Ali’s guidebook
Neighborhoods
Morningside Avenue doesn't have any store, shops, deli... Just residential avenue one side and the other side is the beautiful Morningside Park.
Morningside Park was originally known as "Muscota" by the Lenape Native Americans. The park was first proposed by the Central Park commissioners in 1867, and the city commissioned Central Park's designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to produce a design for the park in 1873.
Morningside Avenue
Morningside AvenueMorningside Avenue doesn't have any store, shops, deli... Just residential avenue one side and the other side is the beautiful Morningside Park.
Morningside Park was originally known as "Muscota" by the Lenape Native Americans. The park was first proposed by the Central Park commissioners in 1867, and the city commissioned Central Park's designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to produce a design for the park in 1873.
Central Park North
Central Park NorthJust 5 blocks away, totally different world in the city.
Riverside Park Community
3333 BroadwayThe Park, over Hudson River looking to NJ.
Yes it is the Harlem you can feel it. Little bit dirty but it is safe. Banks, shopping centers, malls, all kind of stores on this street.
7 locals recommend
West 125th Street
West 125th StreetYes it is the Harlem you can feel it. Little bit dirty but it is safe. Banks, shopping centers, malls, all kind of stores on this street.
Sightseeing and food scene
This is the 4th Church and Cathedral combination in the world! Magnificent interior and exterior architecture.
378 locals recommend
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam AveThis is the 4th Church and Cathedral combination in the world! Magnificent interior and exterior architecture.
In the black history the entertainment starts in here. Whose careers started at the Apollo include Billie Holiday, Pearl Bailey, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown & The Famous Flames, King Curtis, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Parliament-Funkadelic, Wilson Pickett, The Miracles, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Rush Brown, Stephanie Mills, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Short, The Jackson 5, Patti Austin, Patti LaBelle, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Ben E. King, The Isley Brothers, Lauryn Hill, Sarah Vaughan, Jazmine Sullivan, Ne-Yo, and Machine Gun Kelly....
The theater opened in 1914 as Hurtig & Seamon's New Burlesque Theater, and was designed by George Keister in the neo-Classical style. It became the Apollo in 1934, when it was opened to black patrons – previously it had been a whites-only venue. In 1983, both the interior and exterior of the building were designated as New York City Landmarks, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is estimated that 1.3 million people visit the Apollo every year.
893 locals recommend
Apollo Theater
253 W 125th StIn the black history the entertainment starts in here. Whose careers started at the Apollo include Billie Holiday, Pearl Bailey, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown & The Famous Flames, King Curtis, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Parliament-Funkadelic, Wilson Pickett, The Miracles, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Rush Brown, Stephanie Mills, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Short, The Jackson 5, Patti Austin, Patti LaBelle, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Ben E. King, The Isley Brothers, Lauryn Hill, Sarah Vaughan, Jazmine Sullivan, Ne-Yo, and Machine Gun Kelly....
The theater opened in 1914 as Hurtig & Seamon's New Burlesque Theater, and was designed by George Keister in the neo-Classical style. It became the Apollo in 1934, when it was opened to black patrons – previously it had been a whites-only venue. In 1983, both the interior and exterior of the building were designated as New York City Landmarks, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is estimated that 1.3 million people visit the Apollo every year.
Columbia University
116th and BroadwayOne of the best school in NY.
St. Nicholas Park
Saint Nicholas TerraceSilvana
300 W 116th StHarlem Tavern
2153 Frederick Douglass BlvdBO's Bagels
235 W 116th StThe Winery NYC
257 W 116th StStarbucks
301 W 145th StSightseeing
Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market
52 W 116th StMalcolm Shabazz Harlem Market
52 W 116th St