake]], toe wop, and [[Chicken Noodle Soup (Webstar song)|Chicken Noodle Soup]].

Harlem's [[classical music]] birthed organizations and chamber ensembles such as [[Roberta Guaspari]]'s Opus 118,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=Meryl Streep plays violin in Music of the Heart |url=https://www.thestrad.com/video/meryl-streep-plays-violin-in-music-of-the-heart/3828.article |website=The Strad |language=en |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629003842/https://www.thestrad.com/video/meryl-streep-plays-violin-in-music-of-the-heart/3828.article |url-status=live }}</ref> Harlem Chamber Players,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Chloe |title=The Apollo Theater, ACO & NBT to Present THE GATHERING: A COLLECTIVE SONIC RING SHOUT |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/The-Apollo-Theater-ACO-NBT-to-Present-THE-GATHERING-A-COLLECTIVE-SONIC-RING-SHOUT-20220420 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |date=April 20, 2022 |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512004558/https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/The-Apollo-Theater-ACO-NBT-to-Present-THE-GATHERING-A-COLLECTIVE-SONIC-RING-SHOUT-20220420 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Omnipresent Music Festival BIPOC Musicians Festival]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Escobar |first1=Christine |title=EVENTS: Violinist Creates New Music Fest to Showcase BBIPOC artists |url=https://www.representclassical.com/news-1/events-harlem-violinist-creates-new-omnipresent-music-festival-to-showcase-bipoc-artists |website=Represent Classical |date=July 23, 2021 |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=October 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005021457/https://www.representclassical.com/news-1/events-harlem-violinist-creates-new-omnipresent-music-festival-to-showcase-bipoc-artists |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harlem Quartet]], and musicians such as violinist [[Edward W. Hardy]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jacobs |first1=Jessie |title=He followed his passion for classical music from Harlem to Colorado |url=https://www.cpr.org/2022/02/02/he-followed-his-passion-for-classical-music-from-harlem-to-colorado/ |website=Colorado Public Radio |publisher=CPR Classical |language=en |date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523143237/https://www.cpr.org/2022/02/02/he-followed-his-passion-for-classical-music-from-harlem-to-colorado/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1920s, African-American pianists who lived in Harlem invented their own style of jazz piano, called [[Stride (music)|stride]], which was heavily influenced by [[ragtime]]. This style played a very important role in early jazz piano<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YgALtJ2GKIUC&q=harlem+stride&pg=PA148 |title=New York Modern: The Arts and the City |first1=William B. |last1=Scott |first2=Peter M. |last2=Rutkoff |date=August 14, 2001 |publisher=JHU Press |via=Google Books |isbn=9780801867934 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027210519/https://books.google.com/books?id=YgALtJ2GKIUC&q=harlem+stride&pg=PA148#v=snippet&q=harlem%20stride&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTKvDAAAQBAJ&q=stride+piano+importance+in+jazz&pg=PT3 |title=How to Play Solo Jazz Piano |first=John |last=Valerio |date=August 1, 2016 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |via=Google Books |isbn=9781495073663 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027210520/https://books.google.com/books?id=eTKvDAAAQBAJ&q=stride+piano+importance+in+jazz&pg=PT3#v=snippet&q=stride%20piano%20importance%20in%20jazz&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Language===
In 1938, jazz bandleader and singer [[Cab Calloway]] published the first dictionary by an African-American, ''Cab Calloway's Cat-ologue: A "Hepster's" Dictionary'', which became the official [[Glossary of jive talk|jive language]] reference book of the [[New York Public Library]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sorene |first=Paul |date=April 26, 2017 |title=Cab Calloway's Hepster's Dictionary: A Guide To The Language Of Jive (1938) |url=https://flashbak.com/cab-calloways-hepsters-dictionary-a-guide-to-the-language-of-jive-1938-378657/ |website=Flashbak |language=en-US |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113093107/https://flashbak.com/cab-calloways-hepsters-dictionary-a-guide-to-the-language-of-jive-1938-378657/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Calt">{{cite book |last1=Calt |first1=Stephen |title=Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary |date=2009 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=9780252076602 |page=xxi}}</ref> In 1939, Calloway published an accompanying book titled ''Professor Cab Calloway's Swingformation Bureau'', which instructed readers how to apply the words and phrases from the dictionary. He released several editions until 1944, the last being ''The New Cab Calloway's Hepsters Dictionary: Language of Jive''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Alvarez |first=Luis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e6gwDwAAQBAJ&q=cab+calloway+ |title=The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance During World War II |publisher=Univ of California Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-520-26154-9 |pages=92–93 |language=en |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027210520/https://books.google.com/books?id=e6gwDwAAQBAJ&q=cab+calloway+#v=snippet&q=cab%20calloway&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> Poet [[Lemn Sissay]] observed that "Cab Calloway was taking ownership of language for a people who, just a few generations before, had their own languages taken away."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blakemore |first=Erin |date=August 1, 2017 |title=The 'Hepster Dictionary' Was the First Dictionary Written By an African American |url=https://www.history.com/news/the-hepster-dictionary-was-the-first-dictionary-written-by-an-african-american |website=History |language=en |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310031324/https://www.history.com/news/the-hepster-dictionary-was-the-first-dictionary-written-by-an-african-american |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Religious life===
[[File:Andrew Episcopal Harlem jeh.JPG|thumb|left|[[St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (New York City)|St. Andrew's Episcopal Church]]]]
Religious life has historically had a strong presence in Black Harlem. The area is home to over 400 churches,<ref>"The New Heyday of Harlem", Tessa Souter, ''The Independent'', Sunday, June 8, 1997</ref> some of which are official city or national landmarks.<ref name="nycland"/><ref name="nrhp1"/> Major Christian denominations include [[Baptists]], Pentecostals, [[Methodism|Methodists]] (generally [[African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church|African Methodist Episcopal Zionist]], or "AMEZ" and [[African Methodist Episcopal Church|African Methodist Episcopalian]], or "AME"), [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalians]], and [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]. The [[Abyssinian Baptist Church]] has long been influential because of its large congregation. [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] built a chapel on 128th Street in 2005.

Many of the area's churches are "[[storefront church]]es", which operate in an empty store, or a basement, or a converted brownstone townhouse. These congregations may have fewer than 30–50 members each, but there are hundreds of them.<ref>''Fact Not Fiction in Harlem'', John H. Johnson, St. Martin's Church, 1980. p. 69+</ref> Others are old, large, and designated landmarks. Especially in the years before World War II, Harlem produced popular Christian charismatic "cult" leaders, including [[George Wilson Becton]] and [[Father Divine]].<ref name="HUSAintro">''Harlem U.S.A.'', ed. John Henrik Clarke, introduction to 1971 edition</ref>

Mosques in Harlem include the [[Masjid Malcolm Shabazz]] (formerly Mosque No. 7 [[Nation of Islam]], and the location of the [[1972 Harlem mosque incident]]), the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood and Masjid Aqsa. Judaism, too, maintains a presence in Harlem through the [[Old Broadway Synagogue]]. A non-mainstream synagogue of [[Black Hebrews]], known as [[Commandment Keepers]], was based in a synagogue at 1 West 123rd Street until 2008.
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===Landmarks<span class="anchor" id="Harlem landmarks"></span>===
[[File:Abyssinian Baptist Church Harlem1.jpg|thumb|[[Abyssinian Baptist Church]], Harlem]]
[[File:St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Harlem, looking northeast across Malcom X Blvd, 2008 jeh.jpg|thumb|right|St Martin's Episcopal Church, at [[Lenox Avenue]] and 122nd Street]]
[[File:Hotel theresa.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hotel Theresa]] building at the corner of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and [[125th Street (Manhattan)|125th Street]]]]
[[File:Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building from east.jpg|thumb|right|[[Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building]], at the same intersection as the Hotel Theresa]]

====Officially designated landmarks====
Many places in Harlem are official city landmarks labeled by the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] or are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:
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* [[12 West 129th Street]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1845.pdf |title=12 West 129th Street |date=July 26, 1994 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153346/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1845.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[17 East 128th Street]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1237.pdf |title=17 East 128th Street |date=December 21, 1982 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153354/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1237.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[369th Regiment Armory]], a New York City landmark and NRHP-listed site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1390.pdf |title=369th Regiment Armory |date=May 14, 1985 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610194259/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1390.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhp1"/>
* [[Abyssinian Baptist Church]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1851.pdf |title=Abyssinian Baptist Church and Community House |date=July 13, 1993 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153346/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1851.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Apollo Theater]], a New York City landmark and NRHP-listed site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1299.pdf |title=Apollo Theater |date=June 28, 1983 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153516/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1299.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhp1">{{NRISref|2013}}</ref>
* [[Astor Row]], a set of New York City landmark houses<ref name="nycland">{{cite nycland}}</ref>{{rp|207}}
* [[Blockhouse No. 1]], [[Fort Clinton (Central Park)|Fort Clinton]], and [[Nutter's Battery]], part of [[Central Park]], a [[New York City scenic landmark]] and NRHP-listed site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0851.pdf |title=Central Park |date=April 16, 1974 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0851.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhp1"/>
* [[Central Harlem West–130–132nd Streets Historic District]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2607.pdf |title=Central Harlem West–130–132nd Streets Historic District |date=May 29, 2018 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209154116/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2607.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Dunbar Apartments]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0708.pdf |title=Dunbar Apartments |date=July 14, 1970 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153512/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0708.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Graham Court Apartments]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1254.pdf |title=Graham Court Apartments |date=October 16, 1984 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=March 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316163512/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1254.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Hamilton Grange]], a New York City landmark and NRHP-listed site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0317.pdf |title=Alexander Hamilton House, the Grange |date=August 2, 1967 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801125354/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0317.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Harlem River Houses]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0894.pdf |title=Harlem River Houses |date=September 23, 1975 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209154027/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0894.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Harlem YMCA]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1973.pdf |title=Young Men's Christian Association Building, 135th Street Branch |date=February 10, 1998 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153318/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1973.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Hotel Theresa]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1843.pdf |title=Hotel Theresa |date=July 13, 1993 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201050001/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1843.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Jackie Robinson YMCA Youth Center]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1848.pdf |title=Young Men's Christian Association Building, Harlem Branch (now) Jackie Robinson YMCA Youth Center |date=December 13, 2016 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201054848/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1848.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Langston Hughes House]], a New York City landmark and NRHP-listed site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1135.pdf |title=Langston Hughes House |date=August 11, 1981 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201044256/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1135.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhp1"/>
* [[Macombs Dam Bridge]] and 155th Street Viaduct, a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1629.pdf |title=Macomb's Dam Bridge and 155th Street Viaduct |date=January 14, 1992 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113044919/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1629.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Manhattan Avenue-West 120th-123rd Streets Historic District]], a NRHP historic district<ref name="nrhp1"/>
* [[Metropolitan Baptist Church (New York City)|Metropolitan Baptist Church]], a New York City landmark and NRHP-listed site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1134.pdf |title=Metropolitan Baptist Church |date=February 3, 1981 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209154135/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1134.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhp1"/>
* [[Minton's Playhouse]], a NRHP-listed site<ref name="nrhp1"/>
* [[Morningside Park (Manhattan)|Morningside Park]], a [[New York City scenic landmark]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2254.pdf |title=Morningside Park |date=July 15, 2008 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801113418/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2254.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1849.pdf |title=Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |date=July 13, 1993 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153350/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1849.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Mount Morris Park Historic District]], a New York City landmark district<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0452.pdf |title=Mount Morris Park Historic District |date=November 3, 1971 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031045343/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0452.pdf |url-status=live }}<br />{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2571.pdf |title=Mount Morris Park Historic District (Extension) |date=September 22, 2015 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801113455/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2571.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2320.pdf |title=Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church |date=June 23, 2009 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153343/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2320.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[New York Public Library 115th Street Branch]], a New York City landmark and NRHP-listed site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0298.pdf |title=New York Public Library, 115th Street Branch |date=July 12, 1967 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153622/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0298.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhp1"/>
* [[Regent Theatre (New York City)|Regent Theatre]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1841.pdf |title=Regent Theater |date=March 8, 1994 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=October 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012040244/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1841.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Schomburg Collection for Research in Black Culture]], a New York City landmark and NRHP-listed site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1133.pdf |title=Schomburg Collection for Research in Black Culture |date=February 3, 1981 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201051546/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1133.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhp1"/>
* [[St. Aloysius Catholic Church (New York City)|St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2164.pdf |title=St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church |date=January 30, 2007 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153326/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2164.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (New York City)|St. Andrew's Church]], a New York City landmark and NRHP-listed site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0294.pdf |title=Saint Andrew's Church |date=April 12, 1967 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153327/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0294.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhp1"/>
* [[St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1846.pdf |title=Saint Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church |date=July 13, 1993 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153727/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1846.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[St. Martin's Episcopal Church (New York City)|St. Martin's Episcopal Church]] (formerly Trinity Church), a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0293.pdf |title=St. Martin's Episcopal Church |date=July 19, 1966 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153508/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0293.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[St. Nicholas Historic District]], a New York City landmark district<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0322.pdf |title=St. Nicholas Historic District |date=March 16, 1967 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107005909/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0322.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1844.pdf |title=St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church |date=March 8, 1994 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153901/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1844.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Wadleigh High School for Girls]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1840.pdf |title=Wadleigh High School for Girls |date=July 26, 1994 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153659/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1840.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Washington Apartments (New York City)|Washington Apartments]], a New York City landmark<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1842.pdf |title=Washington Apartments |date=March 8, 1994 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=October 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012040238/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1842.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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====Other points of interest====
Other prominent points of interest include:

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* [[Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building]]
* [[All Saints Church (Manhattan)|All Saints Church]]
* [[ATLAH World Missionary Church]]
* [[Bushman Steps]], stairway that led baseball fans from the subway to [[The Polo Grounds]] ticket booth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M127/highlights/11962 |title=Bushman Steps NYC Parks website highlights |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111111134/http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M127/highlights/11962 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Cotton Club]]
* [[Duke Ellington Circle]]
* [[Frederick Douglass Circle]]
* [[Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts]]
* [[Harlem Children's Zone]]
* [[Harlem Hospital Center]]
* [[The Harlem School of the Arts]]
* [[Lenox Lounge]]
* [[Marcus Garvey Park]]
** [[Harlem Fire Watchtower]], a New York City landmark and NRHP-listed site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0313.pdf |title=Watch Tower |date=July 12, 1967 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=September 16, 2020 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921121443/https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0313.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nrhp1"/>
* [[Morningside Park (Manhattan)|Morningside Park]]
* [[National Black Theatre]]
* [[New York College of Podiatric Medicine]]
* [[Marcus Samuelsson|Red Rooster]]
* [[Rucker Park]]
* [[Savoy Ballroom]]
* [[St. Nicholas Houses]]
* [[Studio Museum in Harlem]]
* [[Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem|Sylvia's Soul Food]]
* [[Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine]]
* [[New York Amsterdam News]]
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