Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill is a neighborhood in the northern part of Harlem, defined by 155th Street to the north, 145th Street to the south, Edgecombe Avenue to the east, and Amsterdam Avenue to the west. Sitting on a high point in the topography of Manhattan, Sugar Hill looks out onto the valley of Harlem to the east giving views beyond the Harlem River. During the Harlem Renaissance this area was revered as a spot that claimed and enjoyed the "sweet" life, thus the descriptive name Sugar Hill was given.