Harlem River Speedway

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Harlem River Speedway was a historic late-19th- and early-20th-century recreational roadway in Manhattan originally designed for horse-drawn carriage and bicycle racing along the Harlem River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic roadway ⓘ
recreational roadway ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
adjacentTo High Bridge ⓘ
Macombs Dam Bridge ⓘ
Washington Bridge ⓘ
builtBy City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
completed 1898 ⓘ
constructionStart 1894 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedFor bicycles ⓘ
horse-drawn carriages ⓘ
endPoint Dyckman Street ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
follows Harlem River ⓘ
hasAccessRestriction originally closed to commercial traffic ⓘ
originally closed to heavy wagons ⓘ
originally limited to pleasure vehicles ⓘ
hasFeature bicycle paths ⓘ
bridle paths ⓘ
riverside views ⓘ
hasLength approximately 2.3 miles ⓘ
hasSurface macadam ⓘ
hasUse bicycle racing ⓘ
horse-drawn carriage racing ⓘ
pleasure driving ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
historicalPeriod Gilded Age ⓘ
initiatedBy New York City Department of Parks ⓘ
integratedInto Harlem River Drive ⓘ
locatedIn Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York

United States ⓘ
notableFor combining horse-drawn carriage and bicycle racing ⓘ
opened 1898 ⓘ
openedToAutomobiles 1919 ⓘ
partOf Harlem River waterfront development ⓘ
linked to: Bronx waterfront
renamed Harlem River Drive ⓘ
Harlem River Driveway ⓘ
linked to: Harlem River Drive
runsAlong western shore of the Harlem River ⓘ
startPoint West 155th Street ⓘ
status defunct as a separate speedway ⓘ
supportedBy New York City elite carriage owners ⓘ
usedFor racing of trotters ⓘ
social display by wealthy New Yorkers ⓘ

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Harlem River Drive → formerName → Harlem River Speedway ⓘ
Coogan's Hollow → near → Harlem River Speedway ⓘ
Coogan's Bluff → hasViewOf → Harlem River Speedway (historic) ⓘ
linked to: Harlem River Speedway