How To Stay Cool In Harlem During NYC's Heat Wave

HARLEM, NY — With large swaths of Harlem among the most "heat vulnerable" parts of New York City, residents will want to make a plan for staying cool during a heat wave that has descended on the city this week.

The city is under a heat advisory until 8 p.m. Wednesday as temperatures are expected to feel like 104 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Much of Central and East Harlem are classified with a Heat Vulnerability Index 5, meaning their residents are at high risk of heat injury or death based on typical temperatures, air-conditioning rates, green space and racial inequities.

To stay cool, New Yorkers should note nearby cooling centers, beaches, community pools, misting stations and other options, emergency officials warned.

Here's a list of where those spots are in Harlem:

Cooling centers:

Central/West Harlem:

• Grant Community Center — 1301 Amsterdam Ave.
• Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts — 215 West 114th St.
• P.S. 76 — 220 West 121st St.
• P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman — 250 West 127th St.
• NYC Vaccine Hub - City College of New York - North Academic Center — 1549 Amsterdam Ave.
• P.S. 153 — 1750 Amsterdam Ave.
• P.S./I.S. 210 — 501-503 West 152nd St.
• Macomb's Bridge Library — 2633 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.
• NYC Vaccine Hub - Abyssinian Baptist Church — 132 West 138th St.

East Harlem:

• The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce — 2005 Madison Ave.
• Jackie Robinson Community Center — 110 East 129th St.
• Beatrice Lewis Senior Center (seniors only) — 2322 Third Ave.
• P.S. 57 James Weldon Johnson — 176 East 115th St.
• Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center — 2180 First Ave.
• Clinton Community Center — 120 East 110th St.
• P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo Del Toro Educational Complex — 1615 Madison Ave.
• I.S. 13 — 1573 Madison Ave.
• Carver Senior Center (seniors only) — 55 East 102nd St.

Outdoor Cooling Options:

The neighborhood has dozens of drinking fountains, misting stations, spray showers and "tree canopies" that neighbors can use to stay cool. Find a searchable map of those options here.

Nearby Public Pools:

• Abe Lincoln Pool — Fifth Avenue and East 135th Street
• Frederick Douglass Pool — Amsterdam Avenue between 100th and 102nd streets
• Jackie Robinson Pool — Bradhurst Avenue and West 146th Street
• Marcus Garvey Pool — 124th Street and Fifth Avenue
• Sheltering Arms Pool — West 129th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
• Thomas Jefferson Pool — East 112th Street and First Avenue
• Wagner Pool — East 124th Street between First and Second avenues

Patch reporter Anna Quinn contributed.