East Harlem
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, and formerly Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east and north.
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, and formerly Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east and north. Despite its name, it is generally not considered to be a part of Harlem proper, but it is one of the neighborhoods included in Greater Harlem.
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Getting to East Harlem
- Airports
- LaGuardia (LGA), 6 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 22 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 23 km
- Philadelphia → East Harlem140 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · $13–18
- Hartford → East Harlem150 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · $14–19
- Albany → East Harlem207 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · $19–26
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for East Harlem
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for East Harlem. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhile there is no airport in Manhattan (see the NYC page for details on airports serving the area), there are helicopter and seaplane services into the city.
- Get inAt least two companies provide helicopter services between Manhattan and area airports, from helipads on W34th Street, E34th Street, and Wall Street.
- Get inSeaplane services are available to East Hampton from E23rd Street during the summer months.
- Get inNeither are for the faint of pocket – the helicopter service costs $125 or more while the seaplane service costs $425 per person.
- Get inScheduled helicopter services are also available to the airport in Bridgeport, CT from Manhattan.
From Wikivoyage: Manhattan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to East Harlem
East Harlem is 3 km from Manhattan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.