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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]]: {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * [[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 Westβ130β132nd 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 Westβ130β132nd 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> {{div col end}} ====Other points of interest==== Other prominent points of interest include: {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * [[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]] {{div col end}}
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