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East Harlem

East Harlem, 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 to the east and north.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 116,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “East Harlem Manhattan”, “East Harlem, Manhattan”, “East Harlem, New York City”, “East Harlem, New York City, New York”, “El Barrio”, “Italian Harlem”, “Otterspoor”, and “Spanish Harlem”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Central Park and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
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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.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper East Side and Upper West Side.

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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.

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The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

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Upper is a large, relatively under-visited area that ranges from 125th Street to Inwood Hill Park on the west and from 96th Street northward on the east.

East Harlem

Latitude
40.7947° or 40° 47′ 41″ north
Longitude
-73.9425° or 73° 56′ 33″ west
Population
116,000
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q3V5+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158871955
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
6332428
Wiki­data ID
Q1069687
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“East Harlem” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هارلم الشرقية”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան Հառլեմ”
  • Basque: “East Harlem”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Harlem”
  • Bavarian: “East Harlem”
  • Belarusian: “Усходні Гарлем”
  • Breton: “East Harlem”
  • Chinese: “东哈莱姆”
  • Chinese: “東哈萊姆”
  • Czech: “East Harlem”
  • Danish: “East Harlem”
  • Danish: “El Barrio”
  • Danish: “Spanish Harlem”
  • Dutch: “East Harlem”
  • Estonian: “East Harlem”
  • French: “East Harlem”
  • French: “El Barrio”
  • French: “Harlem-Est”
  • French: “Spanish Harlem”
  • Galician: “East Harlem”
  • Galician: “Spanish Harlem”
  • German: “East Harlem”
  • German: “El Barrio”
  • German: “Italian Harlem”
  • German: “SpaHa”
  • German: “Spanish Harlem”
  • Greek: “Ανατολικό Ιταλικό-Ισπανικό Χάρλεμ”
  • Hebrew: “הארלם הספרדית”
  • Hebrew: “מזרח הארלם”
  • Indonesian: “East Harlem”
  • Indonesian: “Spanish Harlem”
  • Irish: “East Harlem”
  • Italian: “East Harlem”
  • Italian: “El Barrio”
  • Italian: “Spanish Harlem”
  • Japanese: “イースト・ハーレム”
  • Japanese: “イーストハーレム”
  • Japanese: “エル・バリオ”
  • Japanese: “スパニッシュ・ハーレム”
  • Japanese: “スパニッシュハーレム”
  • Korean: “스패니쉬 할렘”
  • Korean: “스패니시 할렘”
  • Korean: “스패니시할렘”
  • Korean: “이스트 할렘”
  • Korean: “이스트할렘”
  • Latin: “East Harlem”
  • Luxembourgish: “East Harlem”
  • Persian: “هارلم شرقی”
  • Polish: “East Harlem”
  • Portuguese: “East Harlem”
  • Portuguese: “El Barrio”
  • Portuguese: “Spanish Harlem”
  • Russian: “Восточный Гарлем”
  • Russian: “Ист-Гарлем”
  • Serbian: “Istočni Harlem”
  • Serbian: “Источни Харлем”
  • Slovak: “East Harlem”
  • Slovak: “Spanish Harlem”
  • Spanish: “East Harlem (Manhattan)”
  • Spanish: “East Harlem”
  • Spanish: “El Barrio”
  • Spanish: “Harlem del Este”
  • Spanish: “Harlem Español”
  • Spanish: “Harlem Hispano”
  • Spanish: “Harlem italiano”
  • Spanish: “Harlem latino”
  • Swedish: “East Harlem”
  • Swedish: “Spanish Harlem”
  • Swedish: “Spanska Harlem”
  • Tajik: “Гарлэми Шарқӣ”
  • Tajik: “Ҳарлэми Шарқӣ”
  • Turkish: “East Harlem”
  • Ukrainian: “Східний Гарлем”

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