San Juan Hill was a predominantly African American neighborhood of tenements on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, which was largely razed as part of urban renewal to make way for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
The exact area is under some debate but its general borders were Amsterdam Avenue (to the east), West End Avenue (to the west), 59th Street (to the south), and 65th Street (to the north). It has been suggested that the area was named after the 10th Cavalry that fought with Teddy Roosevelt at the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War but this is not certain. It was possibly the most heavily populated African-American neighborhood in Manhattan in the early 20th century. That the neighborhood was eviscerated to make way for the Lincoln Center "urban renewal" is not under debate. While it was a humble part of NYC, few of its residents would have described it as a slum.
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