St. Nicholas Park

St. Nicholas Ave., St. Nicholas Ter. bet. W. 128 St. and W. 141 St.

Originally settled by Dutch farmers in the late 1600s, after the American Revolution (1775-1783) the neighborhood's agricultural yield began to wane. Many residents moved to southern Manhattan's newly industrialized areas. In the 1880s, the area developed quickly as the elevated trains and tenement houses were constructed in Harlem, Hamilton Heights and Manhattanville.


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