West Harlem Historic District

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1891 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,899 fires within 5 miles of West Harlem Historic District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 540 acres in total. 104 started naturally. 95 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in New York County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of West Harlem Historic District: 11 occurrences, 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Garnet, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in New York County

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

• 1891 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500
• 1897 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
• 1898 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500
• 1900 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500 - 16 printings
• 1947 USGS Central Park quadrangle1:24000
• 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1956 USGS Central Park quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
• 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
• 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1966 USGS Central Park quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
• 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
• 1995 USGS Central Park quadrangle1:24000

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	P.S. 186	0.1 miles	2017
	New York Public Library, Hamilton Grange Branch	0.2 miles	1981
	Hamilton Heights Historic District	0.2 miles	1983
	St. Walburga's Academy	0.2 miles	2004
	Ivey Delph Apartments	0.3 miles	2005
	College of the City of New York	0.3 miles	1984