Otherwise, as the song says, just "take the A train." It’s not only the quickest way to get to Harlem—it’s the best way to Washington Heights and Inwood too.

Raanan Geberer grew up in Marble Hill, has lived in three of the five boroughs, and currently lives in Chelsea with his wife, Rhea. Trained as a journalist, he currently works as managing editor of the revived Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and previously worked for Fairchild Publications and for the now-defunct Hudson Dispatch. His hobbies are playing music, gardening, working out in the gym, participating in various computer message boards, and reading about politics and religion.