East Harlem

LOCATION

East Harlem's (new) southern border is 97th street, western - Fifth Avenue. To the east and north, East Harlem is flanked by the Harlem River.

The southern border moved up one block from East 96th street, thanks to the arrival of a multitude of market-rate rentals and condos (in new, as well as converted buildings) in the blocks between East 96th and East 97th.

APARTMENTS & REAL ESTATE

Selected Rental Buildings

• 101 East 116th Street (East Harlem) {4 available apts}
  An elevator building.
• 104 East 98th Street (East Harlem) {1 available apt}
  A pre-war low-rise walk-up building.
• 115 East 116th Street (East Harlem) {1 available apt}
  A pre-war low-rise elevator building.
• Hampton Court (333 East 102nd Street, East Harlem) {3 available apts}
  An mid-rise mixed-use modern building. Designed by The Stephen B. Jacobs Group, with interiors designed by Andi Pepper.
• Stonehenge Park (1274 Fifth Avenue, East Harlem) {2 available apts}
  A pre-war low-rise building located directly across from Central Park at 109th Street

See all East Harlem Rental Apartment Buildings (13 buildings)

Selected No-Fee Rental Listings

• $1,995 1-Bedroom at Stonehenge Park available 10/Jul/2009 posted 29/Jun/2009.
• $1,095 Studio at 115 East 116th Street available 03/Jul/2009 posted 26/Jun/2009.
• $1,625 1-Bedroom at 101 East 116th Street available 03/Jul/2009 posted 22/Jun/2009.
• $2,287 2-Bedroom at Hampton Court posted 17/Jun/2009.
• $2,650 2-Bedroom at 104 East 98th Street available 03/Jul/2009 posted 11/May/2009.

See all East Harlem No Fee Rental Apartments (11 total)

Condo & Co-op Buildings

• 440 East 117th Street (East Harlem)
  A low-rise building.
• The bridges (2279 Third Avenue, East Harlem)
  Twin condominium buildings on the south and north east corners of 124th and 3rd Avenue
• The Ivy Condominium (249 East 118th Street, East Harlem)
  A mid-rise doorman elevator building.

See all East Harlem Condo Apartment Buildings (6 buildings)

DEMOGRAPHICS

Before 2000, East 96th street (the neighborhood's former southern border) was one of the most famous socio-economic "boundaries" in North America: to the south of it lied the affluent Upper East Side and to the north - the significantly less affluent East Harlem, where within the span of a few blocks, the average household income plunged to only a fraction of its sub-East 96th value.

That contrast has been softened and the border bluerred somewhat by gentrification of the late 1990's and 2000's. The "border" itself moved one block north, to East 97th street.

Gentrification aside, the population of East Harlem remains considerably less affluent than that of its southern neighbor. The neighborhood contains a significant number of housing projects run by NYCHA (Carver, Lexington, Washington, Clinton, White, Metro North, Lehman, Johnson, Taft, Jefferson, Corsi, Wagner, Robinson, Lincoln).