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- Commonly known as “El Barrio,” East Harlem has a strong Latin, Caribbean and African American presence.
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East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, 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.
Commonly known as “El Barrio,” East Harlem has a strong Latin, Caribbean and African American presence. The influence of those communities reflected in the neighborhood’s cultural institutions, shops and restaurants.
By the early 20th century, East Harlem had become a predominantly Latino neighborhood, with large numbers of Puerto Ricans and later, Dominican immigrants. The neighborhood gained national attention during the Civil Rights era, as community activists fought for better living conditions and equal opportunities for its residents.
- Manhattan’s First Little Italy
- Spanish Harlem
- El Barrio
- A Cultural Forge
East Harlem became an Italian neighborhood after the 1870s. It was Manhattan’s first Little Italy and the political base for legendary New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. The Italian community largely moved on in the 1980s. The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Dancing of the Giglio are remnants of Italian East Harlem.
Part of East Harlem became “Spanish Harlem” after World War 1 (1914-1918). It wasn’t Spanish, but Spanish was spoken there. Puerto Ricans began moving in after the Jones Act of 1917 gave islanders U.S. citizenship. The “Great Migration” of the 1950s made the neighborhood strongly Puerto Rican.
Locals call the neighborhood “El Barrio.” It is the world’s biggest Puerto Rican neighborhood after San Juan, the Puerto Rican capital. In the 1950s and 1960s, La Marqueta, a community market under the elevated train on Park Avenue at 115th St, was New York City’s equivalent of La Placita, the old central market in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. ...
Life in the barrio can be tough, but it is also beautiful. If you’re from El Barrio, you’re proud of it. Life in the barrio is filled with memories of kids playing in arcs of water from open fire plugs, beauty salons and barber shops open all night and packed all night, kids doing wheelies down the street on their bicycles and motorcycles, firework...
Nov 4, 2008 · East Harlem is one of the largest predominantly Latino communities in New York City, mostly made up of Puerto Ricans, as well as a rising number of Dominican, Salvadoran and Mexican immigrants. It includes the area formerly known as Italian Harlem, in which the remnants of a once predominantly Italian community remain.
Apr 9, 2015 · Defined as the area bound by Fifth Avenue and First Avenue from 96th to 125th Streets, East Harlem is commonly known as Spanish Harlem, or El Barrio by locals. What many people unfamiliar...
Oct 30, 2017 · Climbing the stairs of the 116th Street subway station, I found myself in the heart of the neighborhood. Here, the nickname El Barrio feels instantly appropriate — East Harlem is also recognized as Spanish Harlem — because the Latin American influence is everywhere.
