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New York - United States

The Cloisters

The Cloisters is a museum located in Fort Tryon Park, Washington Heights, New York City. The building, which is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was built in the 1930s resembling architectural elements of several European medieval abbeys. It is used to exhibit art and architecture from Medieval Europe. The Cloisters, which is near the northern tip of Manhattan island on a hill overlooking the Hudson River, incorporates parts from five French cloistered abbeys.

Located at 40.8648, -73.9319 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, European medieval architecture in the United States, Institutions founded by the Rockefeller family, Washington Heights, Manhattan, Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan, Relocated buildings and structures in the United States, Museums in Manhattan, Art museums in New York City, Medieval art, Art museums established in 1938, 1938 establishments in the United States

WaHI

WaHI stands for "Washington Heights and Inwood," two neighborhoods of Upper Manhattan in New York City. The term was coined by Eduardo Gómez, founder of the WaHI Online community web site, in 2002. The term is commonly used and understood within WaHI Online, but has not caught on widely elsewhere (as opposed to, for example, Hudson Heights, which was chosen by a group of neighborhood activistsand is widely cited).

Located at 40.86, -73.93 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Washington Heights, Manhattan

Bennett Park (New York City)

Bennett Park (James Gordon Bennett Park) is a public park in New York City, named for James Gordon Bennett, Sr. , the newspaper publisher who launched the New York Herald in 1835. It is located between Pinehurst and Fort Washington Avenues and West 183rd and 185th Streets in the Hudson Heights neighborhood of Washington Heights in northern Manhattan, on land purchased by Bennett in 1871, the year before his death.

Located at 40.8528, -73.9381 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Parks in Manhattan, Washington Heights, Manhattan

190th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

190th Street (originally 190th Street – Overlook Terrace) is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, served by the A train at all times. It is located on Fort Washington Avenue about 240 meters (260 yards) north of 190th Street. The station is near Fort Tryon Park and Mother Cabrini Shrine in the Hudson Heights neighborhood of Washington Heights.

Located at 40.859, -73.934 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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IND Eighth Avenue Line stations, Washington Heights, Manhattan, Railway and subway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan, New York City Subway stations in Manhattan, Railway stations opened in 1932

191st Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

191st Street is a station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue and 191st Street in Manhattan, it served by the 1 train at all times. At approximately 180 feet (55 m) below street level, this is the deepest station in the New York City Subway system. It has two tracks and two side platforms.

Located at 40.855, -73.929 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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George Washington High School (New York City)

George Washington High School is a public high school located in the Fort George neighborhood of the Washington Heights section of Manhattan in New York City, New York. The original school, which was operated by the New York City Department of Education, was built February 2, 1917. The school's name derives from the Revolutionary War battle fought on the hill of the building site. The school was once an annex of Morris High School.

Located at 40.8558, -73.9269 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in the 1910s, Public high schools in New York City, Washington Heights, Manhattan, Schools in Manhattan

Battle of Fort Washington

The Battle of Fort Washington was fought in New York on November 16, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain. It was a decisive British victory that gained the surrender of the entire garrison of Fort Washington near the north end of Manhattan Island.

Located at 40.853, -73.938 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Battles of the American Revolutionary War, Battles of the New York Campaign, Battles involving Great Britain, Battles involving the United States, Battles involving Hesse-Kassel, New York in the American Revolution, Culture of Manhattan, 1776 in New York, Conflicts in 1776

Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (YRSRH, also known as Breuer's, after its creator) was founded in New York City in 1944, as a means of reestablishing the Orthodox Jewish community of Frankfurt, Germany in the United States. The school, founded by Rabbi Joseph Breuer, is run according to the philosophy of Rabbi Breuer's grandfather, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. It is located in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights.

Located at 40.8533, -73.935 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Orthodox yeshivas in New York City, Private middle schools in New York City, Private high schools in New York City, Private elementary schools in New York City, Educational institutions established in 1944, Washington Heights, Manhattan, Schools in Manhattan

Hudson View Gardens

Hudson View Gardens is a cooperative apartment complex located on Pinehurst Avenue and Cabrini Boulevard in the near vicinity of West 183rd and 185th Streets in the Hudson Heights neighborhood of the Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City. It overlooks the Hudson River to the west and Bennett Park – which includes Manhattan's highest natural point – to the east. The complex was constructed as a housing cooperative from 1923 to 1925.

Located at 40.8541, -73.939 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Residential buildings in Manhattan, Condominiums and housing cooperatives in Manhattan, Washington Heights, Manhattan

Mother Cabrini High School

Mother Cabrini High School is a Catholic high school located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The school was founded in 1899 by Frances Xavier Cabrini and is sponsored by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the order she founded.

Located at 40.8579, -73.9356 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cabrini Boulevard

Cabrini Boulevard spans the Manhattan neighborhood of Hudson Heights, running from West 177th Street in the south, near the George Washington Bridge, to Fort Tryon Park in the north, along an escarpment of Manhattan schist overlooking the Henry Hudson Parkway and the Hudson River. It is the westernmost city street in the neighborhood except for a one block loop formed by Chittenden Avenue and West 187th Street. Cabrini Boulevard was originally named Northern Avenue.

Located at 40.8545, -73.9388 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Manhattan, Washington Heights, Manhattan

Khal Adath Jeshurun

Khal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ) is an Orthodox German Jewish Ashkenazi congregation in the Washington Heights neighborhood, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It has established an offshoot in the heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Monsey, New York, as well as Paramus, New Jersey.

Located at 40.8534, -73.9352 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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German-Jewish culture in New York City, Orthodox synagogues in New York City, Synagogues in Manhattan, Washington Heights, Manhattan

Bogardus Place

Bogardus Place is located in the Inwood section of New York City borough of Manhattan. It was opened in 1912, and runs one block (641.7 feet) between Hillside Avenue and Ellwood Street, and is named for the family who previously owned much of the land that forms both Fort Tryon Park, and the Fort Tryon section. The Bogardus family in America started in 1633, when Reverend Everardus Bogardus arrived in New Amsterdam to become that community's second clergyman.

Located at 40.8592, -73.9292 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Fort Washington (New York)

Fort Washington was a fortified position near the north end of Manhattan Island (now part of New York City) and was located at the highest point on the island. The Fort Washington Site is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Located at 40.853, -73.938 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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New York in the American Revolution, American Revolutionary War forts, Forts in New York City, History of New York City, Washington Heights, Manhattan, Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City

Mount Sinai Jewish Center

The Mount Sinai Jewish Center is an Orthodox Jewish Ashkenazi congregation in the Washington Heights / Hudson Heights neighborhood, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located at 135 Bennett Ave.

Located at 40.8545, -73.9341 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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The Equity Project

The Equity Project (TEP) is a New York charter school, that opened in September 2009. The school will instruct students in fifth through eighth grades, and will pay its teachers a starting salary of $125,000 per year, more than double the national average. However, they must also work double the hours a typical teacher works.

Located at 40.8568, -73.9264 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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St. Frances Cabrini Shrine

The St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, located in Washington Heights, northern Manhattan, New York, is adjacent to Mother Cabrini High School, which is at 701 Fort Washington Avenue. The shrine is dedicated to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, who in 1946 became the first American citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1933, the body of Mother Cabrini was exhumed and then reinterred in a tomb in the chapel. The current shrine was built in 1957.

Located at 40.8583, -73.9353 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic National Shrines in the United States, Washington Heights, Manhattan

Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew (New York City)

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew is the oldest Lutheran congregation in North America. The congregation belongs to the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Since 2006, the congregation has been located at the Cornerstone Center, 178 Bennett Avenue, New York, New York 10040. The congregation has been known by different names, only acquiring the name St. Matthew in 1822 and using it exclusively in 1838.

Located at 40.856, -73.9344 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church (New York City)

Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church was a former Lutheran church in Manhattan, New York City at 578-580 West 187th Street. The church building built 1925 to 1926 at a cost of $30,000 to designs by an architect Stoyan N. Karastoyanoff of 220 Audubon Avenue. It was demolished and there is no longer a parish of St. Luke's in New York.

Located at 40.8526, -73.9305 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Lutheran churches in New York City, Washington Heights, Manhattan, Churches in Manhattan, Religious buildings completed in 1926, 19th-century Lutheran church buildings, Former Lutheran churches in the United States

Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church (New York City)

Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church is a significant Armenian Apostolic Church in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City at 580 West 187th Street. It occupies the former second location of the Lutheran church of The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, established in 1897 as a mission church of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church and built in its second location at West 187th Street.

Located at 40.8526, -73.9305 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Armenian churches in the United States, Armenian-American culture in New York City, Lutheran churches in New York City, Washington Heights, Manhattan, Churches in Manhattan, Religious buildings completed in 1926, Former Lutheran churches in the United States, Armenian Apostolic Church, Oriental Orthodoxy in the United States

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church (New York City)

The Church of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 91 Arden Street, south of Broadway, Inwood, Manhattan. It was established in 1927 and built in 1928 to designs by Gustave E. Steinback of 157 West 74th Street for $160,000. A $400,000 four-story brick school was built in 1949, also to designs by Gustave E. Steinback, now of Hunting Ridge, Stamford, Connecticut.

Located at 40.8639, -73.9281 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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St. Elizabeth's Church (Manhattan)

Church of St. Elizabeth is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at West 187th Street at Wadsworth Avenue, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1869, originally located on 187th Street at Broadway from 1869 to 1929. The parish was founded in 1869 in what was then known as Fort Washington by the Rev. Cornelius O’Callaghan. The parish's founding meant that it took on as an out-mission St.

Located at 40.8535, -73.9327 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1913, Religious buildings completed in 1929, Religious organizations established in 1869, Roman Catholic churches in New York, Gothic Revival architecture in New York, Churches in Manhattan, Washington Heights, Manhattan

St. Teresa of Jesus' Chapel (New York City)

St. Teresa of Jesus' Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 187th Street at Broadway in Manhattan, New York City. Established first as a mission of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in 1932, it was closed in 1935.

Located at 40.854, -73.933 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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St. Teresa of Avila's Church (New York City)

The Church of St. Teresa of Avila is a former Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 184th Street at Broadway in Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1933 and staffed by the Vincentian Fathers; the parish is now closed.

Located at 40.852, -73.934 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Religious organizations established in 1933, Closed churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Closed churches in New York City, Roman Catholic churches in New York, Churches in Manhattan

Gorman Park

Gorman Park is a small public park in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. It is bounded by Broadway on the west and Wadsworth Terrace on the east and stretches from 188th to 190th Streets. The land rises more than a hundred feet in a steep incline from Broadway to Wadsworth. The park, which features a path that winds upward among trees, is little used and not well maintained.

Located at 40.8558, -73.9325 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Parks in Manhattan, Washington Heights, Manhattan