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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.
The neighborhood of Spanish Harlem, also known as El Barrio, is a vibrant and culturally rich area located in the northeastern part of Manhattan. Its name stems from the significant influence of the Hispanic and Latino communities that have shaped its identity and character.
El Barrio, also known as East Harlem, located in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, is among one of the most vibrant and culturally rich neighborhoods in New York City, and home to El Museo del Barrio. Historically an immigrant enclave, the neighborhood has welcomed waves of European, Puerto Rican, and more recently Mexican and Dominican im/migrants.
2 days ago · The East Harlem neighborhood just north of the Upper East Side, also known as El Barrio, is one of the city’s most vibrant areas. It has plenty to offer in terms of history, art, culture and...
- 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...
Spanish Harlem, also known as El Barrio and East Harlem, is sandwiched in the northeastern corner of Manhattan and has historically been home to several immigrant communities. With a population of nearly 120,000, today it's one of the largest predomi... more
Encompassing northeastern Manhattan from 96 th Street to 139 th Street, between the East River and Fifth Avenue, East Harlem—also known as El Barrio—feels a bit more intimate, than much of Manhattan.
