Harlem River

The Harlem River is an 8-mile tidal strait in , flowing between the and the . It separates the island of from on the United States mainland.
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  • 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.

Museum
The , often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 between 88th and 89th Streets on the of in New York City.

Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The , also known as the 103rd Street Footbridge, is a bridge crossing the Harlem River between and Wards Island in the borough of that does not allow vehicular traffic.

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 of in New York City, on the eastern border of , 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.

Neighborhood
, also known as Spanish Harlem, or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of in , north of the and bounded by 96th Street to the south, to the west, and the and Harlem Rivers to the east and north.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the western portion of the borough of . is bounded by the and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, to the southeast, and and to the east.

The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of , 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

Latitude
40.78343° or 40° 47′ 0″ north
Longitude
-73.93847° or 73° 56′ 19″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87G8Q3M6+9J
Geo­Names ID
5120037
Wiki­data ID
Q597451
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Satellite Map

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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.

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