Former resident Jumel Terrace & Edgecombe Ave

Count Basie

Basie lived at 555 Edgecombe Avenue, and the corner of Edgecombe Ave and W 160th St is co-named Count Basie Place for him.

555 Edgecombe Avenue

Portrait of Count Basie, 1955 — James J. Kriegsmann (opens in a new tab)Public domain

Count Basie at the Aquarium club in New York, photographed by William P. Gottlieb, 1946-48 — The Library of Congress (opens in a new tab)Public domain

555 Edgecombe Avenue, where Count Basie lived — Beyond My Ken (opens in a new tab)CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)

Count Basie is listed among the notable residents of 555 Edgecombe Avenue, the 1914–16 apartment building at W 160th St. Wikipedia says the corner outside was co-named Paul Robeson Boulevard and Count Basie Place in October 2009 after advocacy by the Harlem Historical Society and the Morris-Jumel Mansion’s director. The exact years he lived in the building were not confirmed in the sources used.