“Everyone Maintains a Private Reel”: More of Ray Carney’s Harlem

Janes Walk

Led By Daniel Pecoraro

Much as Harlem Shuffle expanded into the Harlem Trilogy, this is a sequel tour! Explore Harlem history from 1959 through 1976 in this walk, mostly through the lens of Colson Whitehead’s second Harlem mystery, “Crook Manifesto.”

Accessibility

The walk will be along largely hilly ground (mostly along city sidewalks, with some time along paths in St. Nicholas Park) for about two hours. The starting point of the walk is adjacent to the 1 at 125th Street and Broadway, and the ending point is closest to the A/C/D at 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. The 2/3 (on Lenox Ave/Malcolm X Blvd) is also close by. The M4, M5, M10, M11, M60 SBS, M100, M101, M104, and M125 are all near the walk’s start/end points, and the M60 SBs, M100, M101, and M125 connect to the 4/5/6 at 125th and Lexington and the Metro-North at 125th and Park. Citibike docks are available at Amsterdam Avenue and 125th Street and Broadway at Moylan Place (near the start of the walk) and on 124th and 126th Streets along St. Nicholas Avenue (near the end point of the walk).

Location Information

RSVP is required and capacity is limited. Meeting location, ending location, and directions will be provided via email before walk date.

guided

Saturday, May 2, 2026
6:00 PM
2 hours

Borough: Manhattan
Theme: History & Culture
Language: English
Crossing the Harlem River into the Bronx in New York City. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons, National Archives at College Park, Hope Alexander. Modifications: cropped.