Lenox Avenue / Malcolm X Boulevard is the primary north-south route through Harlem in the upper portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan. This two-way street runs from Farmers' Gate at Central Park North (110th Street) to 147th Street.[1]
Originally a part of Sixth Avenue, it was renamed in late 1887[2] for philanthropist James Lenox. In 1987, it was co-named Malcolm X Boulevard (both names are officially recognized), in honor of the slain civil rights leader.[3][4]
The Savoy Ballroom was located between 140th and 141st Streets on Lenox Avenue.[5]
A different Malcolm X Boulevard is located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
 View from the northwest corner of 124th Street looking Southward. |
 View from the northeast corner of 124th Street looking Southward. |
References
- ^ Malcolm X Boulevard Streetscape Enhancement Project $1,200,434, New York State Department of Transportation, April 6, 2000. Accessed May 25, 2007.
- ^ "Honoring the Lenox Family", The New York Times, October 5, 1887, page 4
- ^ Gray, Christopher. " Streetscapes/200-218 Malcolm X Boulevard, From 120th to 121st Street; A Once-Noble Row of Houses Hopes for Renewal", The New York Times, June 15, 2003. Accessed May 25, 2007.
- ^ Malcolm X Boulevard, New York City Department of City Planning. Accessed May 25, 2007.
- ^ Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns (2000). Jazz: A History of America's Music. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 174.
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