Harlem

The Lay Of The Land

Harlem covers a large swath of upper Manhattan above 110th Street, from the Harlem River to Morningside, broad enough that its character shifts from block to block. Its avenues are wide and its building rows long, lined with the brownstones and limestone townhouses that went up in the late nineteenth century, punctuated by landmark churches and theaters. The scale is generous compared with downtown, with more sky and longer sightlines.

The housing is anchored by that brownstone stock, much of it in historic districts like Mount Morris Park and Hamilton Heights, alongside prewar apartment buildings and a growing layer of new and renovated construction along the main corridors. Rents and prices generally sit below the neighborhoods further south, and the supply includes everything from a single floor of a townhouse to a unit in a modern elevator building.

Transit is deep. The 2 and 3 run under Lenox Avenue, the A, C, B, and D under St. Nicholas and Eighth, and the 4, 5, and 6 along the east side, so much of Harlem reaches Midtown quickly on multiple lines. Metro-North adds a stop at 125th Street.

The commercial heart along 125th Street, the green of Marcus Garvey and Morningside Parks, and a deep musical and culinary history give the neighborhood its texture. Harlem suits someone who wants brownstone architecture and space at a more attainable price than downtown, and who values a neighborhood with a strong sense of its own history.

Asking rents among listings active on Sidewalk, updated September 27.

• The Good Good★ 4.8 (449)1694 Park AveWebsite
  0.3 mi away
• Red Rooster Harlem★ 4.4 (7,886)310 Lenox AveWebsite
  0.3 mi away
• Sylvia'a Queen of Soul Food★ 4.3 (9,112) · Soul Food Restaurant328 Malcolm X BlvdWebsite
  0.3 mi away
• Harlem Shake★ 4.3 (4,372) · Hamburger Restaurant100 W 124th StWebsite
  0.3 mi away
• Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers★ 4.3 (474) · Fast Food Restaurant124 W 125th StWebsite
  0.4 mi away
• Jacob Soul Food Restaurant★ 4.4 (3,369) · Soul Food Restaurant373 Malcolm X BlvdWebsite
  0.4 mi away

• 2130 ACP2130 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard
• HUBB12560 West 125th Street
• SAVOY PARK30 West 141st Street
• 574 Saint Nicholas Avenue
• 1590 Lexington AVE
• 45 West 139th Street
• 302 West 138th Street
• 630 Lenox Avenue
• 233 East 111th Street
• 336 East 112th Street
• 217 Central Park North
• 101 East 116th Street
• 127 West 112th Street
• 346 East 120th Street
• 2171 3RD AVENUE
• 307 East 119th Street
• 305 East 105th Street
• 115 West 136th Street
• 110 West 123rd Street
• 2300 Fifth Avenue
• 620 Lenox Avenue
• 15 West 139th Street
• 291 Pleasant Avenue
• 2100 Second Avenue
• 411 East 118th Street
• 238 East 116th Street
• 2294 Frederick Douglas Boulevard
• 204 East 112th Street
• 407 East 117th Street
• 422 East 118th Street
• 102 East 116th Street

Live Listings In Harlem

• 
  217 Central Park North · 15A

  2.0 bed · 2.0 bath

  $4,995/mo
• 
  2171 3RD AVENUE · 1B

  3.0 bed · 1.5 bath

  $3,900/mo
• 
  574 Saint Nicholas Avenue · 44

  2.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $2,600/mo
• 
  411 East 118th Street · 33

  2.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $2,950/mo
• 
  60 West 125th Street · 1305

  2.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $3,975/mo
• 
  60 West 125th Street · 1601

  2.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $4,300/mo
• 
  115 West 136th Street · 1A

  0.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $2,695/mo
• 
  422 East 118th Street · 2

  3.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $3,000/mo
• 
  630 Lenox Avenue · 2A

  1.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $2,800/mo