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Essential Harlem 2014

Essential Harlem 2014

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Created by experience: harlem • Updated On: November 12, 2013

Our picks for the best stops, shops, eats, sips and more Harlem has to offer

Polished Finger Tips is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

1. Polished Finger Tips

New York, NY
Spa · Central Harlem · 7 tips and reviews
Red Rooster Harlem is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

2. Red Rooster Harlem

8.7
310 Malcolm X Blvd (btwn W 125th & W 126th St), New York, NY
Southern Food Restaurant · 552 tips and reviews
Native is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

3. Native

161 Malcolm X Blvd (118th Street), New York, NY
Southern Food Restaurant · Central Harlem · 39 tips and reviews
Apollo Theater is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

4. Apollo Theater

9.1
253 W 125th St (btwn 7th & 8th Ave), New York, NY
Theater · Central Harlem · 142 tips and reviews
Sylvia's Restaurant is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

5. Sylvia's Restaurant

7.4
328 Malcolm X Blvd (btwn W 126th & W 127th St), New York, NY
Southern Food Restaurant · Central Harlem · 248 tips and reviews
Melba's Restaurant is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

6. Melba's Restaurant

8.7
300 W. 114th Street, New York, NY
Southern Food Restaurant · Central Harlem · 128 tips and reviews
Duke Ellington Circle is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

7. Duke Ellington Circle

6.1
1295 5th Ave (110th St.), New York, NY
Plaza · East Harlem · 3 tips and reviews
General Grant National Memorial is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

8. General Grant National Memorial

8.4
701 W 122nd St (at Riverside Dr), New York, NY
Historic and Protected Site · West Harlem · 47 tips and reviews
Hamilton Heights/ Sugar Hill Historic District is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

9. Hamilton Heights/ Sugar Hill Historic District

New York, NY
Neighborhood · 4 tips and reviews
Morris Jumel Mansion is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

10. Morris Jumel Mansion

8.3
65 Jumel Ter (btwn 160th &162nd St), New York, NY
History Museum · Washington Heights · 17 tips and reviews
Strivers' Row is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

11. Strivers' Row

New York, NY
Neighborhood · 2 tips and reviews
AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9 is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

12. AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9

5.9
2309 Frederick Douglass Blvd (at W 124th St.), New York, NY
Movie Theater · Central Harlem · 96 tips and reviews
Maysles Cinema is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

13. Maysles Cinema

7.3
343 Malcolm X Blvd (127th Street), New York, NY
Movie Theater · Central Harlem · 8 tips and reviews
El Museo del Barrio is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

14. El Museo del Barrio

8.2
1230 5th Ave (btwn E 104th & E 105th St), New York, NY
Art Museum · Central Park · 55 tips and reviews
Harlem School of the Arts is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

15. Harlem School of the Arts

8.6
645 Saint Nicholas Ave (at W 141 St), New York, NY
Education · West Harlem · 3 tips and reviews
Museum of the City of New York is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

16. Museum of the City of New York

8.9
1220 5th Ave (at E 103rd St), New York, NY
History Museum · East Harlem · 148 tips and reviews
NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

17. NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

9.2
515 Malcolm X Blvd (at W 135th St), New York, NY
Library · Central Harlem · 45 tips and reviews
Studio Museum in Harlem is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

18. Studio Museum in Harlem

8.7
144 W 125th St (Between Lenox and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevards), New York, NY
Art Museum · Central Harlem · 55 tips and reviews
Dance Theatre of Harlem is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

19. Dance Theatre of Harlem

8.1
466 W 152nd St (Betw Amsterdam And Sa. Nicholas), New York, NY
Dance Studio · West Harlem · 1 tip
Mama Foundation Of The Arts is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

20. Mama Foundation Of The Arts

149 W 126th St (Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.), New York, NY
Structure · Central Harlem · No tips or reviews
Harlem Stage Gatehouse is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

21. Harlem Stage Gatehouse

7.5
150 Convent Ave (Amsterdam Ave), New York, NY
Theater · Manhattanville · 11 tips and reviews
Riverside Theater is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

22. Riverside Theater

7.4
91 Claremont Ave (btwn W 120th & W 122nd St), New York, NY
Theater · West Harlem · 4 tips and reviews
American Legion Post 398 is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

23. American Legion Post 398

8.3
248 W 132nd St, New York, NY
Community Center · Central Harlem · 14 tips and reviews
Minton's Playhouse is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

24. Minton's Playhouse

8.0
206 W 118th St (btwn St Nicholas & 7th Ave), New York, NY
Jazz and Blues Venue · Central Harlem · 41 tips and reviews
Showman's is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

25. Showman's

8.1
375 W 125th St (Morningside Ave), New York, NY
Jazz and Blues Venue · Manhattanville · 18 tips and reviews
Shrine World Music Venue is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

26. Shrine World Music Venue

8.3
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd (134th St), New York, NY
Music Venue · Central Harlem · 49 tips and reviews
Abyssinian Baptist Church is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

27. Abyssinian Baptist Church

132 Odell Clark Pl (New York), New York, NY
Church · Central Harlem · 23 tips and reviews
Church of the Intercession is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

28. Church of the Intercession

550 W 155th St, New York, NY
Church · West Harlem · 4 tips and reviews
Convent Avenue Baptist Church is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

29. Convent Avenue Baptist Church

420 W 145th St (St. Nicholas), New York, NY
Church · West Harlem · 1 tip
First Corinthian Baptist Church is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

30. First Corinthian Baptist Church

1912 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd (at W 116th St), New York, NY
Church · Central Harlem · 26 tips and reviews
Church of St. Charles Borromeo is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

31. Church of St. Charles Borromeo

211 W 141st St, New York, NY
Church · Central Harlem · No tips or reviews
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

32. Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

1047 Amsterdam Ave (at W 112th St.), New York, NY
Church · 112 tips and reviews
Riverside Church is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

33. Riverside Church

490 Riverside Dr (btwn W 120th & W 122nd St.), New York, NY
Church · West Harlem · 26 tips and reviews
Africa Kine Restaurant is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

34. Africa Kine Restaurant

7.2
2267 7th Ave (at Adam Clayton Powell Junior Blvd), New York, NY
African Restaurant · Central Harlem · 33 tips and reviews
Les Ambassades Senegalais Bistro is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

35. Les Ambassades Senegalais Bistro

7.7
New York, NY
African Restaurant · Central Harlem · 11 tips and reviews
Massawa is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

36. Massawa

7.2
1239 Amsterdam Ave (123 ST), New York, NY
Ethiopian Restaurant · West Harlem · 29 tips and reviews
Zoma is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

37. Zoma

2084 Frederick Douglass Blvd (at 113th St), New York, NY
Ethiopian Restaurant · Central Harlem · 42 tips and reviews
Bier International is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

38. Bier International

2099 Frederick Douglass Blvd (at W 113th St.), New York, NY
Beer Garden · Central Harlem · 122 tips and reviews
BLVD Bistro is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

39. BLVD Bistro

239 Malcolm X Blvd (W 122nd St), New York, NY
Bistro · Central Harlem · 75 tips and reviews
Community Food & Juice is one of Essential Harlem 2014.

40. Community Food & Juice

7.9
2893 Broadway (btwn 112th & 113th St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · West Harlem · 161 tips and reviews