⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking NYC : Morningside Heights & West Harlem/Manhattanville (Amsterdam & St. Nicholas Aves)

In this video, I walk through the neighborhoods of Morningside Heights and West Harlem/Manhattanville. I walk through the main campus of Columbia University, Morningside Park, 125th Street, Amsterdam Avenue, The City College campus, Convent Avenue, 145th Street, and St. Nicholas Avenue.

From Wikipedia:
"Manhattanville (also known as West Harlem or West Central Harlem) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan bordered on the north and south by West 134th Street and West 122nd Street, respectively; on the west by Morningside Park and on the east by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. Other sources show the neighborhood bordered on the north and south by West 135th Street and West 123rd Street, respectively; on the west by the Hudson River and on the east by the campus of City College.

Throughout the 19th century, Manhattanville bustled around a wharf active with ferry and daily river conveyances. It was the first station on the Hudson River Railroad running north from the city, and the hub of daily stage coach, omnibus and streetcar lines. Situated near the famous Bloomingdale Road, its hotels, houses of entertainment and post office made it an alluring destination of suburban retreat from the city, yet its direct proximity to the Hudson River also made it an invaluable industrial entry point for construction materials and other freight bound for Upper Manhattan. With the construction of road and railway viaducts over the valley in which the town sat, Manhattanville, increasingly absorbed into the growing city, became a marginalized industrial area.

In the early 2000s, the neighborhood became the site of a major planned expansion of Columbia University, which has campuses in Morningside Heights to the south and Washington Heights to the north."

Filmed March 23, 2019

Timestamps
0:51 - Columbia University Main Campus Entrance at 116th Street & Broadway
3:45 - Columbia University Main Campus Entrance at 116th Street & Amsterdam Avenue
5:55 - 116th Street & Morningside Drive (Morningside Park Entrance)
16:00 - Morningside Avenue & 123rd Street
18:25 - 125th Street & Morningside Avenue
22:05 - Amsterdam Avenue & 125th Street
24:35 - Amsterdam Avenue & 129th Street
28:30 - Amsterdam Avenue & 133rd Street
30:32 - Amsterdam Avenue & 135th Street (Great view of Manhattan Valley)
32:55 - The City College of New York North Academic Center
35:20 - Convent Avenue & 138th Street
42:20 - Convent Avenue & 141st Street
46:22 - 145th Street & Convent Avenue
47:48 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 145th Street
51:20 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 141st Street
54:45 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 138th Street
55:50 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 137th Street (Briefly go inside the Subway Station)
58:40 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 135th Street
1:05:35 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 128th Street
1:08:35 - 125th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue
1:10:20 - 125th Street & Frederick Douglass Boulevard

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[ActionKid]

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Timestamps
0:51 - Columbia University Main Campus Entrance at 116th Street & Broadway
3:45 - Columbia University Main Campus Entrance at 116th Street & Amsterdam Avenue
5:55 - 116th Street & Morningside Drive (Morningside Park Entrance)
16:00 - Morningside Avenue & 123rd Street
18:25 - 125th Street & Morningside Avenue
22:05 - Amsterdam Avenue & 125th Street
24:35 - Amsterdam Avenue & 129th Street
28:30 - Amsterdam Avenue & 133rd Street
30:32 - Amsterdam Avenue & 135th Street (Great view of Manhattan Valley)
32:55 - The City College of New York North Academic Center
35:20 - Convent Avenue & 138th Street
42:20 - Convent Avenue & 141st Street
46:22 - 145th Street & Convent Avenue
47:48 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 145th Street
51:20 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 141st Street
54:45 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 138th Street
55:50 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 137th Street (Briefly go inside the Subway Station)
58:40 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 135th Street
1:05:35 - St. Nicholas Avenue & 128th Street
1:08:35 - 125th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue
1:10:20 - 125th Street & Frederick Douglass Boulevard

[joelweiner]

Excellent video passing through Columbia University and CCNY...great schools, great neighborhood and great walk. Thanks. Don't forget amateur night at the Apollo..Wednesday nights...get your tickets.

[jacquelinegangas]

Good ... what a beautiful sky ... 🤗 I love this nice and entertaining route 👏👌 it will be on my list of NY favorites, thank you very much actionkid 💝😊

[buickinvicta]

City College is gorgeous!
Founded in 1847, City College was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States.

[marlenejordan]

Thanks for another great walk, I loved it.

[frankf.]

This is a very underrated place in ny but so nice and quiet. Love to go there when i’m back

[davidblanc]

Wow you visited the entire city for us, many thanks :) I love the city college cathedral, I first heard of it in a jazz record of Willie the lion Smith who describes it as an inspiration for a melody (Morning Air) and in a movie, the Royal Tennenbaums, you pass right next to their house on 144th st. and Convent ave.

[dreamaway]

Yes! I waited for a video about the area, thank you !

[dig]

Thank you for the joint video walk. Loved the park. With primeval nature corner. It is pleasant to walk, even if it is vertical and to observe the life of humanity on another continent of our immense planet earth. Thank you for your work and your videos. We look forward to the next

[trmdude]

Just another awesome video by actionkid... looks like a good day for a stroll

[CityWalks]

What a beautiful day for a walk. Lovely buildings. Thanks for sharing. -Henry

[LifeLongRunner]

Thanks for showing us City College campus. Looks like it physically hasn't changed at all over the past few years. -proud alumnus :')

[hank]

Beautiful walk on a beautiful day! Thank you! Btw, how far north does Morningside Heights extend?

[RetroMIke]

Hello actionkid105. I have never been to the Apollo but have dreamed about it and wondered what it might be like to open the doors and walk inside some day. Hence this video was like a wonderful dream that I awoke from just at the wrong time. Someday maybe! :)

[rhondaharrison]

That was a very nice walk. I dont think I heard a siren at all for this walk. Do you ever listen to music on these walks? If so what kind of music>? Thanks, actionkid

[margaretpolzin]

The college, in West Harlem, is beautiful, but spooky. Some of the architecture is stunning, but the campus looks totally deserted. I think I counted 4 or 5 people on the entire campus, and then just a few more going out. Usually, the campus swarms with people. What's going on there?

[ChillExplore]

Cool shot, which gimbal do you use with the Gopro7 ?

[FifthnLincoln]

Did you audition at the Apollo Actionkid? You seemed to be going inside at the end of the video. If you did I hope it went well :)

[jacquelinegangas]

hi actionkid !! ... Do you have a video of the Cathedral Church of St. John The Divine on Amsterdam Avenue? ☺💝

[priyankachakraborty]

Plsss do a video of Times square in evening or night time❤.