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Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
Washington Heights is the 73rd of Chicago's 77 community areas.Located 12 miles (19 km) from the Loop, it is on the city's far south side.Washington Heights is considered part of the Blue Island Ridge, along with the nearby community areas of Beverly, Morgan Park and Mount Greenwood, and the village of Blue Island.
Upper Manhattan is the area above 96th Street. Midtown Manhattan is the area between 34th Street and 59th Street. Lower Manhattan is the area below 14th Street. West Side is the area west of Fifth Avenue; East Side is the area east of Fifth Avenue. Neighborhood names and boundaries are not officially defined.
The Jumel Terrace Historic District is a small New York City and national historic district located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.It consists of 50 residential rowhouses built between 1890 and 1902, and one apartment building constructed in 1909, as the heirs of Eliza Jumel sold off the land of the former Roger Morris estate. [2]
Washington Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 2,205 at the 2020 census . Washington Heights is a contiguous suburb of the city of Middletown .
The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835. George Dousman, a Michigan fur trader's son was part of the first wave of European settlement that same ...
From 2003 to 2013, the district included all of Staten Island and the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, and Gravesend in Brooklyn. Most of the territory in the old 13th district is now in New York's 11th congressional district. 2013–present: Parts of Manhattan, The Bronx
The Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights, located at West 185th Street and Fort Washington Avenue, across from Bennett Park. The Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights is a Reform synagogue located at 551 Fort Washington Avenue, corner of 185th Street, in the neighborhood. [69] [70] [71] It is across from Bennett Park on West 185th Street. [72]