Like other residential areas, Upper Manhattan is not a major center of tourism in New York City, although many tourist attractions lie within it, such as Grant's Tomb, the Apollo Theater, United Palace, and The Cloisters, Sylvia's Restaurant, the Hamilton Grange, the Morris–Jumel Mansion, Minton's Playhouse, Sugar Hill ...
What is Upper Manhattan called?
Upper Manhattan - how upper do you mean - is sometimes called Harlem because of the Harlem River. The name came over with the Netherlanders, and is named for the city of Haarlem over there. Harlem is often called by the major ethnic groups who occupy portions of the area, as in Spanish Harlem, for instance.
