NUMBER 2: MORNINGSIDE PARK CORRIDOR

Our popular HB series that ranks the top 10 uptown neighborhoods is back for the end of the year count in 2014. Harlem is a large part of Manhattan that changes block by block so we have put together a list of the best micro-nabes based on location, architecture, transportation, local amenities along with record closing prices when applicable. This is our own opinion based on reporting on the neighborhood for a few years and a new post will be made each day until the number one spot has been revealed.


No. 2: The Morningside Park Corridor, The blocks within the Morningside Avenue and Manhattan Avenue from 110th to 124th Street.  Our number 2 neighborhood from last year still remains at its coveted position since sales have really been consistent within this cusp location close to Columbia University.  Contrary to what many of the brokers are trying to call it, the lower level of Morningside Park is definitely in South Harlem.  Buildings along Morningside Avenue face Morningside park and the intact, contextually renovated brownstones on the side streets have been consistently commanding record sales closer to $3 million.  This fact along with new record condo sales at One Morningside show that the charms of the neighborhood are easily realized.

A couple of years back there were quite a few shells or abandoned buildings in the area but those have nearly all disappeared and the value of the neighborhood is now clearly in view.  The Morningside Park Corridor works well because it is adjacent to the commercial strip on lower FDB and that it is also close to the express subways nearby on 125th Street.  Charm, intact architecture, nearby amenities and express trains along with park views have made the blocks just below 125th Street one of our favorites in Harlem.