The Department of Buildings keeps a record on sidewalk sheds and provides a great map to look at them. Central Harlem currently has 249 sidewalk sheds, whereas East Harlem has 202.
Mapped, the data shows that they are, pretty much, everywhere:
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And, if you filter for 5 years or older! Here’s the map you get:
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The size of the circles indicates how big/long the sidewalk shed is. The orange colors indicate that it’s in a commercial area whereas the blue ones are residential.
Here’s the link to explore for yourself:
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/buildings/html/sidewalk-shed-map.html