St.Nicholas Park

Location & Contact:

135th St. & St. Nicholas Ave. (B/C to 135th St.)
Manhattan, NY 10030
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Description:

This spacious park is named for St. Nicholas of Myra. It is located at the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue, 127th Street, St. Nicholas Terrace and 141st Street, bordering the Manhattan neighborhoods of Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville, and Harlem.

Originally settled by Dutch farmers in the late 1600s, after the American Revolution (1775-1783) the neighborhoods agricultural yield began to wane. Many residents moved to southern Manhattans newly industrialized areas. In the 1880s, the area developed quickly as the elevated trains and tenement houses were constructed in Harlem, Hamilton Heights and Manhattanville.

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