The Real Deal New York

From the April issue: The neighborhood of Washington Heights is a star of the Broadway show “In the Heights,” where a bodega owner sings and dances against the dramatic backdrop of the George Washington Bridge. While that may be a romanticized depiction of the area, the largely Dominican and Latino neighborhood is increasingly becoming a destination for those getting priced out of other parts of Manhattan and gentrified Brooklyn. The median household income has been rising in Washington Heights, which runs from 155th Street north to Fairview Avenue and is shouldered by the Harlem River on the east and the Hudson River on the west. The area saw telltale signs of change four years ago, when Starbucks and Staples opened.