639 WEST 131 STREET is a mid-century 1940 building, 2 units in Harlem, NYC. Owned by TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE C ITY OF NEW. Public records show 1 open violation on file.
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Manhattan · March 2026
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West Harlem around 125th Street is the neighborhood's commercial and cultural spine — the Apollo Theater, Studio Museum, and a corridor of new development coexist with decades-old barbershops and West African restaurants. Columbia's Manhattanville campus expansion is reshaping the western edge.