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Central Harlem is the name of Harlem proper; it falls under Manhattan Community District 10.<ref name="nyc.gov"/> This section is bounded by Fifth Avenue on the east; [[Central Park]] on the south; [[Morningside Park (Manhattan)]], [[St. Nicholas Avenue]] and Edgecombe Avenue on the west; and the Harlem River on the north.<ref name="nyc.gov">{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn10profile.pdf |title=Manhattan CD 10 Profile |access-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825143942/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn10profile.pdf |archive-date=August 25, 2014}}</ref> A chain of large linear parks includes [[Morningside Park (Manhattan)]], [[St. Nicholas Park]], [[Jackie Robinson Park]], as well as [[Marcus Garvey Park]] (also known as Mount Morris Park) which separates this area from [[East Harlem]] to the east.<ref name="nyc.gov"/> Central Harlem includes the [[Mount Morris Park Historic District]].
 
West Harlem ([[Manhattanville, Manhattan|Manhattanville]], [[Hamilton Heights, Manhattan|Hamilton Heights]], and [[Sugar Hill, Manhattan|Sugar Hill]]) comprises Manhattan Community district 9. The three neighborhoods' area is bounded by Cathedral Parkway/110th Street on the south; 155th Street on the north; Manhattan/Morningside Ave/St. Nicholas/Bradhurst/Edgecombe Avenues on the east; and Riverside Park/the Hudson River on the west. Manhattanville begins at roughly 123rd Street and extends northward to 135th Street. The northernmost section of West Harlem is Hamilton Heights.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn9profile.pdf |title=Manhattan CD 9 Profile |access-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928060108/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn9profile.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> A chain of large linear parks includes [[West Harlem Piers]], [[Riverbank State Park]], [[St. Nicholas Park]], and [[Jackie Robinson Park]].
 
[[East Harlem]], also called [[Spanish Harlem]] or ''El Barrio'', is located within Manhattan Community District 11, which is bounded by East 96th Street on the south, East 138th Street on the north, Fifth Avenue on the west, and the Harlem River on the east. <ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn11profile.pdf |title=Manhattan CD 11 Profile |access-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928060104/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn11profile.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> A chain of parks includes [[Thomas Jefferson Park]] and [[Marcus Garvey Park]].
 
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