East Harlem

United States

East Harlem links to 2609 other places across 23 topics through 243 Bunkabop connections, with threads running through music, film, literature, and art. The neighborhood shares the deepest overlap with Harlem and New York City, and strong ties to Manhattan and Brooklyn. Once called Italian Harlem after settlers arrived from Salerno in 1878, it was the first part of Manhattan known as Little Italy. Three bridges, Willis Avenue, Third Avenue, and Madison Avenue, carry traffic across to the Bronx. Rapper Black Rob grew up here.