The Harlem Alhambra

[2] Construction on the structure commenced late 1902 by its original owner, Harlem Auditorium Amusement Company.

[5][6] By 1910, Williams managed the largest number of vaudeville theaters in New York City — two in Manhattan, one in the Bronx, and one each in Brooklyn and Queens.

This attracted new investment, including a bowling alley,[12][5] and the top floor reopened in 2003 as The Alhambra Ballroom, Inc., hosting weddings, parties, and other social events.

[11] Other tenants have included the King Solomon Grand Lodge of New York, Inc. (Masonic),[1] a supermarket, a French language charter school,[13] and a jazz restaurant – Gospel Uptown (owned by Joseph H. Holland) – on the ground floor (2009-2010), replacing short-lived seafood restaurant, Pier 2110.

[citation needed] The Alhambra Ballroom, Inc. filed chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York on August 19, 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the events business.

Drawing published in 1904 of the planned Harlem Alhambra, which was then called the Auditorium .