Real Estate in the New Harlem

is the ultimate affirmation of the New Harlem, which is now annually welcoming hundreds (if not thousands) of value savvy, upwardly mobile new home owners of varying backgrounds. These are sophisticated urban pioneers, who will settle for nothing less than the finest apartments in conveniently located Uptown Manhattan condominium housing. They range from successful singles in the caring professions, seeking studios and one bedrooms, to participants in all the arts, needing spacious live-work environments, to upper West Side and East Side families, whose walls have simply squeezed in on them, to Wall Street movers-and-shakers with an eye for trophy units with massive entertaining spaces.

Their common denominator is a belief that the New Harlem is the emerging neighborhood of the early 2000s, and that participating in its growth will bring them similar benefits to those garnered by those who purchased homes, apartments and condos in such areas as the Upper West Side, Chelsea, and Tribeca during the 1980s and 1990s. With their arrival comes a new energy, which, supplementing the past decades’ efforts by longtime residents and community leaders, is furthering the transformation of the New Harlem into a prosperous, diverse and dynamic community. Major banks and national retailers, who previously had never set foot in Harlem, are now vying for space along all its major thoroughfares.

The prior dearth of decent day-to-day shopping has been supplanted by a rush to open by a multiplicity of established supermarket and pharmacy chains. And, restaurants, clothing boutiques, and service providers, such as dry cleaners and shoe repair shops, are springing with amazing rapidity. Finally, and perhaps most encouraging, Harlem’s cultural and entertainment life, once its strongest calling card, is once again showing real vigor.

Our Neighborhood

is situated at the corner of world renowned Fifth Avenue and 120th Street, facing historic Mount Morris Park (aka Marcus Garvey Park), generally considered the most beautiful, historically significant, and well-appointed park in Harlem. Among the park’s numerous recreational facilities are several basketball courts, Harlem’s Little League field, two playgrounds, a dog run, an olympic-size swimming pool, and an oft-used outdoor concert pavilion.

The area surrounding Mount Morris Park (much of it designated a landmark district) contains many of northern Manhattan’s finest examples of late 19th Century residential and religious architecture. Primarily because of its attractiveness and its proximity to both East Side and West Side mass transportation, it has been the focus of more brownstoning and condo/coop development than any other Harlem neighborhood from the late 1990s onwards. As would be expected, this configuration of favorable circumstances has also attracted an influx of shops, restaurants, and service providers well beyond the generality of ever-improving Harlem lifestyles.