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Washington Heights is bounded on the south by Harlem and on the north by Inwood. It runs from roughly 155th Street to Dyckman Street. Coogan's Bluff lies in its southeast corner. It is connected to Fort Lee, New Jersey via the George Washington Bridge.
One of the Heights now-vanished riverfront estates was Minnie's Land , the home of artist John James Audubon, who is buried in the churchyard of the neighborhood's Church of the Intercession, a masterpiece by architect Bertram Grosvenor GoodhueBertram Grosvenor Goodhue ( April 28, 1869 April 23, 1924) was a renowned American architect celebrated for his work in neo-gothic design. Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was born in Pomfret, Connecticut to Charles Wells Goodhue and his second wife, Helen (Eldr. At Audubon Terrace is a cluster of five underused Beaux Arts museum buildings of distinguished architecture. Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, perhaps the most widely known institution in the neighborhood, occupies the former site of Hilltop ParkHilltop Park was a baseball stadium that formerly stood in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. It was the home of the New York Highlanders from 1903- 1912. It was also the home of the New York Giants during a two-month period in 1911 whi, the home of the New York Highlanders (now known as the New York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. They are in the Eastern Division of the American League. The Yankees have won 26 and competed in 39 World Series. These numbers dominate the sport, considering the St) from 19031903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasn't had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. Events January 1 Edward VII of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Emperor of India to 19121912 is a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 Establishment of Republic of China. January 6 New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U. January 17 British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four begin the.
The best known cultural site and tourist attraction in Washington Heights is The CloistersThe Cloisters is one of the museums of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Cloisters is located in Fort Tryon Park near the northern tip of Manhattan island on a hill overlooking the Hudson River. The Cloisters include the museum building in Fort Tryon Park. This branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is devoted to Medieval art and culture, and is located in medieval buildings that were purchased in Europe, brought to the United States, and reassembled. Another major museum, though little visited, is The Hispanic Society of America, which reportedly has the largest collection of El Grecos and Goyas outside of the Museo del Prado, including one of Goya's famous paintings of Cayetana, Duchess of Alba.
Manhanttan's oldest remaining house, the Morris-Jumel Mansion , is located in the landmarked Jumel Terrace Historic District, located between West 160th and West 162nd Street, just east of St. Nicholas Avenue. An AAM-accredited historic house museum, the Mansion interprets the colonial era, the period when General George Washington occupied it during the American Revolution, and the early 19th century in New York.
The neighborhood has a large Dominican population (because of this, the area is sometimes called "Quisqueya Heights"), and Spanish is commonly heard on the streets. There is also a significant Jewish population, particularly in the much nicer Hudson Heights subsection, descended from a previous wave of immigration, as well as students (and recent graduates) of the neighborhood's Yeshiva University. The German-Jewish population is based around Khal Adath Yeshurun , a direct continuation of the pre-war Jewish community of Frankfurt am Main, colloquially called "Breuer's" after Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer, founder and first rabbi of the congregation.
The neighborhood was severely impacted by the crack cocaine epidemic which began in the mid- 1980s, and today its crime rate is only marginally lower than that of neighboring Harlem.
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