Harlem is a small village on the West Coast Demerara, just over three miles from Vreed-en-Hoop. The name originates from the Dutch word Haarlem.
The village is so tiny that one could walk from one end to the next in less than seven minutes. Harlem begins at a signboard with its designated name and ends at a canal. Between the two boundaries, there is endless greenery and about 15 houses, some of which are empty owing to the owners being overseas; quite a few of them house what looks like scores of pigeons on their roofs.
