Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a research library of the and an archive repository for information on people of African descent worldwide.
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: research library in Manhattan, New York, USA
  • Also known as: “Schomburg Center for Research In Black Culture”, “Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture”, “Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature, History and Prints”, “The Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints”, “The Schomburg Center”, and “The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture”
  • Address: 505 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, 10037
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 135th Street station and Harlem Hospital Center.

Metro station
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The is a station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue in , it is served by the 2 and 3 trains at all times.

Hospital
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, branded as NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, is a 282-bed, public teaching hospital affiliated with Columbia University. It is located at 506 Lenox Avenue in , , and was founded on April 18, 1887. is situated 590 feet east of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Church
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The is a Baptist megachurch located at 132 West 138th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Lenox Avenue in the neighborhood of , . is situated 750 feet north of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harlem and Harlem and Upper Manhattan.

Quarter
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is a in , New York City. It is bounded roughly by the on the west; the and 155th Street on the north; on the east; and 110th Street on the south.

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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.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the borough of . It is bordered on the north by 135th Street; on the south by 122nd and 125th Streets; on the west by ; and on the east by Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Latitude
40.81463° or 40° 48′ 53″ north
Longitude
-73.94095° or 73° 56′ 27″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Height
76 feet (23 metres)
Operator
New York Public Library
Open location code
87G8R375+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 271825823
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6342616
Wiki­data ID
Q1060566
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Slovenian—“Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز شومبورغ للبحوث في ثقافة السود”
  • Catalan: “Centre Schomburg de Recerca en Cultura Negra”
  • Chinese: “尚博格黑人文化研究中心”
  • Dutch: “Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture”
  • Dutch: “Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture”
  • French: “Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture”
  • Galician: “Centro Schomburg de Investigación en Cultura Negra”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז שומבורג לחקר התרבות השחורה”
  • Indonesian: “Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture”
  • Indonesian: “Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture”
  • Japanese: “ショーンバーグ黒人文化研究センター”
  • Japanese: “ションバーグ黒人文化研究センター”
  • Korean: “숌버그 흑인 자료 도서관”
  • Portuguese: “Centro Schomburg para Pesquisa em Cultura Negra”
  • Portuguese: “Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture”
  • Portuguese: “Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture”
  • Slovenian: “Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture”
  • Slovenian: “Schomburgov center za raziskovanje črnske kulture”
  • Slovenian: “Schomburgov center”
  • Slovenian: “The Schomburg Center”

Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

Explore places such as West 135th Street & Malcolm X Boulevard and Easy Corner.

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