Harlem in three hours

The route, stop by stop

1. 1
   Apollo Theater

   Ella Fitzgerald won one of its first Amateur Nights in 1934, and the contest still runs on Wednesday nights.

   20 min here Walk here →
2. 2
   Schomburg Center

   The New York Public Library's research centre for Black history and culture. Langston Hughes's ashes lie under the cosmogram in the floor of its lobby.

   25 min here Walk here →
3. 3
   Abyssinian Baptist Church

   One of the oldest Black congregations in the country, where Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was pastor while he sat in Congress. Visitors queue outside for the Sunday service.

   20 min here Walk here →
4. 4
   Strivers' Row

   Two blocks of 1890s rowhouses by three architects, Stanford White among them, which became home to Harlem's Black professionals. The signs on the alleys behind still say: walk your horses.

   20 min here Walk here →
5. 5
   Sylvia's

   Soul food on Lenox Avenue since 1962: fried chicken, ribs, collard greens and cornbread.

   45 min here Walk here →