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Harlem consists of West Harlem, Central Harlem, and East Harlem. The boundaries are between the East River, the Hudson River, 155th Street and Washington Heights, and an irregular southern boundary. Housing consists of townhouses, brownstones, apartment buildings, condos, co-ops, and houses. The neighborhood has undergone rapid gentrification since the 1990’s. National chains opened branches along 125th Street, and Bill Clinton rented office space in Harlem after leaving office. Harlem landmarks include Abyssinian Baptist Church, Apollo Theater, Aaron Davis Hall, Astor Row, City College of New York, Dunbar Apartments, Graham Court, Hamilton Grange, Hamilton Heights, Hotel Theresa, James Bailey House, La Marquete, Lenox Lounge, Morningside Park, Mount Morris Park Historic District, Mount Sinai Hospital, El Museo del Barrio, Museum of the City of New York, Rucker Park, Strivers’ Row, and Studio Museum in Harlem. Famous people who have lived in Harlem include F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, Alexander Hamilton. Harry Houdini, Scot Joplin, Arthur Miller, Normal Rockwell, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, W.E.B. DuBois, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Langston Hughes, Harry Belafonte, Ralph Ellison, Erik Estrada, Ben E. King, Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Maya Angelou, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Mandy Patinkin. Dozens of movies, such as The Royal Tenenbaums, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Jungle Fever, Paris is Burning, and The Cotton Club, were filmed in Harlem.
Subway stops: 6 to 110th Street for East Harlem; 2 or 3 to 116th Street for Central Harlem; A, B, C, or D to 125th Street for West Harlem.
