And then Spanish Harlem almost gets squashed in this whole thing. So I try to promote a positive image for these streets," Mr. de la Vega said.

In fact, her whole graduating class of 32 were all admitted to four-year colleges, an extraordinary record for a New York City public school, especially one from Spanish Harlem, reports CBS News ...

East Harlem, known simply as El Barrio (‘the neighborhood’) to its Spanish-speaking residents, only became predominantly Latin American and Puerto Rican within the last 60 years.

Not many people, taking a weekend break in that manic, maddening metropolis that makes up Manhattan, ever make it quite so far north as Spanish Harlem. Huddled up in the northeast corner of the ...

New York City’s Spanish Harlem, otherwise known as El Barrio and East Harlem, is the cultural heart of the American Puerto Rican community. Boricuas in the neighborhood cultivated an arts scene ...

“Two Girls in Spanish Harlem,” which Neel painted in 1955, feels different. It’s uncanny how evenly and scrupulously the artist has attended to each child.