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Heading north brings us into the hood known as Hamilton Hts. It goes from 135th to 155th Sts (Audubon Terr) between St Nicholas Ave and the Hudson River. This hood is mostly residential. Originally, it was settled by the Dutch in 1658, who knew as Nieuw Haarlem. In 1664, the English had captured the colony of New Netherlands and anglified the name to New Harlem. In 1776, George Washington and his army lost the Battle of Harlem Hts to the British that caused a retreat durring the American Revolution. In the late 1700's, Alexander Hamilton, the first treasurer of the US, lived on his estate known as Hamilton Grange until he died in 1804 after challenging Aaron Burr, the vice president under Thomas Jefferson, to a duel. In 1839, John James Audubon built his estate that he lived in until he died in 1851 and Trinity Church placed its new cemmetary there when there wasn't enough space downtown. In the 1830's, the NY & Hudson RR was built to allow for transportation to upstate NY. In 1842, the Croton Resevoir was placed for drinking water for NYC. In the 1870's, William H De Forest with his son and a bunch of other developers decided to build rows in the area to resemble a suburb of London along with saving Hamilton Grange giving the name Hamilton Hts after him. In 1879, the 9th Ave El was built for providing additional transit. In 1890, the original resevoir was declared obsolete as a more deeper one was created below it. In 1906, CCNY moved it campus here for needing more space. The 1920's, gave the upper end the nickname Sugar Hill after the many blacks that came to live there. The Harlem Renaissance brought numerous writers and artists to Hamilton Hts. In the 1950's, the 9th Ave El was demolished for being obsolete to the subway. Unfortunately, the 1950's and 1960's, weren't so good as the white flight to suburbs and number of crimes created problems, but the area survived despite that. In 1974, much of Hamilton Hts along with Sugar Hill was declard a historic district. More recently, Hamilton Grange is now being moved to the northern end of St Nicholas Pk so that it can get the expansion it needs, which will be temporarily closed for the time being. You can get here by taking the subway to 135th St-St Nicholas Ave (B, C), 137th St-City College (1), 145th St-Broadway (1), 145th St-St Nicholas Ave (A, B, C, D), and 155th St-St Nicholas Ave (C). Here is what you will find in Hamilton Hts.

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