What sort of settlement was the origins of the area of New York city where Harry K Thomas Jr. was born ?
Harlem Harlem is a large neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Since the 1920s, Harlem has been known as a major African American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem's history has been defined by a series of economic boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle.
Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills is an upper-middle-class, mostly residential neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. Originally, the area was referred to as "Whitepot". It is bounded by Burns Street to the north, Union Turnpike to the east, Greenway South and Harrow Street to the south, and Tennis Place and Continental Avenue to the west.