Lenox Avenue Archives - Harlem World Magazine

A Moment In Time On 125th Street Between Lenox Avenue And Seventh, NY In 1890

An incredible black and white photograph of a slice of time in Harlem by an unknown photographer on a bright sunny day 125th Street between Lenox Avenue and Seventh Avenue, in Harlem, New York in 1918.Continue reading

The Historic Lenox Avenue, Langston Hughes Called It “Harlem’s Heartbeat,” 1887

Lenox Avenue – also named Malcolm X Boulevard; both names are officially recognized – is the primary north-south route through Harlem, NY.Continue reading

The Infamous New York Female Giants Baseball Team At The Lenox Oval In Harlem, 1913

In 1913, the first game with the New York Female Giants baseball team took place on the legendary Lenox Oval, at the northwest corner of Lenox Avenue and 145th Street in Harlem, NY. Continue reading

‘Below-Market’ At Lenox Avenue Apartments, Require $2,000+ Monthly Rent

A lottery for four Harlem apartments the city considers "affordable" is now accepting applications, but the "below-market" units require tenants to earn at least $76,000 incomes.Continue reading

The I. Kunz’s Well In Harlem NY 1898 (Photograph)

A great photograph by Harlem documentarian James Reuel Smith of the I. Kunz's Well, (80 feet west), at 6th Street at West 138th Street, in Harlem, New York, on April 21, 1898.Continue reading

Harlem Bodega Clerk Stabs Robber To Death

NBC reports that a man trying to rob a bodega worker in Harlem at knifepoint was himself stabbed to death by the clerk, police and witnesses say.Continue reading

Morgan Thomas Reported Missing In Harlem

Morgan Thomas, 19, was reported missing Friday, January 13, 2017. Thomas was last seen leaving his South Harlem residence on Lenox Avenue around 10:30 p.m., police said.Continue reading

Lenox Avenue And 126th Street Harlem NY 1901

It’s the winter of 1901, on a overcast Harlem day, with bare trees at Lenox Avenue and 126th Street with horses and wagons lined the street in New York.Continue reading

Aly’s Dancing School East 125th Street Harlem, NY, 1912

Seems there has been dancing in Harlem for centuries! A fantastic street level black and white photograph of the Aly's (not Alvin) Dancing School on the southeast corner at East 125th and 124th Streets and Lenox Avenue, (on the right hand corner), Harlem, New York, 1912 . Continue reading

Horse & Wagons, Lenox And 126th Street Harlem NY 1901

It's the winter of 1901, on a sunny Harlem day, with bare trees at Lenox Avenue and 126th Street with horses and wagons lined the street in New York. Continue reading

The Most Expensive Home In Harlem $11 Million

The Most Expensive Home In Harlem this month is this wonderful 19,370 square foot have a total of 18 residential units, 18 beds, and two commercial spaces right in the heart of central Harlem, New York.Continue reading

Jimmie Daniels “One Of The Most Popular Cafe Singers” Ever In Harlem NY 1908-1984

Jimmie Daniels was born in Laredo, Texas in 1908, but was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. He left Arkansas and traveled to New York in the 1920s, at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. Continue reading

FLUX Public Art Projects Throughout Harlem’s Parks And Boulevards

FLUX Public Art Projects, continues to May 31st, 2016, there is 40+ Public Art Projects throughout Harlem's Parks and Boulevards, at Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem Art Park, Eugene McCabe Field, 127th Street Harlem Grown Farm, Lenox Avenue and 124th Street.Continue reading

Construction Wraps On Retail Complex In Harlem

In July of 2015, YIMBY brought you a construction update on the the six-story, 202,361-square-foot commercial-retail project being built at 100 West 125th Street, located on the corner of Malcolm X Boulevard (Aka Lenox Avenue), in Harlem.Continue reading

Construction On Lenox & 125th Street Harlem, NY 1910

An upclose view of what seems to be mid-day construction work day along Lenox Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem, New York, 1910.Continue reading