Harlem

A church in Harlem

Not to be confused with Haarlem, a city in the Netherlands.

Harlem is a big neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It was a village independent of New York City until 1873. Most of the people in Central Harlem are African-American. Most of the people in West and East Harlem are Hispanic.

It started as a Dutch village called Nieuw Haarlem. It was named for the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands.

In the 19th century it became an industrial suburb. In the 1920s the Harlem Renaissance happened in Harlem.

There is a lot of crime in Harlem, and it reportedly increased by 44% in 2022. The most common cause of death for young black males there is getting murdered.

Harlem Media

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  A map of Upper Manhattan, with Greater Harlem highlighted. Harlem proper is the neighborhood in the center.

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  Harlem, from the old fort in the Central Park, New York Public Library

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  Three Harlem Women, ca. 1930

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  Apartment building in Central Harlem

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  A condemned building in Harlem after the 1970s

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  A 1933 map of nightclubs in Harlem, showing Savoy Ballroom, Cotton Club, Smalls Paradise and others.

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  The Apollo Theater on 125th Street in November 2006

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  Spiritual African drummer on 135th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Frederick Douglass Boulevard

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  Black Ivory in Harlem 2017

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  St. Andrew's Episcopal Church