133rd Street (Manhattan)

Coordinates: 40°48′50″N 73°56′41″W / 40.81389°N 73.94472°W / 40.81389; -73.94472
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For the former elevated station, see
133rd Street (IRT Third Avenue Line)
.
133rd Street (Manhattan)
Lenox Avenue/Malcolm X Boulevard
(Manhattan)
Locust Avenue (Bronx)

133rd Street is a street in

Bruckner Boulevard/St. Ann's Place to Locust Avenue.[1] The block between Seventh Avenue and Lenox Avenues was once a thriving night spot, known as "Swing Street", with numerous cabarets, jazz clubs, and speakeasies. The street is described in modern times as "a quiet stretch of brownstones and tenement-style apartment houses, the kind of block that typifies this section of central Harlem".[2]

History

The street has historical significance during the Prohibition era when there were many speakeasies operating on the street and it was known as "Swing Street".[3][4] The street also gained a reputation as "Jungle Alley" because of "inter-racial mingling" on the street.[2][4]

Harlem Riot of 1964
incident at the corner of 133rd Street and Seventh Avenue

During the

Willie "The Lion" Smith.[8]

The street began to lose its attraction following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, and the

Harlem Riot of 1964
.

Landmarks

New York Post printing building

Numerous mills sprang up along the street on the eastern side but many of the former derelict buildings have been razed to the ground and new buildings erected. The

Manhattanville Bus Depot. The New York Structural Biology Center is situated in the Park Building at 89 Convent Avenue opposite the street.[10] On the eastern side is Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church and Bill's Place, a jazz club established in 2006 by tenor saxophonist Bill Saxton in a building which was the former speakeasy Tillie's Chicken Shack. Bishop R.C. Lawson once had a Bible book store on 133rd Street.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Google (December 6, 2013). "133rd Street (Manhattan)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8147-2763-8
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  3. ISBN 978-1-4525-7377-9
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  4. ^ a b c "Saxman Finds Place For Jazz History". New York City News Service. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  5. ISBN 978-1-118-26854-4
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  6. ^ Garber, Eric. "A Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem". University of Virginia. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  7. ISBN 978-1-4411-0789-3
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  8. ISBN 978-0-8108-8351-2
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  9. ISBN 978-0-8147-2789-8
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  10. ISBN 978-1-60750-694-2
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  11. ISBN 978-1-59670-206-6
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