Wednesday, April 3, 2013

☞ DWELL: The Mount Morris Park District 2013

We have been covering the brownstone market for the past four years and have always admired the area around the Mount Morris Park Historic District.  This section surrounding the blocks around lower Lenox Avenue from roughly 118th Street to 125th Street has a west border at 7th Avenue and an east border by Fifth Avenue.  Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson lived in a new construction over on FDB/8th Avenue for several years and purchased a brownstone in the Mount Morris Park Historic District recently when it was time to buy an actual townhouse.

The housing stock in the area and small boutique shops makes the lower Lenox corridor the West Village of uptown but commercial development is only starting to pick up again.  With that said, the major retail action is up on 125th Street and a new Whole Foods will arrive on 124th Street within the next couple of years.  Express subways are right on 125th and 116th Street so transportation is convenient.   Mount Morris Park is more low key than the flashy lower FDB corridor but those priced out of Brooklyn or the Village will appreciated the subtle charms of the neighborhood.  For those seeking a historic house with great original details, in working order and a great location for around the $2.5 million mark, this might be the area to look into: LINK
Posted by at
Labels: , , ,

3 comments:

  1. GGApril 3, 2013 at 1:37 PM

    Love Mt. Morris! Beautiful architecture - only Hamilton Heights and Strivers Row compare. It's a little quiet on the retail front (and may always be given housing density), but it is a 5-10 minute walk from: 1) 125th & Lenox, which is becoming the epicenter of 125th street with Red Rooster, Corner Social, Sylvias, and eventually Whole Foods and Harlem Shake 2) Central Park, as well as Marcus Garvey and Morningside 3) The FDB cooridor which still has the highest concentration of bars/restaurants. Park Avenue has less retail than 3rd avenue, but Park Avenue is still more desirable to many. Then again I'm a maybe a *little* biased as a Mt. Morris resident :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. westsiderApril 4, 2013 at 7:57 AM

    Good observation, the Mount Morris Park Historic District is Harlem’s Greenwich Village. Although the retail and restaurants are slow to take root I believe in time this will be the home of Harlem’s finest establishments.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousApril 4, 2013 at 11:12 AM

    Mt. Morris is the heart of Central Harlem. It reminds me of Washington Square

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)