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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Wikipedia
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  • Library
  • …lies at an elevation of 23 feet (7 metres)
  • …is partly wheelchair accessible
  • …is operated by New York Public Library
  • …stands 76 feet (23 metres) tall
  • Description: research library in Manhattan, New York, USA
  • Address: 505 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, 10037
  • Also known as
    “Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature, History and Prints”
    “The Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints”
    “The Schomburg Center”
    “The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture”

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.

Hospital
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, branded as NYC Health… is situated 590 feet east of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Church
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The is a Baptist megachurch… 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 neighborhood in , New York City.

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Upper is a large, relatively under-visited…

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is a neighborhood in the borough of .

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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Latitude
40.81463° or 40° 48′ 53″ north
Longitude
-73.94095° or 73° 56′ 27″ west
Open location code
87G8R375+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 271825823
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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”
  • Chinese: “肖姆伯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”
  • Persian: “مرکز تحقیقات فرهنگ سیاه‌پوستان شومبورگ”
  • 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”

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Nearby Places

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