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East Harlem

East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east and north.[3][4][5] Despite its name, it is generally not considered to be a part of Harlem proper, but it is one of the neighborhoods included in Greater Harlem.[6]

For the song, see East Harlem (song).

East Harlem

115,921

52.1%

35.7%

7.3%

2.7%

0.2%

$21,480

10029, 10035

The neighborhood has one of the largest Hispanic communities in New York City, mostly Puerto Ricans, as well as Dominicans, Cubans, and Mexicans. The community is notable for its contributions to Latin freestyle and salsa music. East Harlem also includes the remnants of a once predominant Italian community, or Italian Harlem. The Chinese population has increased dramatically in East Harlem since 2000.[7][8][9]


East Harlem has historically suffered from many social issues, such as a high crime rate, the highest jobless rate in New York City, teenage pregnancy, AIDS, drug abuse, homelessness, and an asthma rate five times the national average.[10] It has the second-highest concentration of public housing in the United States, behind Brownsville, Brooklyn.[11] East Harlem is undergoing some gentrification, and in 2016 the city considered rezoning the area.


East Harlem is part of Manhattan Community District 11, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10029 and 10035.[1] It is patrolled by the 23rd and 25th Precincts of the New York City Police Department.[12][13]

335 East 111th Street; one 6-story building

East Rehab; one, 6-story rehabilitated tenement building

120th Street

Houses; 10 buildings, 6, 10 and 11 stories tall

East River

Edward Corsi Houses; one 16-story building

Gaylord White Houses; one 20-story building

George Washington Carver Houses; 13 buildings, 6 and 15 stories tall

Governor Houses; six buildings, 9 and 18 stories tall

Dewitt Clinton

Jackie Robinson Houses; one 8-story building

James Weldon Johnson Houses; 10 14-story buildings

Lehman Village; four 20-story buildings

Lexington Houses; four 14-story buildings

Metro North Plaza; three buildings, 7, 8, and 11 stories tall

Metro North Rehab; 17 6-story rehabilitated tenement buildings

Milbank-Frawley; two rehabilitated tenement buildings 5 and 6 stories tall

Morris Park Senior Citizens Home; one 9-story rehabilitated building

-East 122nd Street, 123rd Streets; two 6-story buildings

Park Avenue

President Abraham Lincoln; 14 buildings, 6 and 14 stories tall

President George Washington Houses; 14 buildings, 12 and 14 stories tall

President Thomas Jefferson Houses; 18 buildings, 7, 13 and 14 stories tall

President Woodrow Wilson Houses; three 20-story buildings

Senator Robert A. Taft; nine 19-story buildings

; 22 buildings, 7 and 16 stories tall

Robert F. Wagner Houses

U.P.A.C.A. (Upper Park Avenue Community Association) Site 6; one 12-story building

U.P.A.C.A. (Upper Park Avenue Community Association) U.R.A. Site 5; one 11-story building

Economy[edit]

The neighborhood is home to one of the few major television studios north of midtown,[56] Metropolis at 106th Street and Park Avenue,[57] where shows such as BET's 106 & Park[58] and Chappelle's Show[59] have been produced. PRdream.com, a web site on the history and culture of Puerto Ricans, founded a media gallery and digital film studio called MediaNoche in 2003. It presents technology-based art on Park Avenue and 102nd Street, providing exhibition space and residencies for artists and filmmakers, and webcasting events.

Engine Company 35/Ladder Company 14/Battalion 12 – 2282 [71]

Third Avenue

Engine Company 53/Ladder Company 43 – 1836 [72]

Third Avenue

Engine Company 58/Ladder Company 26 – 1367 [73]

Fifth Avenue

Engine Company 91 – 242 East 111th Street

[74]

East Harlem is served by four New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations:[70]

Hellgate Station – 153 East 110th Street

[85]

Triborough Finance New Station – 118 East 124th Street

[86]

East Harlem is located in two primary ZIP Codes. The area south of 116th Street is part of 10029 and the area north of 116th Street is part of 10035. The extreme northwestern portion of East Harlem is also located in 10037.[84] The United States Postal Service operates two post offices near East Harlem:

Esperanza Preparatory Academy (grades 6–12)

[110]

Isaac Newton MS For Math And Science (grades 6–8)

[111]

MS 224 Manhattan East School For Arts And Academy (grades 6–8)

[112]

Renaissance School of the Arts (grades 6–8)

[113]

East Harlem (grades 6–12)[114]

Young Women's Leadership School

(1934–2014), community activist, poet, writer, translator, and the former director of El Museo del Barrio.[133]

Jack Agüeros

(1920–2002), community activist[134]

Petra Allende

(born 1968), singer[135][136]

Marc Anthony

(born 1971), DJ and record producer.[137]

Frankie Cutlass

(born 1985), reggaeton singer[138]

Arcángel

(born 1988), rapper[139]

ASAP Rocky

(1929–2006), musician[140]

Ray Barretto

(born 1942), singer[141]

Joe Bataan

(born 1964), former professional NBA basketball player.[142]

Walter Berry

(1917-2015), decorated policeman and US Congressman[143]

Mario Biaggi

(1925–2010), academic of Puerto Rican descent; leading figure in Puerto Rican studies.[144]

Frank Bonilla

(born 1980), rapper and member of hip hop group Slaughterhouse.[145]

Joe Budden

(born 1976), rapper[146]

Cam'ron

(1937–2021), former professional baseball player who played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball.[147]

Duke Carmel

(1902–1980), artist[148]

Daniel Celentano

(1891–1973), mobster[149]

Frank Costello

(1887–1982), educator, founder and first principal of Benjamin Franklin High School[3][150]

Leonard Covello

(1936–1973), singer[151]

Bobby Darin

(1914–1953), poet[152]

Julia de Burgos

(c. 1974), visual artist best known for his street aphorisms and muralist art.[153]

James De La Vega

(1947–1994), politician[154]

Angelo Del Toro

New York State Assemblyman[155]

Nelson Antonio Denis

(born 1988), rapper[156]

Dave East

(born 1949), actor.[157]

Erik Estrada

(born 1992), rapper who performs under the stage name "Princess Nokia"[158]

Destiny Frasqueri

(1865–1915), gangster[159]

Giosue Gallucci

(1934–1983), actress who appeared on television, film and stage.[160]

Joan Hackett

(1901–1967), writer and social activist[161]

Langston Hughes

(born 1948), founder of the Young Lords[162]

Jose Cha Cha Jimenez

(born 1976), rapper[163]

Jim Jones

architect, planner, sculptor, and activist.[164]

Roger Katan

(born 1966), hip hop disc jockey[165]

DJ Kay Slay

(1882–1947), Congressman and mayor of New York City[3]

Fiorello H. La Guardia

(1913–1994), actor and film producer[166]

Burt Lancaster

(1925–2005), activist and librarian[167]

Lillian López

(1899–1967), mobster[168]

Tommy Lucchese

(born 1984), rapper[169]

Lumidee

(1908–1984), musician[170]

Machito

(1902–1954), lawyer and politician[3]

Vito Marcantonio

(born 1966), former drug dealer who rose to prominence alongside Azie Faison and Rich Porter in the mid-1980s in Harlem during the War on Drugs.[171]

Alpo Martinez

(born 1956), artist and designer[172]

Soraida Martinez

(1924–2009), education official who served in the United States government and the government of New York City.[173]

Thomas Minter

(born 1972), R&B singer-songwriter[174]

Monifah

(1926-2022), Polish-American Holocaust survivor, educator, and philanthropist[175]

Edward Mosberg

(1900–1984), painter[176][177]

Alice Neel

actress, poet and playwright known for her Obie Award-winning Beauty's Daughter and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama, Yellowman.[178]

Dael Orlandersmith

(born 1940), actor[179]

Al Pacino

(1923–2000), musician[180]

Tito Puente

(born 1969), writer[181]

Ernesto Quiñonez

(1911–1992), mobster[182]

Anthony Salerno

(1914-1995), virologist who developed polio vaccine[183]

Jonas Salk

(1928–2019), Grammy Award-winning Latin musician.[184]

Ray Santos

(1971–1996), rapper and actor[185]

Tupac Shakur

(1937–2021), actor known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Chano Amengual on Barney Miller and as Julio Fuentes, the Puerto Rican neighbor of Fred G. Sanford on Sanford and Son.[186]

Gregory Sierra

(1943–2021) and the Ronettes, singers[187]

Ronnie Spector

(1928–2011), writer[188]

Piri Thomas

(1904–1971), gangster, notable as the first member of the Italian-American Mafia to publicly acknowledge its existence, and credited with popularization of the term Cosa Nostra.[189]

Joseph Valachi

(born 1965), judge who became the first Latina on the Ohio District Courts of Appeals when she was elected in 2016.[190]

Marilyn Zayas

's song, "Spanish Harlem" (1961) and the 1966 cover of it by The Mamas & the Papas[191]

Ben E. King

's song "Spanish Harlem Incident" from his album Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)[192]

Bob Dylan

' song "Lou Marsh" from his album All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

Phil Ochs

's song "Lucy's Spanish Harlem" from his album In the Heart of Spanish Harlem (1967)

Louie Ramirez

's song I'm Waiting for the Man (1967)[193]

The Velvet Underground

's "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" from Honky Château (1972)

Elton John

's song "Adios Hermanos" from his album Songs from The Capeman (1997)

Paul Simon

Tony Touch & Hurricane G's song, "Spanish Harlem" (1997)

Cocoa Brovaz

's song "Contemplation Rose" from his anthology album "Philosopher's Stone" (1998)[194]

Van Morrison

's songs "Maria Maria" and "Smooth" from his album Supernatural (1999)

Carlos Santana

's song, "East Harlem" (2011)

Beirut

's composition Flying (Dancing in Spanish Harlem) for Latin ensemble, alternative version for string quartet (2019)[195][196]

Edward W. Hardy

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Music videos

Community Board 11

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