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How walkable is East Harlem?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
East Harlem has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in The Bronx, which scores 90 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,254 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of East Harlem. The nearest grocery is Next Generation Market Ny Inc, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Shop Fair Supermarket2 min
- The Dry Amendment3 min
- The Five Amigos Inc Amor Cubano1 min
- Pee Dee Steak House1 min
- Third Avenue Liquor Corporation1 min
- Luna Liquor Corp1 min
- Dell'Aria2 min
- Lexpress Coffee Shop-mini Mart3 min
- Ponce Bank6 min
- Popular Bank7 min
- Peter Minuit Playground6 min
- White Playground7 min
- BBMS Ps 1823 min
- Ps 83 Luis Munoz Rivera3 min
- TenToons Comics5 min
- Center For Puerto Rican Studies Library11 min
- Baccus Jazz Foundation6 min
- Johnny's Spaha Salsa6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of East Harlem at 40.7947, -73.9425. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 70 street intersections per km², and blocks average 115 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across East Harlem
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of East Harlem. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in The Bronx
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morningside Heights | 2.4 km | 97 |
| Hamilton Heights | 3.3 km | 96 |
| Washington Heights | 5.1 km | 94 |
| Marble Hill | 9.5 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the The Bronx page.
Questions about walking in East Harlem
Is East Harlem walkable?
Yes. East Harlem in The Bronx has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is East Harlem more walkable than the rest of The Bronx?
East Harlem is more walkable than The Bronx as a whole: it scores 95, against 90 for the 5 km around The Bronx's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 The Bronx neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in The Bronx?
Of the 5 The Bronx neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Morningside Heights (97), Hamilton Heights (96) and East Harlem (95).
How is the walkability score of East Harlem calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For East Harlem it is the average of 59 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.