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Hamilton Heights

Hamilton Heights rises above the Hudson, with residential blocks, a former Broadway theater and a state park over the waterfront. The former Hamilton Theater and the Joseph Loth ribbon mill show different parts of the area?s early twentieth-century and industrial past.

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Hamilton Heights outline

Remainder west of Amsterdam Avenue within the old NTA. Approximate editorial guide boundary, not an official neighborhood limit.

About Hamilton Heights

In the nineteenth century the area around the theater was known as Carmansville. Transportation improvements and the opening of the Broadway subway in 1904 helped encourage further development. The former ribbon mill on Amsterdam Avenue is a reminder that industry also occupied the neighborhood.

The name also recalls Alexander Hamilton, whose country home was completed in 1802 on a 32-acre estate. Hamilton Grange now stands in St. Nicholas Park nearby, south of this guide?s mapped outline. City College, founded in 1847, is another nearby institution retained from the parent guide.

Places to explore

Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
Hudson River at West 145th Street
The elevated state park has swimming, skating and outdoor courts as well as paths above the Hudson. Choose a facility and consult the current program and access information; activities have separate schedules.
Former Hamilton Theater
3560?3568 Broadway at West 146th Street
Designed by Thomas W. Lamb and built in 1912?13 as a vaudeville house, the building later showed films. Its Broadway and West 146th Street facades have large arches and terra-cotta details. View it from the sidewalk.
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Joseph Loth & Company Silk Ribbon Mill
Amsterdam Avenue between West 150th and West 151st streets
The former ribbon mill recalls an industrial use of Amsterdam Avenue recorded in the theater?s landmark report. It is an exterior stop on the edge of the mapped area; view the building from public streets.
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Planning a visit

State Parks lists the 1 train at West 145th Street and the M11 and Bx19 buses for Riverbank. Check current service and the park?s program information before traveling.

Hamilton Grange is nearby rather than within this clipped map. At 414 West 141st Street, its visitor center, grounds and historic floor have different access arrangements; the historic floor requires a free guided tour and places can fill.