Built when race-restricted covenants dictated the segregation of the city’s neighborhoods, Addisleigh Park eventually transformed from an exclusively white neighborhood into one of New York City’s premier African American enclaves by the early 1950s. The area would eventually become home to notables such as Count Basie, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Illinois Jacquet, Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Joe Louis, Milt Hinton, Roy Campanella, Percy Sutton, Cootie Williams and many others.

[Historic District Map] (http://1h0ani22bqjx9rwiu3w2now1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/addisleigh-park-streetscapes.ai_.pdf)

[HDC Addisleigh Park Neighborhood Survey] (http://1h0ani22bqjx9rwiu3w2now1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/neighborhood-building-survey-with-images-All.pdf)