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Hamilton Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City
New York City

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 borough
Borough (New York City)

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 of Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
. It lies between Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights, Manhattan

Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Barnard College, Columbia University, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, the Riverside Church, Union Theological Seminary in the C...
 to the south and Washington Heights
Washington Heights, Manhattan

Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the Borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington , a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the British forces....
 to the north. It is the most westerly part of Harlem
Harlem

Harlem is a Neighbourhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African-American residential, cultural, and business center....
.. It contains the neighborhood of Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill, Manhattan

Sugar Hill is a neighborhood in the northern part of Hamilton Heights, which itself is a sub-neighborhood of Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
.

lton Heights is bounded by 135th Street to the south, the Hudson River
Hudson River

The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk , the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York....
 to the west, 155th Street
155th Street (Manhattan)

155th Street is a major crosstown street in the Washington Heights, Manhattan neighborhood, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is the northernmost of the 15 crosstown streets mapped out in the Commissioner's Plan of 1811 that established the numbered street grid in Manhattan....
 to the north, and Saint Nicholas Avenue/Bradhurst Avenue
Saint Nicholas Avenue (Manhattan)

Saint Nicholas Avenue is a major New York City street. It runs north-south between 193rd Street and 111th Streets in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
 to the east. The community derives its name from Founding Father Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Fathers of the United States, economist, and political philosopher. He led calls for the Philadelphia Convention, was one of America's first Constitutional lawyers, and cowrote the Federalist Papers, a primary source for Constitutional interpretation....
, who lived the last two years of his life in the area when it was still largely farmland; specifically, he lived in what is now known as Hamilton Grange National Monument.






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Hamilton Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 borough
Borough (New York City)

New York City is one of the largest cities in the world, and it is segmented into boroughs for various reasons. A borough is a unique form of government which administers the five fundamental constituent parts that make up the History of New York City ....
 of Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
. It lies between Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights, Manhattan

Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Barnard College, Columbia University, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, the Riverside Church, Union Theological Seminary in the C...
 to the south and Washington Heights
Washington Heights, Manhattan

Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the Borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington , a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the British forces....
 to the north. It is the most westerly part of Harlem
Harlem

Harlem is a Neighbourhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African-American residential, cultural, and business center....
.. It contains the neighborhood of Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill, Manhattan

Sugar Hill is a neighborhood in the northern part of Hamilton Heights, which itself is a sub-neighborhood of Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
.

Housing and demographics

Hamilton Heights is bounded by 135th Street to the south, the Hudson River
Hudson River

The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk , the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York....
 to the west, 155th Street
155th Street (Manhattan)

155th Street is a major crosstown street in the Washington Heights, Manhattan neighborhood, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is the northernmost of the 15 crosstown streets mapped out in the Commissioner's Plan of 1811 that established the numbered street grid in Manhattan....
 to the north, and Saint Nicholas Avenue/Bradhurst Avenue
Saint Nicholas Avenue (Manhattan)

Saint Nicholas Avenue is a major New York City street. It runs north-south between 193rd Street and 111th Streets in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
 to the east. The community derives its name from Founding Father Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Fathers of the United States, economist, and political philosopher. He led calls for the Philadelphia Convention, was one of America's first Constitutional lawyers, and cowrote the Federalist Papers, a primary source for Constitutional interpretation....
, who lived the last two years of his life in the area when it was still largely farmland; specifically, he lived in what is now known as Hamilton Grange National Monument. It is located within Manhattan Community Board 9
Manhattan Community Board 9

The Manhattan Community Board 9 is a local government unit of New York City, encompassing all of WestSide Harlem List of Manhattan neighborhoods of Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, Manhattanville, Manhattan, and Morningside Heights, Manhattan in the borough of Manhattan....
.

Most of the housing dates from the extension of the elevated and subway lines at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th Century. This fairly elegant housing became less desirable to white residents in the 1930s and 1940s as the population changed from white to black, even though the black residents were just as affluent as the white residents.. These are spacious apartment buildings, brownstone
Brownstone

Brownstone is a brown Triassic sandstone which was once a popular building material. The term is also understood to be a terraced house clad in this material....
s and other row houses prominently lining the leafy eastern streets of Hamilton Heights, an area traditionally home to a substantial black professional class. The brownstone revival of the 1960s and 1970s led to a new movement of middle-class blacks in the area. Latinos arrived in large numbers in the 1980s, with Dominicans making up the majority.Today the local population is changing again, with Hispanic
Hispanic

Hispanic is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania . During the Modern Era, it took on a more limited meaning relating to the contemporary nation of Spain....
s constituting a majority of the population followed by African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
s, West Indians and remainders of earlier time's ethnic whites. Gentrification
Gentrification

Gentrification, or urban gentrification, is the change in an urban area associated with the population mobility of more affluent individuals into a lower-class area....
 since 2005 has dramatically increased the proportion of non-Hispanic whites. Many actors, artists, teachers, and other professionals now reside in Hamilton Heights.

Notable sites

Hamilton Heights is the home of City College of New York
City College of New York

The City College of The City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning....
 (CCNY), Dance Theatre of Harlem
Dance Theatre of Harlem

Dance Theatre of Harlem is a ballet dance company and school of the allied arts founded in Harlem, New York City, USA in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook....
, The Harlem School of the Arts
The Harlem School of the Arts

The Harlem School of the Arts is a school in Harlem, New York, New York. It was founded in 1964 by the soprano , and offers its programs to students of all ages....
 and Aaron Davis Hall.

The neighborhood offers several parks, including the recently built Riverbank State Park
Riverbank State Park

Riverbank State Park is a acre park built on the top of a sewage treatment facility on the Hudson River, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
, embedded in Riverside Park
Riverside Park (Manhattan)

Riverside Park is a scenic waterfront public park on the Upper West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, operated and maintained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation....
 which runs along the Hudson River
Hudson River

The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk , the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York....
 the length of Hamilton Heights.

Historic Hamilton Heights comprises the Hamilton Heights Historic District and the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill, Manhattan

Sugar Hill is a neighborhood in the northern part of Hamilton Heights, which itself is a sub-neighborhood of Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
 Historic District Extension, both designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Historic preservation Law....
. One of the highest hills in Hamilton Heights slopes up from the Hudson River
Hudson River

The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk , the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York....
 at 155th Street, and contains the Trinity Church Cemetery
Trinity Church Cemetery

Trinity Church Cemetery consists of three separate burial grounds associated with Trinity Church, New York in Manhattan, New York, USA. The first was established in the Churchyard located at 74 Trinity Place at Wall Street and Broadway ....
.. Many individual buildings in the district are also land-marked, including Sheppard Hall on the City College Campus, and the building that once housed The High School of Music & Art
The High School of Music & Art

The High School of Music & Art, informally known as "Music & Art", was a Public school Alternative school high school at 443-465 West 135th Street, New York City, New York, United States of America that existed from 1936 through 1984....
.

Transportation

The number subway line stops in Hamilton Heights at the 137th Street–City College and 145th Street
145th Street (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line)

145th Street is a local metro station on the IRT Broadway?Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Broadway and 145th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan, it is served by the train at all times....
 stations. The and trains runs under St. Nicholas Avenue providing service at 145th Street
145th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

145th Street is a two level express metro station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 145th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
. The shares stations with the A, train services 135th, 145th, and 155th streets. The shares stations with the D, train services 135th, 145th, and 155th streets. The MTA-New York City Transit bus lines M4 and M5 serve Broadway, M100 and M101 run on Amsterdam Avenue, M18 on Convent Avenue; M11 on 135th Street; Bx19 on 145th Street
145th Street (Manhattan)

145th Street is a major crosstown street in the Harlem neighborhood, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is one of the 15 crosstown streets mapped out in the Commissioner's Plan of 1811 that established the numbered street grid in Manhattan....
; Bx6 on 155th Street
155th Street (Manhattan)

155th Street is a major crosstown street in the Washington Heights, Manhattan neighborhood, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is the northernmost of the 15 crosstown streets mapped out in the Commissioner's Plan of 1811 that established the numbered street grid in Manhattan....
 and the M3 on St. Nicholas Avenue
Saint Nicholas Avenue (Manhattan)

Saint Nicholas Avenue is a major New York City street. It runs north-south between 193rd Street and 111th Streets in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
.

See also

  • Irish Americans in New York City
    Irish Americans in New York City

    The Irish community is one of New York's major and important ethnic groups, and has been a significant proportion of the city's population since the waves of immigration in the late 1800s....