Harlem

[ hahr-luhm ]

noun

1. a section of New York City, in the NE part of Manhattan.
2. a tidal river in New York City, between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, which, with Spuyten Duyvil Creek, connects the Hudson and East rivers. 8 miles (13 km) long.

Harlem

/ ˈhɑːləm /

noun

1. a district of New York City, in NE Manhattan: now largely a Black ghetto

Harlem

1. Neighborhood of Manhattan .

Notes

During the 1920s, Harlem was the site of a great upsurge in black literature, music, and theater known as the Harlem Renaissance .

Mostly populated by African-Americans, Harlem has long been a center of black culture .

The area now contains a large Puerto Rican population and, after a period of economic decay, has experienced a revitalization.

Example Sentences

March also includes a story about the Hermès Birkin, a portfolio celebrating the cultural impact of the Studio Museum in Harlem and a piece by the novelist Kaitlyn Greenidge, who also serves as the magazine’s features director.

From Washington Post

Born in Harlem in 1924 to immigrant parents from Nevis in the West Indies, Tyson had already lived a full life by the time she became a model and actress.

From Washington Post

Another case began in 2016, when a financial adviser named Darrell Williams, stepped off the subway to meet a client in Harlem.

From ProPublica

Sure, her cozy Harlem apartment had just barely enough space for her to practice — if she moved her couch.

From Washington Post

The game opens with him emerging from the New York subway tunnels onto Manhattan’s 125th Street — Harlem, his new neighborhood.

From Washington Post

I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.

From The Daily Beast

In neighborhoods such as Harlem, 33 percent of students attend charter schools, a majority of them black or Latino.

From The Daily Beast

After raising a cool $2m last night, Will met the President today in DC while Kate visited a Harlem youth project.

From The Daily Beast

Banks grew up far from the trailer park—up on 152nd St. and Amsterdam in Harlem.

From The Daily Beast

And I think some of my favorite memories are just being all together in that house in Harlem.

From The Daily Beast

If you put a little siccative de Harlem in it, or use any picture varnish thinned with turpentine, it will serve well enough.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Belcher took his seat in it, in the darkness, and then the vehicle was rapidly driven to Harlem.

From Project Gutenberg

Guicciardini, L. mentions the report of printing having been invented at Harlem, 146.

From Project Gutenberg

He made a noble stand at Harlem Heights for three weeks, where he had several encounters with the foe.

From Project Gutenberg

The committee of defense decided to build two fortified camps on Brooklyn Heights and on the heights of Harlem.

From Project Gutenberg