Harlem River
The Harlem River is an 8-mile tidal strait in New York City, flowing between the Hudson River and the East River. It separates the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the United States mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: tidal strait in New York City, USA
- Also known as: “Harlem Ryver”, “Kil Muskota”, “Muscoota”, “Muscoote”, “Muscota”, “Muskoota”, and “Muskota”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Wards Island Bridge.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Museum
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Wards Island Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The Wards Island Bridge, also known as the 103rd Street Footbridge, is a bridge crossing the Harlem River between Manhattan Island and Wards Island in the Manhattan borough of New York City that does not allow vehicular traffic.
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is one of the oldest and largest teaching hospitals in the United States. It is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, on the eastern border of Central Park, stretching along Madison and Fifth Avenues, between East 98th Street and East 103rd Street.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Harlem and Astoria.
East Harlem
Neighborhood
Photo: Diensthuber, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Astoria
Neighborhood
Photo: Dinker022089, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, Sunnyside to the southeast, and Woodside and East Elmhurst to the east.
Upper East Side
Photo: Alex Proimos, CC BY 2.0.
The Upper East Side of Manhattan is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of Central Park, the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.
Harlem River
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Harlem River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Harlem River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر هارلم”
- Arabic: “نهرهارلم”
- Basque: “Harlem River”
- Breton: “Harlem River”
- Catalan: “Harlem River”
- Cebuano: “Harlem River”
- Chinese: “哈勒姆河”
- Chinese: “哈林河”
- Chinese: “哈萊姆河”
- Chuvash: “Гарлем”
- Czech: “Harlem River”
- Danish: “Harlem River”
- Dutch: “Harlem River”
- Dutch: “Harlem”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Harlem”
- Estonian: “Harlem River”
- French: “Harlem River”
- Galician: “río Harlem”
- Georgian: “ჰარლემი”
- German: “Harlem River”
- Hebrew: “הארלם ריבר”
- Hebrew: “הארלם”
- Hebrew: “נהר הארלם”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Harlem”
- Italian: “Fiume Harlem”
- Japanese: “ハーレム川”
- Kazakh: “Гарлем өзені”
- Kazakh: “Гарлем”
- Korean: “할렘 강”
- Korean: “할렘강”
- Lithuanian: “Harlemo upė”
- Luxembourgish: “Harlem River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Harlem River”
- Norwegian: “Harlem River”
- Persian: “رود هارلم”
- Persian: “رودخانه هارلم”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Harlemska”
- Polish: “Harlem River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Harlem”
- Quechua: “Harlem mayu”
- Russian: “Гарлем”
- Russian: “Харлем”
- Slovenian: “Harlem River”
- Spanish: “Rio Harlem”
- Spanish: “Río Harlem”
- Turkish: “Harlem Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Гарлем”
- Ukrainian: “річка Гарлем”
- Welsh: “Afon Harlem”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Franklin Houses and Yorkville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mill Rock and Mill Rock Park.
Manhattan: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Central Park, Upper East Side, Theater District, and Upper West Side.
Curious Streams to Discover
Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.
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