• 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.
  • Filled with murals, authentic food, and many neighbors who have been in the area for generations, East Harlem is overflowing with heart and soul.
  • According to a 2010 study, the number of Asians in East Harlem nearly tripled between 2000 and 2010, largely due to Chinese people moving to East Harlem.
  • Marilyn Simons, Jim’s wife, is a longtime supporter and board member of East Harlem Tutorial Program and East Harlem Scholars Academies.
  • East Harlem’s connectivity to lower Manhattan, the Bronx, and Upstate has cultivated a multi-cultural community served by a series of vibrant commercial corridors.
  • Experience East Harlem is a campaign promoting the local businesses and institutions in the neighborhood of East Harlem, New York.
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • 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.