The neighborhood
Areas
Smaller sections of Washington Heights. When one sits inside another, it is listed underneath.
9 areas
Map
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The number on each area counts places filed there, including smaller sections.
- Hudson Heights17 placesThe hilltop, Art Deco corner of northwest Washington Heights, above the Hudson and below Fort Tryon Park. The name dates only to the early 1990s, and its edges are still argued over.
- Hudson Heights Downtown6 placesThe stretch of W 181st St near Fort Washington Ave, by the A train, where the neighborhood's pubs, cafes, and takeout cluster. "Downtown" is local shorthand, not an official name.
- Hudson Heights Uptown4 placesA one-block strip of W 187th St between Fort Washington and Pinehurst Aves, with a bookshop, a bakery, and restaurants, just up the hill from Bennett Park. "Uptown" is local shorthand, not an official name.
- Broadway at 175th St (United Palace)6 placesThe stretch of Broadway around the United Palace theater, with Malecón across the street and the Plaza de las Americas pedestrian plaza on W 175th St.
- 181st Street Strip (East of Broadway)7 placesThe busy shopping street along W 181st St from Broadway toward Amsterdam Ave, with side stretches of St. Nicholas Ave and Broadway. It is the commercial heart of the Washington Heights BID.
- Audubon / W 165th St8 placesThe Broadway and W 165th St area around the former Audubon Ballroom and the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia medical campus, with a few small shops on Amsterdam Ave a few blocks east.
- Fort George8 placesThe quieter eastern slope of northern Washington Heights, east of Broadway from W 181st St north to Dyckman St, running up to Highbridge Park's Fort George Hill.
- Jumel Terrace & Edgecombe Ave3 placesThe southeast corner of Washington Heights, on the bluff above the Harlem River, where the Morris-Jumel Mansion and Sylvan Terrace sit and the area shades into Sugar Hill.
- Highbridge Park & Coogan's Bluff5 placesThe long, forested park along the Harlem River on Washington Heights' eastern edge, home to the High Bridge, the Highbridge Water Tower, and the cliffs of Coogan's Bluff.