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61-790: The movement is named after its first grouping, which was located at One West 125th Street in Harlem in New York City, then known as the 'Israeli School of Universal Practical Knowledge'. The movement has since splintered into numerous "camps", including the New York-based Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ , and the Pennsylvania-based Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge . Hebrew Israelite Camps related to

122-519: A 2.4 magnitude quake in 2001. The fault line skims across the top of Central Park and runs to Roosevelt Island to the southeast. It creates a fault valley deep enough to require the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line ( 1 train) to use a trestle between 122nd and 135th Streets, even though the line goes underground at either end and remains at the same elevation above sea level throughout. Riverside Drive also crosses over

183-648: A common name, Harlem Stage. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Manhattanville was 22,950, a decrease of 1,822 (7.4%) from the 24,772 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 248.49 acres (100.56 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 92.4 inhabitants per acre (59,100/sq mi; 22,800/km ). The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 7.5% (1,710) White , 25.8% (5,918) African American , 0.3% (77) Native American , 2.2% (496) Asian , 0.0% (5) Pacific Islander , 0.3% (76) from other races , and 1.1% (255) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 62.8% (14,413) of

244-452: A dairy plant. In the 21st century it is used by Columbia University and has a Studebaker Cafe in it. Manhattanville, along with Morningside Heights, is mostly served by the 26th Precinct of the NYPD , located at 520 West 126th Street, although the area north of 133rd Street and west of Amsterdam Avenue is actually served by the 30th Precinct. The 26th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in

305-498: A fishing pier, a kayak launch (non-functional since before 2019), sculptures, and water taxi landings (but no water taxis). Stretching from 125th Street to 132nd Street, partly on land formerly used as a parking lot, it is one of a series of contemporary landscape architecture projects (including the High Line and Brooklyn Bridge Park ) that reclaim obsolete infrastructure as public space. The piers formerly served ferries including

366-426: A general economic upturn since the end of the 1990s. Many of the buildings below 125th Street have converted to cooperative ownership as the area experiences continuing gentrification and increasing demand for housing. In collaboration with the community, the city has developed a plan for the 125th Street corridor focusing on reinforcing and building upon its strengths as an arts and cultural corridor. Manhattanville

427-448: A high school education and 30% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 64% of Manhattan residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Community District 9 students excelling in math rose from 25% in 2000 to 49% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 32% to 35% during the same time period. Community District 9's rate of elementary school student absenteeism

488-500: A low population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population was estimated to be 11%, slightly less than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Community District 9 is 0.008 milligrams per cubic metre (8.0 × 10  oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Seventeen percent of Community District 9 residents are smokers , which

549-516: A new campus, secondary school and park land, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano . Local residents feared the impact of the further gentrification from this expansion in addition to the possible, and controversial, use of eminent domain . In 2006, Columbia built a new School of Social Work on Amsterdam Avenue at 122nd Street. In June 2007, the New York City Department of City Planning certified that Columbia's application for

610-785: A pre-existing 1950s structure, the old Cohen Library on South Campus, this redesign and reconstruction by Rafael Viñoly Architects is intended to add a modern aesthetic to the eclectic architectural mix in the area. Construction of the West Harlem Piers Waterfront park began in April 2006, after a groundbreaking ceremony in November 2005. The park, funded by the New York City Economic Development Corporation and designed by W Architecture and Landscape Architecture, includes

671-478: A reference to Michael Hogan , whose wife was of mixed British and Indian ancestry, born in Bombay ); slave owners and enslaved African-Americans; Quaker anti-slavery activists and free black abolitionists; tradesmen, poor laborers and wealthy industrialists. Many were affiliated with the same institutions, principally the historic New York City landmarked St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church, organized in 1823, which

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732-603: A reuse of the inn and restaurant and grounds when yet a final fire caused its closing in 1951. A stone plaque marks where it once stood. Manhattanville contains the "Factory District", a collection of former factories being redeveloped by the Janus Property Company and Cushman and Wakefield . The former factories in Manhattanville include the Mink Building , constructed in the 1880s. Janus

793-485: A smaller dormitory on 122nd Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. In August 2009, at 135th Street and Convent Avenue, City College completed the construction of a new 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m ) School of Architecture and Urban Design building (The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, named after the New York real estate developer and philanthropist, Bernard Spitzer and his wife). Based on

854-802: A valley formerly called Moertje David's Vly ("Mother David's Valley"; in Dutch, Vly is short for vallei , or "valley") during the Dutch Colonial period and as Harlem Cove during the English Colonial period. During the American Revolutionary War , the valley was also known as the Hollow Way, where the main action of the Battle of Harlem Heights began under the command of General George Washington . During

915-462: Is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan bordered on the north by 135th Street ; on the south by 122nd and 125th Streets ; on the west by Hudson River ; and on the east by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and the campus of City College . Throughout the nineteenth century, Manhattanville bustled around a wharf active with ferry and daily river conveyances. It was

976-535: Is about the same as the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 83% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", more than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Community District 9, there are 11 bodegas . The nearest hospitals are Mount Sinai Morningside in Morningside Heights and NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem in Harlem . Manhattanville is located in two primary ZIP Codes . The area south of 133rd Street

1037-415: Is about the same as the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most residents are children and middle-aged adults: 34% are between the ages of 25–44, while 21% are between 45–64, and 17% are between 0–17. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 16% and 12% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community District 9 was $ 50,048, though

1098-516: Is higher than the rest of New York City. In Community District 9, 27% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , more than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 65% of public high school students in Community District 9 graduate in four years, less than the citywide average of 75%. The New York City Department of Education operates the following public schools in Manhattanville as part of Community School District 5: Columbia University's Manhattanville campus

1159-464: Is located at 503 West 139th Street, while Engine Co. 37/Ladder Co. 40 is located at 415 West 125th Street. As of 2018 , preterm births and births to teenage mothers in Community District 9 are lower than the city average. In Community District 9, there were 82 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 10.9 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Community District 9 has

1220-846: Is located in the neighborhood. The campus consists of the Forum, the Lenfest Center for the Arts (including the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery), and the Jerome L. Greene Science Center. In addition, the Henry R. Kravis Building and the Ronald O. Perelman Center are being built as of 2018 . The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates the George Bruce branch at 518 West 125th Street. It

1281-414: Is more than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Community District 9, 21% of residents are obese , 10% are diabetic , and 29% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 25% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Eighty-eight percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which

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1342-636: Is part of Manhattan Community District 9 , and its primary ZIP Codes are 10027 and 10031. It is patrolled by the 26th Precinct of the New York City Police Department . The village of Manhattanville was founded in 1806 and quickly gained prominence as an outpost of the city. The village grew around the crossroads of Bloomingdale Road and Manhattan Street, now roughly Broadway and 125th Street. The village's original streets were laid out by Jacob Schieffelin and other wealthy merchants, mostly Quakers , who had country seats in

1403-494: Is part of 10027 and the area north of 133rd Street is part of 10031. The United States Postal Service operates the Manhattanville Station and Morningside Annex at 365 West 125th Street. Community District 9 generally has a higher rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018 . A plurality of residents age 25 and older (49%) have a college education or higher, while 21% have less than

1464-552: Is redeveloping the area around 126th and Amsterdam as part of the Manhattanville Factory District, converting several former factory buildings into commercial and office space. During the 1920s, on 131st Street between Broadway and Twelfth Avenue, a Studebaker automobile factory plant made luxury cars. The building was sold in the Great Depression in the 1930s to Borden to be used as

1525-401: Is the site of a planned major expansion of Columbia University . The university purchased several square blocks of the neighborhood between 125th and 133rd Streets on the south and north and between Broadway and 12th Avenue on the east side of Broadway from 131 to 134, west of the housing projects. According to the plan, the physical plant of those blocks will be partly demolished to construct

1586-412: Is the site of the former Claremont Inn, a riverside respite and hotel for the affluent back in its heyday. It was originally built around 1775 as a private mansion and estate. By the end of the 19th century it was bought by the city of New York and leased to a hotelier. There was also a place to rent bicycles at the inn. It had a serious fire in the 1940s which caused its demise. A plan was in the making for

1647-516: The 116th Street station, will turn westward onto 125th Street, terminating at a station at Lexington Avenue. The new station would connect to the Metro-North and preexisting Lexington Avenue subway stations there. Notes 40°48′39″N 73°57′09″W  /  40.8108°N 73.9526°W  / 40.8108; -73.9526 Manhattanville, Manhattan Manhattanville (also known as West Harlem or West Central Harlem )

1708-1093: The Hudson River in the west. It is often considered to be the " Main Street " of Harlem . Notable buildings along 125th Street include the Apollo Theater , the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building , the Hotel Theresa , the Studio Museum in Harlem , the Mount Morris Bank Building , Harlem Commonwealth Council, the Harlem Children's Zone , the Church of St. Joseph of the Holy Family , and

1769-572: The January 2019 Lincoln Memorial confrontation which included a small New York-based group. The great majority of Black Hebrew Israelite groups outside of One West Camp and Nation of Yahweh do not share these beliefs. Some of the church's descendant groups such as Gathering of Christ Church and Israel United in Christ , have gained millions of followers and are expanding worldwide. While some of IUIC's own videos state that they believe in all UFOs being

1830-644: The Public Service Corporation link to Edgewater, New Jersey . The park closed a gap in the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway that runs along the western side of Manhattan Island and will later connect up the Hudson River. It opened in early October 2008, delayed through the summer by the discovery that fencing designed to prevent users from falling into the river did not meet specifications. The area that surrounds

1891-575: The War of 1812 the valley's southern ridges figured as the site of the Manhattanville Pass, whose defense fortifications and breastworks included Fort Laight and Blockhouse No. 4, which became the sites of Morningside Gardens Houses and PS 36, respectively. Manhattanville's early population was a diverse and eclectic mix of intermarried American patriots and British loyalists; at least one prominent former African slave trader (this seems to be

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1952-420: The 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 80.6% between 1990 and 2019. The precinct reported 2 murders, 8 rapes, 128 robberies, 94 felony assaults, 70 burglaries, 334 grand larcenies, and 21 grand larcenies auto in 2019. Of the five major violent felonies (murder, rape, felony assault, robbery, and burglary), the 26th Precinct had a rate of 612 crimes per 100,000 residents in 2019, compared to

2013-684: The Academy of Convent of the Sacred Heart (later called Manhattanville College ) and Manhattan College (later called Manhattan University ). In 1904, the opening of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT)'s new Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line , now part of the 1 train on the New York City Subway , galvanized Manhattanville's radical transformation from rural exburb to an extension of

2074-478: The Bloomingdale Road [today's 125th St.]... Manhattanville flourished naturally as a nexus of various transportation arteries." In the late nineteenth century, Manhattanville experienced a development boom of residential buildings, churches, hospitals, institutional construction, and transportation made it a desirable location for the brewery business. Later noteworthy population changes occurred around

2135-642: The Judaism-related Commandment Keepers of Harlem for up to twenty years, but ultimately left this group in 1969 due to disagreement over the relevance of the New Testament, to start a group that rejected both Christianity and Judaism. After Bivens's death in 1973 two members were selected to lead the School: Moshe Ben Chareem and Yaiqab (Yaiqab was another ex-Commandment Keeper). While Bivens founded

2196-704: The Manhattan School of Music near the southwestern corner, the principal landmarks in Manhattanville are the IRT Broadway Line and Riverside Drive Viaducts . Within the neighborhood is the Manhattanville Houses , a 1,272-unit development of the New York City Housing Authority , which opened in 1961. Designed in the international towers in the park style by noted Swiss-born architect William Lescaze ,

2257-612: The One West Camp do not consider themselves Christians and deny the trinity , as well as the belief that Salvation is for all Nations of the Earth; the One West Camp teaches that Jesus was racially black. The founder of the first grouping and the movement was Abba Bivens (real name Edward Meredith Bibbins, also known as Eber Ben Yomin), who claimed to have a revelation that Blacks and Native Americans were actually Israelites while traveling from Pennsylvania to New York. He attended

2318-692: The One West style of Hebrew Israelism, many of the specific doctrines that typify it were created by Yaiqab's son Ahrahyah, including a reliance on the King James Bible , the Twelve Tribes Chart which assigned the peoples of the Americas to specific Israelite tribes, and the new form of Hebrew known as Lashawan Qadash (Holy Tongue). One West Camp groups are known for open-air preaching and protests, and attracted media attention with

2379-673: The area as well. To the north, the 589-student dorm The Towers finished construction in June 2006 as an extension of the City College of New York on St. Nicholas Terrace. This is the first time that City College has housed students on the campus. Occupancy began in August 2006. To the south, near 122nd Street, the Manhattan School of Music also built a dormitory around 2003. In 2006, Jewish Theological Seminary of America opened

2440-503: The area. The town thrived as a result of the development of Manhattan Street from the Hudson River, whose convenient access also became a crucial catalyst in the growth of the older village of Harlem to the southeast on the Harlem River. Situated at approximately the same latitude, Harlem and Manhattanville flourished together throughout the 19th century as the two most prominent villages in upper Manhattan. Manhattanville sits in

2501-496: The boroughwide and citywide rates of 45% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Community District 9 is considered to be gentrifying : according to the Community Health Profile, the district was low-income in 1990 and has seen above-median rent growth up to 2010. Four of Manhattanville's houses of worship are historically distinguished. Aside from Grant's Tomb , Riverside Church and

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2562-419: The boroughwide average of 632 crimes per 100,000 and the citywide average of 572 crimes per 100,000. As of 2018 , Manhattan Community District 9 has a non-fatal assault hospitalization rate of 57 per 100,000 people, compared to the boroughwide rate of 49 per 100,000 and the citywide rate of 59 per 100,000. Its incarceration rate is 633 per 100,000 people, compared to the boroughwide rate of 407 per 100,000 and

2623-560: The chariots of God, GOCC believes that this claim is nonsense and says that they will never band together with IUIC because of this. 125th Street (Manhattan) 125th Street , co-named Martin Luther King Jr., Boulevard is a two-way street that runs east–west in the New York City borough of Manhattan , from First Avenue on the east to Marginal Street, a service road for the Henry Hudson Parkway along

2684-471: The citywide rate of 425 per 100,000. In 2019, the highest concentration of felony assaults and robberies in Manhattanville was near the intersection of 125th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue , where there were 14 felony assaults and 15 robberies. The area near the intersection of 135th Street and Broadway also had 13 felony assaults in 2019. Manhattanville is served by two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations. Engine Co. 80/Ladder Co. 23

2745-567: The community, the city has developed a plan for the 125th Street corridor focusing on reinforcing and building upon its strengths as an arts and cultural corridor. A rift in the crust runs along underneath this street from the East River to New Jersey and is known as the 125th Street Fault or the Manhattanville Fault . It is suspected to have caused a magnitude-5.2 earthquake in 1737, two smaller ones in 1981, and

2806-405: The construction of road and railway viaducts over the valley in which the town sat, Manhattanville, increasingly absorbed into the growing city, became a marginalized industrial area. In the early 2000s, the neighborhood became the site of a major planned expansion of Columbia University , which has campuses in Morningside Heights to the south and Washington Heights to the north. Manhattanville

2867-566: The development was initially created to house middle income residents. The neighborhood also contains the landmarked neo-Renaissance Claremont Theatre where Thomas Edison once shot a short film in 1915 featuring the building's entrance, the Manhattanville Bus Depot , St. Mary's Church, and the Fairway Supermarket , whose broad selections attract distant customers. In Riverside Park, north of Grant's Tomb,

2928-491: The fault valley on a high viaduct. The following New York City Subway stations are located at 125th Street (west to east): The following NYC Bus lines serve 125th Street: And these bus routes cross the street: Metro-North Railroad 's Harlem–125th Street station is located at the street's intersection with Park Avenue . The planned second phase of the Second Avenue Subway , continuing north from

2989-540: The first station on the Hudson River Railroad running north from the city, and the hub of daily stage coach, omnibus and streetcar lines. Situated near Bloomingdale Road , its hotels, houses of entertainment and post office made it an alluring destination of suburban retreat from the city, yet its direct proximity to the Hudson River also made it an invaluable industrial entry point for construction materials and other freight bound for Upper Manhattan . With

3050-647: The former West End Theatre , now home to the La Gree Baptist Church. The street was designated by the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 that established the Manhattan street grid as one of 15 east–west streets that would be 100 feet (30 m) in width (while other streets were designated as 60 feet (18 m) in width). The western part of the street runs diagonally between the neighborhoods of Manhattanville and Morningside Heights from

3111-399: The growing city, with the elevated railway providing rapid transit downtown. Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican immigrants moved into the area during the 20th century. By the 1970s, the southern part of Manhattanville (up to about 125th Street) was being filled by Columbia and Barnard College students, staff and faculty, as the university continued to expand. West 125th Street has experienced

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3172-437: The median income in Manhattanville individually was $ 41,453. In 2018, an estimated 24% of Community District 9 residents lived in poverty , compared to 14% in all of Manhattan and 20% in all of New York City. One in twelve residents (8%) were unemployed, compared to 7% in Manhattan and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 51% in Community District 9, compared to

3233-895: The mid-19th century following the opening of the Hudson River Railroad in 1850, with an influx of mostly Catholic Irish (who established the Church of the Annunciation in 1854) and Germans (who established St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in 1860). After the American Civil War , the Jewish immigrant population that began to distinguish itself in Harlem gradually filtered into the western blocks of Manhattanville (and established Chevra Talmud Torah Anshei Marovi, also known as Old Broadway Synagogue , in 1911). Other prominent 19th-century Manhattanville institutions included

3294-619: The moves otherwise. A block of the original 125th Street in this area was de-mapped to make the super-blocks where the Grant Houses projects now exist. A proposal to convert the street into a Trans-Harlem Expressway died when funds were diverted from the proposed 125th Street Hudson River bridge at the street's western end. Beginning in the late 1990s, many sections of 125th Street have been gentrified and developed with such stores as MAC Cosmetics , Old Navy , H&M , CVS/pharmacy , and Magic Johnson Theaters . In collaboration with

3355-633: The northwest from the West Harlem Piers and an interchange with the Henry Hudson Parkway at 130th Street . East of Morningside Avenue it runs east–west through central Harlem to Second Avenue , where a ramp connects it to the Robert F. Kennedy (Triborough) Bridge . However, 125th Street continues to First Avenue , where it connects to the southbound FDR Drive and the Willis Avenue Bridge . West of Convent Avenue, 125th Street

3416-421: The park and piers is at times called ViVa (Viaduct Valley). Artistic revitalization continued in October 2006 when The Gatehouse Theater opened as an additional facility of Aaron Davis Hall , a venue specializing in dance. It was built by rehabilitating a former 19th century Croton Aqueduct building at 135th St and Convent Avenue. Upon completion, both Aaron Davis Hall and the Gatehouse Theater evolved to share

3477-664: The population. The most significant changes in the racial composition of Manhattanville were the increase in the White population by 234% (1,710), the decrease in the Black population by 22% (1,656), and the decrease in the Latino population by 9% (1,508). The Asian population also increased by 75% (212) but remained a small minority, and the very small population of all other races decreased by 14% (68). The entirety of Community District 9, which encompasses Manhattanville. Morningside Heights , and Hamilton Heights , had 111,287 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 81.4 years. This

3538-459: The rezoning is complete. This action launched the public review and comment period under the city's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure , which lasted until the end of 2007. In December of the same year, the New York City Council voted to approve Columbia's proposed rezoning of the site. Renzo Piano Workshop designed three structures for the Manhattanville Campus; these structure were complete by 2018. Other colleges have been building dormitories in

3599-420: Was originally located on 23rd Street and Fourth Avenue in Gramercy , near Madison Square Park, relocated uptown to Manhattanville in 1832, in part due to an underground spring of running water at the new uptown location, which is today the site of 560 Riverside Drive . According to Eric K. Washington, "With Manhattanville's formation, the new village quickly became a significant suburban destination along

3660-429: Was rerouted onto what was, prior to 1920, called Manhattan Street. What remains of the original alignment of 125th Street was renamed La Salle Street at that time. The remaining blocks run between Amsterdam Avenue and Claremont Avenue . The New York Times lamented the name changes, noting that the new names had "somewhat doubtful nomenclature", and that the City's "Aldermen like French names" but gave no rationale for

3721-420: Was the first Episcopal church to dissolve pew rent in 1831, and the Manhattanville Free School (established in 1827, later Public School No. 43) still at their original sites. Manhattanville's most prominent resident was industrialist Daniel F. Tiemann (1805–1899), owner of the D. F. Tiemann & Company Color Works, who was also Mayor of New York City from 1858 to 1859. The Tiemann laboratory and factory which

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