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Hudson Heights is home to the highest natural point in Manhattan, located in Bennett Park. It is 265 feet (81 m) above sea level, or a few dozen feet lower than the torch on the Statue of Liberty. A viewpoint is at the western tip of Plaza Lafayette, which runs along West 181st Street between Haven Avenue and Riverside Drive. The only movie theater above 125th Street in Manhattan is in Hudson Heights, the four-screen Coliseum Cinema on West 181st Street at Broadway.
It is among the neighborhoods of Upper Manhattan that join in The Art Stroll, the annual festival of the arts. Public places in Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill host impromptu galleries, readings, performances and markets over several weeks each summer.
News of Upper Manhattan is published weekly in The Manhattan Times, a bilingual newspaper. Its annual restaurant guide, which comes out in Spanish and English (like the newspaper), highlights the burgeoning restaurant scene. (www.ManhattanTimes.org)
Many long-time residents of the area have not adopted the usage of Hudson Heights as a name to describe the area, and continue to refer to the area as Washington Heights. Some of these residents resent the use of the name Hudson Heights. The Not For Tourists Guide to New York City refers to the neighborhood as Fort Tryon.
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