The street signs behind the opening credits - W. 142nd St. and Lenox Ave. - are at an intersection in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Lenox Avenue is a continuation of Sixth Avenue north of Central Park, renamed for philanthropist James Lenox (1800-1880) in 1887. It was co-named Malcolm X Boulevard in 1987 for the civil rights leader.
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