☞ REMEMBER: 125th and 5th circa 1897

A photo from 1897 shows 5th Avenue looking north at a more residential looking Harlem.  Bicyclist can be seen riding down the avenue during a time when automobile traffic was not around and 125th Street had a church at the corner of the commercial corridor.

Byron Company, New York, NY, Sporting, 5th Avenue & 125th Street via the digital collection at the Museum of the City of New York