East Harlem (North)

Neighborhood · Manhattan

East Harlem (North) stretches from about 110th Street to the Harlem River between Fifth Avenue and the East River, covering the upper part of East Harlem.

  • 0.94 square miles
  • 64,655 residents, 2020 Census
  • 176 street corners
  • 2 subway stations
  • 21 bus routes

The first Italian immigrants arrived in East Harlem in 1878, and it became the first part of Manhattan to be called Little Italy; Thomas Jefferson Park opened on First Avenue in 1905, and its pool followed in 1936. Landmarks include the Romanesque Revival Harlem Courthouse, built from 1891 to 1893 on East 121st Street, and Marcus Garvey Park on the area's western edge, where a 47-foot cast-iron fire watchtower was erected in 1856.

Sources: East Harlem (Wikipedia); Thomas Jefferson Park (NYC Parks); The Harlem Courthouse, 170 East 121st Street (LP-0297, August 2, 1967) (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission); Marcus Garvey Park (NYC Parks).

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East Harlem (North) borders four areas, and Harlem River Drive holds more of its corners than any other street, 31 of 176.

Street map of East Harlem (North), Manhattan, outlined among East Harlem (South), Harlem (North), Harlem (South) and Randall's Island, with its two subway stations and Marcus Garvey Park.Harlem (North)Randall's IslandEast Harlem (South)Harlem (South)
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  • Park
  • A station in the list
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • 125 St lines 4 5 6 accessible
  • 116 St lines 6

Getting around

Two subway stations and buses on 21 routes stop in or at the edge of East Harlem (North).

  • 2 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 13 local bus routes
  • 8 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Bx33
  • M1
  • M15
  • M15-SBS
  • M35
  • M60-SBS
  • M98
  • M101
  • M102
  • M103
  • M116
  • M125
  • T102

Express bus routes

  • BxM2
  • BxM3
  • BxM4
  • BxM6
  • BxM7
  • BxM8
  • BxM9
  • BxM10

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Manhattan corner.

  • 3,458 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 19.6 a corner, on average
  • 13.4 the average Manhattan corner
  • 29 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 108 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
96
Turn calming
20
Accessible pedestrian signals
17
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
8

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than bus-lane or red-light tickets.

  • 298 red-light camera tickets at one corner
  • 6,408 school-zone speed camera tickets at ten corners
  • 3,693 bus-lane camera tickets at four corners
Most red-light tickets
Madison Avenue Bridge & Madison Avenue, 298
Most speed tickets
5th Avenue & 135th Street, 2,139
Most bus-lane tickets
5th Avenue & 125th Street, 1,905

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 64,655 residents in East Harlem (North), about 68,800 per square mile.

  • 28,324 homes, 2020 Census
  • 3,635 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 1,466 residential lots hold buildings from 1910 or earlier, and 76% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA developments

NYCHA's Jefferson, Johnson, Lincoln, Taft and Wagner developments lie wholly or partly within East Harlem (North).

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
60.6 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Marcus Garvey Park (19.7 acres), Thomas Jefferson Park (13.2 acres) and Harlem River Park (5.9 acres)
Designated landmarks
The New York Public Library's 125th Street Branch, St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, the Fire Hook and Ladder Company No. 14 and the Mount Morris Bank Building, among others

Streets and trees

Trees
4,553 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, London planetree and pin oak
Street with the most corners
Harlem River Drive, with 31 of the area's 176
Height above sea level
From 7 feet at 1st Avenue & East 117th Street to 36 feet at Madison Avenue & East 117th Street
Honorary street names
31 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 34 schools and one library in East Harlem (North).

Public schools
20
Charter and private schools
14
Library
125th Street Library

Bike share and public art

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 26 bike-share stations stand in East Harlem (North). The City's public art inventory lists six works in the area, among them Senator Robert F. Wagner (1959), Growth (1985) and Crack Is Wack (1986).

  • 26 bike-share stations
  • 6 works of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 1,232 major felonies at places in East Harlem (North).

Recorded by the NYPD at places in East Harlem (North)

  • 1,371 major felonies in 2024 139 fewer in 2025
  • 5,319 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of East Harlem (North), the NYPD recorded another 213 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 22.3 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in East Harlem (North).

Police precincts
25th (most of the area), 23rd, 28th, 32nd
Major felonies recorded at places in East Harlem (North), 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 478 major felonies at places in East Harlem (North), against 609 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.