East Harlem (South)

Neighborhood · Manhattan

East Harlem (South) runs from 96th Street to about 110th Street between Fifth Avenue and the East River, the lower half of the neighborhood also known as El Barrio.

  • 0.60 square miles
  • 59,814 residents, 2020 Census
  • 113 street corners
  • 4 subway stations
  • 19 bus routes

An elevated line was built to Harlem in 1879 and 1880, and after World War I Puerto Rican and other Latin American migrants built a community in East Harlem's western blocks. Mount Sinai Hospital stands here, and along Fifth Avenue are the Museum of the City of New York, founded in 1923 and housed since 1932 in a Georgian Colonial Revival building, and El Museo del Barrio, founded in 1969 for Puerto Rican and Latin American art and culture.

Sources: East Harlem (Wikipedia); About the Museum (Museum of the City of New York); History & Mission (El Museo del Barrio).

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East Harlem (South) borders five areas, and Lexington Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 17 of 113.

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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • 110 St lines 6
  • 103 St lines 6
  • 96 St lines 6
  • 96 St lines Q accessible

Getting around

Four subway stations and buses on 19 routes stop in or at the edge of East Harlem (South).

  • 4 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 12 local bus routes
  • 7 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • M1
  • M2
  • M3
  • M4
  • M15
  • M15-SBS
  • M96
  • M98
  • M101
  • M102
  • M103
  • M106

Express bus routes

  • BxM1
  • BxM2
  • BxM3
  • BxM4
  • BxM7
  • BxM10
  • BxM11

Safety record

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

  • 2,418 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 21.4 a corner, on average
  • 13.4 the average Manhattan corner
  • 6 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 92 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
72
Accessible pedestrian signals
28
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
19
Turn calming
16
Safety Improvement Projects
2

Camera tickets

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

  • 32 red-light camera tickets at one corner
  • 6,214 school-zone speed camera tickets at two corners
  • 3,853 bus-lane camera tickets at two corners
Most red-light tickets
Park Avenue & East 106th Street, 32
Most speed tickets
2nd Avenue & East 96th Street, 5,329
Most bus-lane tickets
1st Avenue & East 106th Street, 3,330

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 59,814 residents in East Harlem (South), about 99,700 per square mile.

  • 26,386 homes, 2020 Census
  • 3,880 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 703 residential lots hold buildings from 1910 or earlier, and 83% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA developments

NYCHA's Carver, Clinton, East River, Lehman Village, Lexington, Washington and Wilson developments lie wholly or partly within East Harlem (South).

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
16.2 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
East River Esplanade (3.4 acres), Poor Richard's Playground (1.6 acres) and Marx Brothers Playground (1.5 acres)
Designated landmarks
The Regina Angelorum, Public School 72, the Fire Engine Company No. 53 and Saint Cecilia's Church, among others

Streets and trees

Trees
2,391 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, London planetree and Japanese zelkova
Street with the most corners
Lexington Avenue, with 17 of the area's 113
Height above sea level
From 5 feet at FDR Drive & East 106th Street to 73 feet at 5th Avenue & East 97th Street
Honorary street names
29 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 37 schools and one library in East Harlem (South).

Public schools
16
Charter and private schools
21
Library
Aguilar Library

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 16 bike-share stations stand in East Harlem (South).

  • 16 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 911 major felonies at places in East Harlem (South).

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

  • 970 major felonies in 2024
  • 3,567 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of East Harlem (South), the NYPD recorded another 141 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 17.6 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in East Harlem (South).

Police precinct
23rd
Major felonies recorded at places in East Harlem (South), 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 371 major felonies at places in East Harlem (South), against 451 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.