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Harlem's Vacant Storefronts: New Data Shows A Fuller Picture
Newly released data gives a long-awaited view of unleased storefronts across the city, including hundreds in Harlem.

Newly released data gives a long-awaited view of unleased storefronts across the city, including hundreds in Harlem.

The site, on West 128th Street, is owned by a supportive housing nonprofit. The new building will include 91 apartments.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio attended a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site.
Home prices have skyrocketed in the Harlem area since the pandemic began.
Rent prices in Harlem began inching up in April after declining for months during the pandemic, signaling a rebound.
Mount Sinai's new facility in Central Harlem is pushing ahead with its controversial elements removed, as some neighbors remain wary.
The extravagant Hamilton Heights home, famous for being featured in a Wes Anderson film, will offer a cheap two-night stay.
The so-called affordable apartments in Hamilton Heights require a minimum $82,800 household income to be eligible. Here's how to apply.
The fair market rent for a two-bedroom rental increased from the previous year.
Some Harlemites expressed reservations about the proposed 365-foot towers that would include the National Action Network's new headquarters.
Rents and home prices in Harlem have continued to fall into 2021, even as the city begins to recover from the pandemic, a new report found.
A developer's plan to rezone part of Hamilton Heights for a 17-story building ran into stiff opposition from a community board this week.
A community forum has been scheduled for the city's plans to build a 10-story public health laboratory on the Harlem Hospital campus.
New plans reveal the 360-foot towers, which will also contain a civil rights museum — not to be confused with a similar project nearby.
Here is how much home prices have changed over the past year in Manhattan area.
A developer plans to demolish a set of Harlem rowhouses to construct a 17-story tower, and is seeking to rezone the block to build it.
An empty, boarded-up building that for years has blighted a block of Third Avenue in East Harlem is set to be demolished, permits show.
Permits have been filed to demolish a Harlem church that may be replaced by a new apartment building with space for the congregation.
A new study shows how many people left each NYC neighborhood during the pandemic, and which parts of Harlem saw the biggest migrations.
All Saints Church, known as the "St. Patrick's of Harlem," sold for $11 million last week, a pastor said — but it cannot be demolished.
The new development on East Harlem's main thoroughfare would replace the former Harlem Savings Bank building with an office complex.
The new walkway will span several blocks, running through the area of Manhattanville being transformed by new labs and office buildings.
Three Harlem brokers were named in a major lawsuit filed in federal court Monday, alleging they refused to allow housing vouchers.
The new building would contain 23 apartments, a community facility and residential space, built on a lot that has been empty since 2004.
Dubbed an "un-gentrification project" by its developers, Marcus Garvey Village will contain more than 100 affordable apartments.
Hundreds of apartments became affordable in Harlem last year, but most essential workers live too far away to take advantage, a study found.
As many as 550 low-income housing units could be built atop a vacant lot near the Park Avenue Metro-North tracks.
The pair of one-bedroom Central Harlem apartments will be rented out for under $2,000 per month.
Rent prices have dropped significantly since January 2020, making Harlem the cheapest Manhattan neighborhood measured in a new report.
A developer is seeking to demolish a large chunk of a Harlem block, including a row of businesses and Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
Four West Harlem apartments hit the city's housing lottery this week, but families must make at least $61,000 combined to apply.
A developer filed permits with the city this week to construct a new 7-story building on the edge of Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem.
A developer filed permits last week to construct a 10-story commercial building on an East Harlem block that is home to a row of shops.
Rents in New York City fell more this year than they did during the Great Recession, and Harlem helped lead the way, a study found.
The apartments, spread across six Central Harlem buildings, have rents as low as $1,350 for a studio. Applications are open until Feburary.
A developer is seeking to build a 28-story, 285-foot apartment tower on a vacant lot in North Harlem, city records show.
Demolition permits have been filed in the planned redevelopment of the National Black Theater on 5th Avenue into a 20-story tower.
Nearly 500 public housing apartments in Harlem will undergo much-needed renovations in a $271 million deal finalized by the city this week.
Permanently affordable housing is coming to Harlem after a community land trust acquired four buildings from the city last week.
East Harlem's massive Sendero Verde development marked two milestones this week, topping out and announcing a deal to hire local workers.