Harlem

Walk 125th Street past the Apollo Theater, hear jazz and gospel, and eat soul food in the historic center of Black culture.

Upper Manhattan, 110th St to 155th St, centered on 125th St · New York, NY

About Harlem

Harlem stretches across Upper Manhattan from Central Park North to 155th Street. It was the home of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, and that legacy shows along 125th Street, where the Apollo Theater has stood since 1934. You can visit the Studio Museum in Harlem and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, browse African goods at the Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market, and eat anything from soul food to Senegalese cooking.

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The closest stops to Harlem, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Theater & Events
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Apollo Theater
$25–$50
See the relit marquee of Harlem's historic stage and catch Amateur Night and concerts at the Apollo's stages next door.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Tours
History Buff
Welcome to Harlem
$50+
A Black-owned Harlem tour company running walking tours, gospel brunch outings and intimate jazz nights in brownstones.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Sightseeing
History Buff
General Grant National Memorial
No admission fee
See the domed mausoleum where Ulysses S. Grant and his wife rest in red-granite sarcophagi above the Hudson.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.8 mi awayMore like this
Museums
Bronx Documentary Center
No admission fee
Nonprofit photography and documentary gallery in the Melrose area of the South Bronx, with rotating exhibitions, classes, and youth programs.
1.7 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sightseeing
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
No admission fee
Step off Fifth Avenue into a Gothic Revival cathedral of marble spires, stained glass windows, side chapels and bronze doors.
Transit: reachable by public transit
3.8 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
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Rockefeller Center
No admission fee
Stroll an Art Deco complex of plazas, public art, shops and a skating rink, with Top of the Rock observation decks above.
Transit: reachable by public transit
3.8 mi awayMore like this