West 138th Street
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West 138th Street is a historic street in Harlem, New York City, closely associated with the neighborhood’s African American cultural and religious life.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 138th Street | 1 |
| Strivers Row | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic district component
ⓘ
historic rowhouse district ⓘ street ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | rowhouse ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Harlem Renaissance era community life ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRegion | Black Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBuiltEnvironment |
brownstones
ⓘ
historic townhouses ⓘ rowhouses ⓘ |
| hasCityBlockUse | rowhouses and religious buildings ⓘ |
| hasCulturalLandscape | churches, clubs, and community organizations ⓘ |
| hasNeighborhoodContext | predominantly African American community ⓘ |
| hasReligiousInstitutions |
African American congregations
ⓘ
churches ⓘ |
| hasSection | Strivers Row NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | recognized as historically significant within Harlem ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfProminence |
Harlem Renaissance era
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
center of Black middle-class life in Harlem
ⓘ
site of important African American religious institutions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
African American cultural life
ⓘ
African American religious life ⓘ historic African American community ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Harlem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | West 138th Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | numbered Manhattan street system ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central Harlem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manhattan street system ⓘ |
| socioCulturalRole |
focus of African American neighborhood institutions
ⓘ
symbol of Harlem’s Black heritage ⓘ |
| streetType | east–west street ⓘ |
| transportationNetwork | Manhattan street grid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanFunction |
cultural corridor
ⓘ
religious corridor ⓘ residential street ⓘ |
| urbanSetting | dense urban residential area ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
138th Street