Hamilton Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of

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. It is the northernmost part of the West Harlem area, along with

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and

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to its south, and it contains the sub-neighborhood and historic district of Sugar Hill. Washington Heights lies to Hamilton Heights' north, and to its east is

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. Hamilton Heights is bounded by 135th Street to the south, Riverside Drive to the west, 155th Street to the north, and Edgecombe Avenue and Saint Nicholas Avenue to the east. The community derives its name from Founding Father

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, who lived the last two years of his life in what is now the

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, back when Upper Manhattan was mostly farmland. Hamilton Heights is part of Manhattan Community District 9, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10031, 10032, and 10039. It is patrolled by the 30th Precinct of the

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Demographics

Based on data from the

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, the population of Hamilton Heights was 48,520, a decrease of 2,035 (4.0%) from the 50,555 counted in

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. Covering an area of , the neighborhood had a population density of .Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010
Population Division -

Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 10.9% (5,287)

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, 32.2% (15,646)

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, 0.2% (119) Native American, 2.2% (1,067) Asian, 0.0% (15)

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, 0.4% (178) from other races, and 1.8% (884) from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 52.2% (25,324) of the population.Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010
Population Division -

Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016. The most significant changes in the racial composition of Hamilton Heights from 2000 to 2010 were the increase in the White population by 231% (3,691) and the decrease in the Black population by 26% (5,366). The Hispanic / Latino population also decreased by 2% (648) but remained the majority. Meanwhile, the Asian population increased by 90% (506) but remained a small minority, and the small population of all other races decreased by 15% (218). The entirety of Community District 9, which consists of Hamilton Heights,

, and

, had 111,287 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 81.4 years. This is about the same as the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most residents are children and middle-aged adults: 34% are between the ages of 25–44, while 21% are between 45 and 64, and 17% are between 0–17. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 16% and 12% respectively. As of 2017, the median

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in Community District 9 was $50,048, though the median income in Hamilton Heights individually was $43,673. In 2018, an estimated 24% of Community District 9 residents lived in

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, compared to 14% in all of Manhattan and 20% in all of New York City. One in twelve residents (8%) were unemployed, compared to 7% in Manhattan and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 51% in Community District 9, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 45% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, , Community District 9 is considered to be gentrifying: according to the Community Health Profile, the district was low-income in 1990 and has seen above-median rent growth up to 2010.

Housing and diversity

Most of the housing dates from the extension of the elevated and subway lines at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century. This fairly elegant housing became less desirable to white residents in the 1930s and 1940s as the population changed from white to black, even though the black residents were just as affluent as the white residents. There are spacious apartment buildings,

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s and other row houses prominently lining the leafy eastern streets of Hamilton Heights, an area traditionally home to a substantial black professional class. The brownstone revival of the 1960s and 1970s led to a new movement of middle-class blacks in the area.

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arrived in large numbers in the 1980s, with Dominicans making up the majority. Today the local population is changing again, with Hispanics constituting a majority of the population followed by

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and

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since 2005 has dramatically increased the proportion of non-Hispanic whites. Many actors, artists, teachers, and other professionals now reside in Hamilton Heights.NYT on Hamilton Heights
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, especially after the 1940s, many

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, Russian

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, and Polish found their way to New York City. Hamilton Heights had a very heavy population of Eastern European heritage, with a predominantly large amount of

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living in this immediate area. There were a couple of

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Churches erected, Russian book stores, bakeries, grocery and delicatessen stores, with theatres all along

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. The house on the corner of Broadway and W. 141st Street was known as the "Russian House" (Русский Дом) and a Russian library was on the other corner. During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, a lot of these Russians began to move out to suburban areas of New York and

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. The only remaining landmark of this era is the Holy Fathers Russian Orthodox Church

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, located on 524 W. 153rd Street, with some notable

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buried at the bordering Trinity Cemetery.

Notable sites

Hamilton Heights is the home of

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(CCNY),

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, The Harlem School of the Arts and Aaron Davis Hall. Historic Hamilton Heights comprises the

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and the Hamilton Heights/ Sugar Hill Historic District Extension, both designated by the

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. One of the highest hills in Hamilton Heights slopes up from the

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at 155th Street, and contains the Trinity Cemetery. Many individual buildings in the district are also landmarked, including Shepard Hall on the CCNY campus, and the building that once housed

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. The Audubon Mural Project paints the neighborhood with images of the birds depicted by

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in his early 19th century folio

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Parks

The neighborhood offers several parks, including the Riverbank State Park, embedded in Riverside Park, which runs along the

west of Hamilton Heights. Other parks in the neighborhood include

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, St. Nicholas Park, and smaller sites such as Johnny Hartman Square, Carmansville Playground, and William A. Harris Garden.

Police and crime

Hamilton Heights is served mostly by the 30th Precinct of the

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, located at 451 West 151st Street, although the City College area south of 141st Street and east of Amsterdam Avenue is actually served by the 26th Precinct. The 30th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 78.0% between 1990 and 2019. The precinct reported 4 murders, 20 rapes, 190 robberies, 178 felony assaults, 69 burglaries, 289 grand larcenies, and 27 grand larcenies auto in 2019. Of the five major violent felonies (murder, rape, felony assault, robbery, and burglary), the 30th Precinct had a rate of 760 crimes per 100,000 residents in 2019, compared to the boroughwide average of 632 crimes per 100,000 and the citywide average of 572 crimes per 100,000. , Manhattan Community District 9 has a non-fatal assault hospitalization rate of 57 per 100,000 people, compared to the boroughwide rate of 49 per 100,000 and the citywide rate of 59 per 100,000. Its incarceration rate is 633 per 100,000 people, compared to the boroughwide rate of 407 per 100,000 and the citywide rate of 425 per 100,000. In 2019, the highest concentrations of felony assaults in Hamilton Heights were near the intersection of 135th Street and

, where there were 10 felony assaults, and near the intersection of 145th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, where there were 11. The highest concentrations of robberies were nearby, around the intersection of 137th Street and Broadway, where there were 11 robberies, and around the intersection of 145th Street and Broadway, where there were 14.

Fire safety

Hamilton Heights is served by the

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(FDNY)'s Engine Co. 80/Ladder Co. 23, located at 503 West 139th Street.

Health

Preterm and teenage births in Community District 9 are lower than the city average. In Community District 9, there were 82 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 10.9 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Community District 9 has a low population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population was estimated to be 11%, slightly less than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of

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, the deadliest type of

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, in Community District 9 is , more than the city average. Seventeen percent of Community District 9 residents are smokers, which is more than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Community District 9, 21% of residents are

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, 10% are

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, and 29% have

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—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 25% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Eighty-eight percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is about the same as the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 83% of residents described their health as "good," "very good," or "excellent," more than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Community District 9, there are 11 bodegas. The nearest hospital is the Harlem Hospital Center, located in

Post offices and ZIP Codes

Hamilton Heights is located in multiple ZIP Codes. Most of the neighborhood is in 10031; however, the area north of 153rd Street is in 10032, and the Polo Grounds Towers are in 10039. The

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operates two post offices in or near Hamilton Heights: * Hamilton Grange Station Post Office – 521 West 146th Street * College Station Post Office - 217 West 140th Street * Fort Washington Post Office – 556 West 158th Street

Education

Community District 9 has a higher rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city . A plurality of residents age 25 and older (49%) have a college education or higher, while 21% have less than a high school education and 30% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 64% of Manhattan residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of students in Community District 9 excelling in math rose from 25% in 2000 to 49% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 32% to 35% during the same time period. Community District 9's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is higher than the rest of New York City. In the 2016–2017 school year, 27% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per

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, more than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 65% of high school students in Community District 9 graduate on time, less than the citywide average of 75%.

Schools

The

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operates the following public elementary and middle schools in Hamilton Heights as part of Community School District 5: * Hamilton Heights School (grades K–5) * New Design Middle School (grades 6–8) * PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell (grades PK–5) * PS 192 Jacob H Schiff (grades PK–5) * PS/IS 210 21st Century Academy For Community Leaders (grades PK–8) The following public high schools are also located in Hamilton Heights, serving grades 9–12: * A. Philip Randolph Campus High School * High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College – a specialized high school

Higher education

The

, of the

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system, is located in Hamilton Heights.

Library

The

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(NYPL) operates the Hamilton Grange branch at 503 West 145th Street. It is named after "founding father"

, who lived at

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. The branch, a Carnegie library, opened in 1907 and was renovated in 1975; it is listed on the

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Transportation

IRT Broadway-Seventh 145th Street Northbound Platform

The

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stops in Hamilton Heights at the 137th Street–City College and 145th Street stations (). The

IND Eighth Avenue Line The IND Eighth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line in New York City, United States, and is part of the B Division of the New York City Subway. Opened in 1932, it was the first line of the Independent Subway System (IND), and the ''Eighth Avenu ...

runs under St. Nicholas Avenue, providing service at 135th Street (), 145th Street () and 155th Street (). The

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branches off north of the 145th Street station, and runs under Saint Nicholas Place to serve 155th Street (). The MTA Regional Bus Operations' buses serve the area.

Notable people

Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...

(1904–1984), musician *

Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an internati ...

(born 1927), singer *

Diahann Carroll Diahann Carroll (; born Carol Diann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. She rose to prominence in some of the earliest major film studio, major studio films to feature black cas ...

(1935–2019), singer, actress *

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was bas ...

(1899–1974), musician *

Ralph Ellison Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel ''Invisible Man'', which won the National Book Award in 1953. He also wrote '' Shadow and Act'' (1964), a collec ...

(1913–1994), authorJordan, Adrienne
"A guide to local favorites in Hamilton Heights Manhattan"
''

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''. Accessed December 16, 2020. "The brownstones in Hamilton Heights once housed famous creatives like Ralph Ellison, Lena Horne and George Gershwin." * Álvaro Enrigue (born 1969), writer *

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(born 1988), rapper *

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

(1898–1937), composer *

(1755–1804), former

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* Oscar Hammerstein I (1846–1919), composer *

Lena Horne Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of th ...

(1917–2010), singer *

Valeria Luiselli Valeria Luiselli (born August 16, 1983) is a Mexican author living in the United States. She is the author of the book of essays ''Sidewalks'' and the novel '' Faces in the Crowd'', which won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First F ...

(born 1983), author * Yoselyn Ortega – Dominican-born American nanny convicted of stabbing to death children Lucia and Leo Krim in 2012. * Beverly Peer (1912–1997),

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double-bassist.Holden, Stephen
"Beverly Peer, 84, Bass Player Who Accompanied Bobby Short"
January 27, 1997. Accessed December 6, 2020. "Mr. Peer grew up on West 137th Street in Hamilton Heights and studied piano, then as a teen-ager switched to the bass violin." *

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(1894–1978), artist * Juelz Santana (born 1982), musician * Nicholas Teliatnikow (1909–1970), photojournalist, photographer *

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(1925–1965), civil rights activist

References

External links

NYC's Guide to Hamilton Heights Pamphlet

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