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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.
The United Palace (originally Loew's 175th Street Theatre) is a theater at 4140 Broadway in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States.The theater, occupying a city block between Broadway, Wadsworth Avenue, and West 175th and 176th Streets, is both a house of worship and a cultural center.
OnPoint NYC is a New York City nonprofit that operates two privately run safe injection sites (also known as Overdose Prevention Centers) in East Harlem and Washington Heights. [2] Placed at the sites of existing syringe service programs, [3] these were America's first safe injection facilities when they opened in November 2021. [2]
The George Washington Bridge connects Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan across the Hudson River to Fort Lee, New Jersey, and is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the late 19th century, the IRT Ninth Avenue Line and other elevated railroads brought people to the previously rustic Upper Manhattan.
The Audubon Park Historic District is located on five blocks in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is roughly bounded by West 155th Street to the south, West 158th Street to the north, Broadway and Edward M. Morgan Place to the east and Riverside Drive West to the west.
Washington Heights has many of its residents involved in the area's events and the residents strive to get to know each other. "We are a small town within a large city, and each block is its own ...
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Highbridge Park is a public park on the western bank of the Harlem River in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City. It stretches between 155th Street and Dyckman Street in Upper Manhattan . The park is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation .