Where is Manhattanville?
Manhattanville is located at the southwestern edge of West Harlem, just north of Columbia’s main Morningside Heights campus (see maps), bounded by the Hudson River and St. Nicholas Avenue between 120th and 135th Streets. The area was one of old New York’s most important 19th-century villages. For decades, the area between the Hudson River and Broadway was a center of trade and light manufacturing, a legacy that can be seen in the onetime auto industry facilities like the Studebaker Building on 131st Street and the Nash Building on 132nd Street. But in the second half of the 20th century, the area steadily lost private-sector jobs and became a locale for large warehouses, gas stations, auto repair shops, and parking lots, as well as a few remaining light manufacturing businesses. Although the historic name may not be immediately recognized by some, it remains in wide official use: The local U.S. Postal Service designation is the Manhattanville Station (located at 365 W. 125th St. betwee
