Washington Heights

Washington Heights is in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan, running north from Harlem at 155th Street to Inwood, topping out just below Dyckman Street. At the northern end of Washington Heights, near Fort Washington Avenue and 183rd Street in Bennett Park, is a plaque marking Manhattan's highest natural elevation, 265 feet above sea level, at what was the location of Fort Washington. The George Washington Bridge crosses the Harlem River just north of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge. High Bridge is the oldest Harlem River span still in existence, crossing the river just south of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge. The best known cultural site and tourist attraction in Washington Heights is The Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park at the northern end of the neighborhood, with spectacular views across the Hudson to the New Jersey Palisades.