Manhattanville, Manhattan

"Manhattanville" redirects here. For the college, see Manhattanville College.

Manhattanville
Neighborhood of Manhattan
The 125th Street station (1 train) at Broadway and 125th Street, one of Manhattanville's primary subway stations. Visible on the signage is the former 9 train.
The 125th Street station (1 train) at Broadway and 125th Street, one of Manhattanville's primary subway stations. Visible on the signage is the former 9 train.
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Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°48′58″N 73°57′22″W / 40.816°N 73.956°W / 40.816; -73.956
Country United States
State New York
CityNew York City
BoroughManhattan
Community DistrictManhattan 9[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total0.356 sq mi (0.92 km2)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total40,568
 • Density110,000/sq mi (44,000/km2)
Ethnicity
[3]
 • Hispanic62.8%
 • Black25.8
 • White7.5
 • Asian2.2
 • Others1.7
Economics
[2]
 • Median income$41,453
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
10027, 10031
Area codes212, 332, 646, and 917

Manhattanville (also known as West Harlem or West Central Harlem)[4] is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan bordered on the north by 135th Street; on the south by 122nd and 125th Streets; on the west by Hudson River; and on the east by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and the campus of City College.[4][5]

Throughout the nineteenth century, Manhattanville bustled around a wharf active with ferry and daily river conveyances. It was the first station on the Hudson River Railroad running north from the city, and the hub of daily stage coach, omnibus and streetcar lines. Situated near Bloomingdale Road, its hotels, houses of entertainment and post office made it an alluring destination of suburban retreat from the city, yet its direct proximity to the Hudson River also made it an invaluable industrial entry point for construction materials and other freight bound for Upper Manhattan. With the construction of road and railway viaducts over the valley in which the town sat, Manhattanville, increasingly absorbed into the growing city, became a marginalized industrial area. In the early 2000s, the neighborhood became the site of a major planned expansion of Columbia University, which has campuses in Morningside Heights to the south and Washington Heights to the north.

Manhattanville is part of Manhattan Community District 9, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10027 and 10031.[1] It is patrolled by the 26th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Manhattanville neighborhood in New York". Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference PLP3A was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Garb, Maggie (June 21, 1998). "If You're Thinking of Living In/West Central Harlem; Abandonment Down, Refurbishment Up". The New York Times. The area [West Central Harlem], a slice of 19th-century brownstones, prewar walk-ups and small elevator buildings bounded by 122nd and 134th Streets, Morningside Park and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, appears on city maps as the western part of Central Harlem. Some residents call it Manhattanville, the name of the post office on 125th Street near the boulevard.
  5. ^ Pesce, Nicole Lyn (October 17, 2010). "A Guide to West Harlem's Manhattanville Neighborhood". New York Daily News. Whether you call it West Harlem or Manhattanville, the upper-upper West Side is enjoying a second renaissance.