• During the 1970s, Italian East Harlem was also home to the Italian-American drug gang and murder-for-hire crew known as the East Harlem Purple Gang.
  • They were a violent and feared gang of drug dealers and contract killers who were active in East Harlem and the Bronx during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • View An Overview of the Harlem Neighborhoods in a larger mapEast Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem and El Barrio, is the eastern section of Harlem locat...
  • East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City roughly encompassing the area north of the...
  • Just a few blocks north of the Upper East Side, East Harlem trades formality and chain stores for community gardens, local businesses, and bustling street life.
  • Following the referral of the proposed East Harlem Neighborhood Rezoning on April 24, 2017, DCP has developed a modified proposal called an Amended (A) Text.
  • A horse-drawn railroad along Third Avenue was chartered in 1853. East Harlem did attract some Irish and German immigrants escaping the Lower East Side.
  • Experience East Harlem is a campaign promoting the local businesses and institutions in the neighborhood of East Harlem, New York.
  • Construction is in full swing for Ray Harlem at 2033 Fifth Avenue in the Special Arts District in East Harlem, Manhattan.