11 Facts About Manhattanville

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Manhattanville is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan bordered on the north by 135th Street; on the south by 122nd and 125th Streets; on the west by Hudson River; and on the east by Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

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Manhattanville is part of Manhattan Community District 9, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10027 and 10031.

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3.

Village of Manhattanville was founded in 1806 and quickly gained prominence as an outpost of the city.

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Manhattanville sits in a valley formerly called Moertje David's Vly during the Dutch Colonial period and as Harlem Cove during the English Colonial period.

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Manhattanville's early population was a diverse and eclectic mix of intermarried American patriots and British loyalists; at least one prominent former African slave trader ; slave owners and enslaved African-Americans; Quaker anti-slavery activists and free black abolitionists; tradesmen, poor laborers and wealthy industrialists.

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Manhattanville flourished naturally as a nexus of various transportation arteries.

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7.

Manhattanville is the site of a planned major expansion of Columbia University.

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8.

Manhattanville contains the "Factory District", a collection of former factories being redeveloped by the Janus Property Company and Cushman and Wakefield.

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The former factories in Manhattanville include the Mink Building, constructed in the 1880s.

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10.

In 2019, the highest concentration of felony assaults and robberies in Manhattanville was near the intersection of 125th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue, where there were 14 felony assaults and 15 robberies.

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11.

Manhattanville is served by two New York City Fire Department fire stations.

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