New York City Hotels near Harlem

Harlem Top 3

• Get drunk on magical music at the Apollo Theatre, the place which kick-started the careers of such legendary entertainers as Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, James Brown, and many more since 1934.
• Salivate for sensational soul food specials, like meat loaf, stewed chicken dumplings, southern-style chitterling and more, at Sylvia’s ‘Queen of Soul Food’ Restaurant, Harlem New York City.
• Enter the 1923 Cotton Club, New York City, once the infamously famous meeting place for celebrities and gangsters; now a hotspot for live jazz shows, swings dance nights, 5-star food, and more.

Getting There

The nearest airports to the Harlem neighbourhood are the La Guardia and Newark airports. Buses, departing every 10 minutes from both airports, reach the district’s 125th Street in little over 30 minutes. Several New York City subway trains cover east, west and central areas of the district. Park Avenue and 125th Street have stations served by Metro North Railroad commuter trains, both providing convenient connections between Connecticut and Hudson Valley. The city’s MTA bus network covers most parts of Harlem, whereas buses from suburban New York and New Jersey access it via the bus terminal at George Washington Bridge.