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Heading east brings us into the hood known as East Harlem. It goes from 96th St to the Harlem River between 5th Ave (Museum Mile to 110th St) and the East River. This hood is mostly residential. Originally, this was the home of Muscoota Indians until it was settled by Mynheer Hendrick de Forest. Unfortunately, war broke out as other Dutch families and traders came here, and even more when Governor William Keft sentenced them to death w/o allowing for a trial. In 1653, Peter Stuyvesant made it even worse renamed the area as Nieuw Haarlem. In 1664, the English took over and anglified the name to just Harlem. In 1837, came the NY & Harlem RR to allow for transporation all the way to upstate NY. In the 1880's, the 2nd/3rd Ave Els were built for additional transit. The move orginally brought in southern Italians and Sicilians, who nicknamed it Italian Harlem. In 1898, the 3rd Ave Br was built to allow vehicular traffic to The Bronx along with the Madison Ave Br. In the 1920's, they moved out as Latinos that were mainly from PR replaced them. In 1936, Robert Moses had the Triboro Br built as a master projects that would allow for drivers to go from here to either Queens or The Bronx along with Randall's and Ward Islands. East Harlem got represented mainly by Fiorello LaGuardia, who later became the mayor. In the 1950's, the els were demolished due to being obsolete to the subway. In the 1960's, the area took on being known as both Spanish Harlem and El Barrio, but was known for its many crimes that included race riots and drug dealers. Although it is predominately Latinos, there are others living there that happen to be Yemeni, Korean, Chinese, or Haitian. BET-TV is know for telvising a show known as 106th & Park, which is actually at that address and Chappelle's Show. While there are known museums that have MCNY, Intl Ctr of Photography, Museo de El Barrio, and the future site of the African Museum of Art, which is moving from Queens, there is also the the Graffiti Hall of Fame. You can get here by taking the subway to 96th St-Lexington Ave (6), 103rd St-Lexington Ave (6), 116th St-Lexington Ave (6), and 125th St-Lexington Ave (4, 5, 6) as well as taking all lines of Metro-North RR to the Harlem-125th St Station. Here is what you will find in East Harlem.

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