Mount Morris Park Historic District

Mount Morris Park Historic District is a 16-block historic district in west central Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. It was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1971, and is part of the larger Mount Morris Park neighborhood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marcus Garvey Memorial Park and Apollo Theater.

Marcus Garvey Memorial Park

Park

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Marcus Garvey Park is a 20.16-acre park on the border between the Harlem and East Harlem neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City. The park, centered on a massive and steep outcropping of schist, interrupts the flow of Fifth Avenue traffic, which is routed around the park via Mount Morris Park West.

Apollo Theater

Theater building

Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0.

The Apollo Theater is a multi-use theater at 253 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is a popular venue for Black American performers and is the home of the TV show Showtime at the Apollo. Apollo Theater is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Mount Morris Park Historic District.

Harlem Fire Watchtower

Scenic viewpoint

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The Harlem Fire Watchtower, also known as the Mount Morris Fire Watchtower, is a fire lookout tower at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. Harlem Fire Watchtower is situated 880 feet east of Mount Morris Park Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harlem and Harlem and Upper Manhattan.

Harlem

Quarter

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Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street on the south.

Harlem and Upper Manhattan

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Upper Manhattan 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

Neighborhood

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East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, and formerly Italian Harlem, 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.

Mount Morris Park Historic District

Type: Historic site
Description: Harlem, New York city
Categories: historic district, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.80472° or 40° 48′ 17″ north

Longitude

-73.94667° or 73° 56′ 48″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

87G8R333+V8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357642372

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

Wikidata ID

Q6922292

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Mount Morris Park Historic District” goes by many names.

Chinese: “莫里斯山公园历史区”
French: “quartier historique de Mount Morris Park”
French: “Quartier historique de Mount Morris Park”
German: “Mount Morris Park”
Spanish: “Mount Morris Park”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church and Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church.

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