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<p><b>Upper Manhattan</b> is the northern section of the <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> <a href="Boroughs_of_New_York_City" title="Boroughs of New York City">borough</a> of <a href="Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>. Its southern boundary has been variously defined, but some of the most common usages are <a href="96th_Street_(Manhattan)" title="96th Street (Manhattan)">96th Street</a>, <a href="110th_Street_(Manhattan)" title="110th Street (Manhattan)">110th Street</a> (the northern boundary of <a href="Central_Park" title="Central Park">Central Park</a>), <a href="125th_Street_(Manhattan)" title="125th Street (Manhattan)">125th Street</a>, or <a href="155th_Street_(Manhattan)" title="155th Street (Manhattan)">155th Street</a>. The term <b> Uptown</b> can refer to Upper Manhattan, but is often used more generally for neighborhoods above <a href="59th_Street_(Manhattan)" title="59th Street (Manhattan)">59th Street</a>; in the broader definition, Uptown encompasses Upper Manhattan.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Upper Manhattan is generally taken to include the neighborhoods of Manhattan <a href="Inwood%2C_Manhattan" title="Inwood, Manhattan">Inwood</a>, <a href="Washington_Heights%2C_Manhattan" title="Washington Heights, Manhattan">Washington Heights</a> (including Fort George, Sherman Creek and <a href="Hudson_Heights%2C_Manhattan" title="Hudson Heights, Manhattan">Hudson Heights</a>), <a href="Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a> (including <a href="Sugar_Hill%2C_Manhattan" title="Sugar Hill, Manhattan">Sugar Hill</a>, <a href="Hamilton_Heights%2C_Manhattan" title="Hamilton Heights, Manhattan">Hamilton Heights</a> and <a href="Manhattanville%2C_Manhattan" title="Manhattanville, Manhattan">Manhattanville</a>), <a href="East_Harlem" title="East Harlem">East Harlem</a>, <a href="Morningside_Heights" title="Morningside Heights">Morningside Heights</a>, and <a href="Manhattan_Valley" title="Manhattan Valley">Manhattan Valley</a> (in the <a href="Upper_West_Side" title="Upper West Side">Upper West Side</a>).
</p><p>The <a href="George_Washington_Bridge" title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a> connects Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan across the <a href="Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> to <a href="Fort_Lee%2C_New_Jersey" title="Fort Lee, New Jersey">Fort Lee, New Jersey</a>, and is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-panynj.gov_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-panynj.gov-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-abcgwb_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abcgwb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In the late 19th century, the <a href="IRT_Ninth_Avenue_Line" title="IRT Ninth Avenue Line">IRT Ninth Avenue Line</a> and other elevated railroads brought people to the previously rustic Upper Manhattan. Until the late 20th century it was less influenced by the <a href="Gentrification" title="Gentrification">gentrification</a> that had taken place in other parts of New York over the previous 30 years.
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<p>Like other residential areas, Upper Manhattan is not a major center of <a href="Tourism_in_New_York_City" title="Tourism in New York City">tourism in New York City</a>, although many tourist attractions lie within it, such as <a href="Grant's_Tomb" title="Grant's Tomb">Grant's Tomb</a>, the <a href="Apollo_Theater" title="Apollo Theater">Apollo Theater</a>, <a href="United_Palace" title="United Palace">United Palace</a>, and <a href="The_Cloisters" title="The Cloisters">The Cloisters</a>, <a href="Sylvia's_Restaurant_of_Harlem" title="Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem">Sylvia's Restaurant</a>, the <a href="Hamilton_Grange_National_Memorial" title="Hamilton Grange National Memorial">Hamilton Grange</a>, the <a href="Morris%E2%80%93Jumel_Mansion" title="Morris–Jumel Mansion">Morris–Jumel Mansion</a>, <a href="Minton's_Playhouse" title="Minton's Playhouse">Minton's Playhouse</a>, <a href="Sugar_Hill%2C_Manhattan" title="Sugar Hill, Manhattan">Sugar Hill</a>, <a href="Riverside_Church" title="Riverside Church">Riverside Church</a>, the <a href="National_Jazz_Museum_in_Harlem" title="National Jazz Museum in Harlem">National Jazz Museum in Harlem</a>, and the <a href="Dyckman_House" title="Dyckman House">Dyckman House</a>, along with <a href="Fort_Tryon_Park" title="Fort Tryon Park">Fort Tryon Park</a>, most of <a href="Riverside_Park_(Manhattan)" title="Riverside Park (Manhattan)">Riverside Park</a>, <a href="Riverbank_State_Park" title="Riverbank State Park">Riverbank State Park</a>, <a href="Sakura_Park" title="Sakura Park">Sakura Park</a>, and other parks.
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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Butler_Library" title="Butler Library">Butler Library</a> on the campus of <a href="Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> in <a href="Morningside_Heights" title="Morningside Heights">Morningside Heights</a></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="City_College_of_New_York" title="City College of New York">City College of New York</a> in <a href="Hamilton_Heights%2C_Manhattan" title="Hamilton Heights, Manhattan">Hamilton Heights</a></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Columbia_University_Irving_Medical_Center" title="Columbia University Irving Medical Center">Columbia University Irving Medical Center</a> in <a href="Washington_Heights%2C_Manhattan" title="Washington Heights, Manhattan">Washington Heights</a> </div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="The_Cloisters" title="The Cloisters">The Cloisters</a> in <a href="Fort_Tryon_Park" title="Fort Tryon Park">Fort Tryon Park</a> houses the <a href="Medieval_art" title="Medieval art">medieval art</a> collection of the <a href="Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>.</div>
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<div class="gallerytext">The <a href="Little_Red_Lighthouse" title="Little Red Lighthouse">Little Red Lighthouse</a> under the <a href="George_Washington_Bridge" title="George Washington Bridge">George Washington Bridge</a></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Grant's_Tomb" title="Grant's Tomb">Grant's Tomb</a> in Morningside Heights</div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><a href="Inwood_Hill_Park" title="Inwood Hill Park">Inwood Hill Park</a> contains the last remnant of the <a href="Primeval_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Primeval forest">primeval forest</a> which once covered Manhattan; these caves were used by native <a href="Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a> people.</div>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="History_of_Manhattan" title="History of Manhattan">History of Manhattan</a></li>
<li><a href="History_of_New_York_City" title="History of New York City">History of New York City</a></li>
<li><a href="Lower_Manhattan" title="Lower Manhattan">Lower Manhattan</a></li>
<li><a href="Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a></li></ul>
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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bowery" title="Bowery">Bowery</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Chinatown%2C_Manhattan" title="Chinatown, Manhattan">Chinatown</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Civic_Center%2C_Manhattan" title="Civic Center, Manhattan">Civic Center</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Cooperative_Village" title="Cooperative Village">Cooperative Village</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Dimes_Square" title="Dimes Square">Dimes Square</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="East_Village%2C_Manhattan" title="East Village, Manhattan">East Village</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Essex_Crossing" title="Essex Crossing">Essex Crossing</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Financial_District%2C_Manhattan" title="Financial District, Manhattan">Financial District</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Greenwich_Village" title="Greenwich Village">Greenwich Village</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hudson_Square" title="Hudson Square">Hudson Square</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Little_Australia" title="Little Australia">Little Australia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Little_Fuzhou" title="Little Fuzhou">Little Fuzhou</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Little_Italy%2C_Manhattan" title="Little Italy, Manhattan">Little Italy</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Alphabet_City%2C_Manhattan#Loisaida" title="Alphabet City, Manhattan">Loisaida</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Lower_East_Side" title="Lower East Side">Lower East Side</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Meatpacking_District%2C_Manhattan" title="Meatpacking District, Manhattan">Meatpacking District</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="NoHo%2C_Manhattan" title="NoHo, Manhattan">NoHo</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Nolita" title="Nolita">Nolita</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="SoHo%2C_Manhattan" title="SoHo, Manhattan">SoHo</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="South_Street_Seaport" title="South Street Seaport">South Street Seaport</a> </span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="South_Village" title="South Village">South Village</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tribeca" title="Tribeca">Tribeca</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Two_Bridges%2C_Manhattan" title="Two Bridges, Manhattan">Two Bridges</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="West_Village" title="West Village">West Village</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="World_Trade_Center_(2001%E2%80%93present)" title="World Trade Center (2001–present)">World Trade Center</a></span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Columbus_Circle" title="Columbus Circle">Columbus Circle</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="47th_Street_(Manhattan)#Diamond_District" title="47th Street (Manhattan)">Diamond District</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Flatiron_District" title="Flatiron District">Flatiron District</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Garment_District%2C_Manhattan" title="Garment District, Manhattan">Garment District</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Herald_Square" title="Herald Square">Herald Square</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Koreatown%2C_Manhattan" title="Koreatown, Manhattan">Koreatown</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Madison_Square_and_Madison_Square_Park" title="Madison Square and Madison Square Park">Madison Square</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Midtown_South" title="Midtown South">Midtown South</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="NoMad%2C_Manhattan" title="NoMad, Manhattan">NoMad</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Silicon_Alley" title="Silicon Alley">Silicon Alley</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Theater_District%2C_Manhattan" title="Theater District, Manhattan">Theater District</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Times_Square" title="Times Square">Times Square</a></span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Chelsea%2C_Manhattan" title="Chelsea, Manhattan">Chelsea</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hell's_Kitchen%2C_Manhattan" title="Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan">Hell's Kitchen</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hudson_Yards%2C_Manhattan" title="Hudson Yards, Manhattan">Hudson Yards</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hudson_Yards_(development)" title="Hudson Yards (development)">development</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Lincoln_Square%2C_Manhattan" title="Lincoln Square, Manhattan">Lincoln Square</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Manhattan_Valley" title="Manhattan Valley">Manhattan Valley</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Penn_South" title="Penn South">Penn South</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Pomander_Walk" title="Pomander Walk">Pomander Walk</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Riverside_South%2C_Manhattan" title="Riverside South, Manhattan">Riverside South</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Upper_West_Side" title="Upper West Side">Upper West Side</a></span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Carnegie_Hill" title="Carnegie Hill">Carnegie Hill</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Gramercy_Park" title="Gramercy Park">Gramercy Park</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Kips_Bay%2C_Manhattan" title="Kips Bay, Manhattan">Kips Bay</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Lenox_Hill" title="Lenox Hill">Lenox Hill</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Murray_Hill%2C_Manhattan" title="Murray Hill, Manhattan">Murray Hill</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Stuyvesant_Town%E2%80%93Peter_Cooper_Village" title="Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village">Peter Cooper Village</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Rose_Hill%2C_Manhattan" title="Rose Hill, Manhattan">Rose Hill</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Stuyvesant_Square" title="Stuyvesant Square">Stuyvesant Square</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Stuyvesant_Town%E2%80%93Peter_Cooper_Village" title="Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village">Stuyvesant Town</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="York_Avenue_and_Sutton_Place" title="York Avenue and Sutton Place">Sutton Place</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tudor_City" title="Tudor City">Tudor City</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Turtle_Bay%2C_Manhattan" title="Turtle Bay, Manhattan">Turtle Bay</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Union_Square%2C_Manhattan" title="Union Square, Manhattan">Union Square</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Upper_East_Side" title="Upper East Side">Upper East Side</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Waterside_Plaza" title="Waterside Plaza">Waterside Plaza</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Yorkville%2C_Manhattan" title="Yorkville, Manhattan">Yorkville</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FF6600; color: #FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF6600, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF6600;;;width:1%"><br>above 110th St<br></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Astor_Row" title="Astor Row">Astor Row</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="East_Harlem" title="East Harlem">East Harlem</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Fort_George_(New_York)" title="Fort George (New York)">Fort George</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hamilton_Heights%2C_Manhattan" title="Hamilton Heights, Manhattan">Hamilton Heights</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hudson_Heights%2C_Manhattan" title="Hudson Heights, Manhattan">Hudson Heights</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Inwood%2C_Manhattan" title="Inwood, Manhattan">Inwood</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Le_Petit_S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal" title="Le Petit Sénégal">Le Petit Sénégal</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Manhattanville%2C_Manhattan" title="Manhattanville, Manhattan">Manhattanville</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Marble_Hill%2C_Manhattan" title="Marble Hill, Manhattan">Marble Hill</a> (<a href="Bronx_Community_Board_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Bronx Community Board 8">Bx CB 8</a>)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mount_Morris_Park_Historic_District" title="Mount Morris Park Historic District">Mount Morris Park</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Morningside_Heights" title="Morningside Heights">Morningside Heights</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Sugar_Hill%2C_Manhattan" title="Sugar Hill, Manhattan">Sugar Hill</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Sylvan_Place" title="Sylvan Place">Sylvan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Washington_Heights%2C_Manhattan" title="Washington Heights, Manhattan">Washington Heights</a></span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Ellis_Island" title="Ellis Island">Ellis Island</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Governors_Island" title="Governors Island">Governors Island</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Liberty_Island" title="Liberty Island">Liberty Island</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Randalls_and_Wards_Islands" title="Randalls and Wards Islands">Randalls and Wards Islands</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Roosevelt_Island" title="Roosevelt Island">Roosevelt Island</a></span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Five_Points%2C_Manhattan" title="Five Points, Manhattan">Five Points</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Stuyvesant_Town%E2%80%93Peter_Cooper_Village#Gas_House_District" title="Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village">Gas House District</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Jones's_Wood" title="Jones's Wood">Jones's Wood</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Ladies'_Mile_Historic_District" title="Ladies' Mile Historic District">Ladies' Mile</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Little_Germany%2C_Manhattan" title="Little Germany, Manhattan">Little Germany</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Little_Spain%2C_Manhattan" title="Little Spain, Manhattan">Little Spain</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Little_Syria%2C_Manhattan" title="Little Syria, Manhattan">Little Syria</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Manhattantown" title="Manhattantown">Manhattantown</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Radio_Row" title="Radio Row">Radio Row</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="San_Juan_Hill%2C_Manhattan" title="San Juan Hill, Manhattan">San Juan Hill</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Seneca_Village" title="Seneca Village">Seneca Village</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tenderloin%2C_Manhattan" title="Tenderloin, Manhattan">Tenderloin</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Yiddish_Theatre_District" title="Yiddish Theatre District">Yiddish Theatre District</a></span></li></ul>
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