North Holland

North Holland is an 8-block neighborhood in Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars located in the Holland area of Algonquin, Liberty City.

Description

North Holland is bordered to the north by Wardite Street (Northwood), to the east by Exeter Avenue (East Holland), to the south by Topaz Street (Middle Park and Varsity Heights), and to the west by the West River.

North Holland is mainly made up of small businesses, tenements, and several high-rise housing projects. The area is home to a mainly African-American community. The Club Liberty and Linen Lounge nightclubs, located on Wardite Street and Vauxite Street respectively, make for the vibrant nightlife of the neighborhood. Furthermore, the skyline of North Holland is dominated by Hotel Hamilton, a lavish Victorian hotel located on Wardite Street. The Holland Hospital Center, one of the largest hospitals in Liberty City, is located on Frankfort Avenue, the main thoroughfare of the neighborhood.

Crime

Like many other working class neighborhoods in Liberty City, North Holland suffers from a high crime rate, drugs and gang violence. Gangs that can be found in North Holland include the North Holland Hustlers and, in The Ballad of Gay Tony, the Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, North Holland is frequented by Angels of Death members, unlike in Grand Theft Auto IV and The Lost and Damned where it is the North Holland Hustlers gang territory.

Influence

North Holland is based on Harlem, a northern Manhattan neighborhood in New York City. Harlem, like North Holland, was known for crime throughout the 20th century, but is currently experiencing gentrification.

The choice of name for North Holland is presumably based on the location of Haarlem (which Harlem takes its name from), the provincial capital of Noord-Holland, (Translation: North Holland), Netherlands.

Among the landmarks spoofed in the district include Hotel Theresa, known in game as "Hotel Hamilton", located on both sides of the East Holland-North Holland border, the 125th Street station as the elevated Frankfort High station, the Harlem Hospital Center as the Holland Hospital Center, and the second Cotton Club as the Linen Lounge.

Prominent Appearances in Missions

Grand Theft Auto IV

Main Missions

A Long Way to Fall

Side Missions

Most Wanted - Shon Kikuchi

Collectibles

Grand Theft Auto IV

Items & Weapons

MP5 on the roof of Linen Lounge.
First aid kit on a platform at the Frankfort Low Station, at the ambulance bay at Holland Hospital Center, at the housing projects on Galveston Avenue, and at the entrance of the metro tunnel at the intersection between Frankfort Avenue and Uranium Street.

Flying Rats

On the edge of a quay running alongside the West River, near the intersection between Wardite Street and Ivy Drive North.
On a ventilation unit at the top of Holland Hospital Center.
On the corner of a concrete parapet of the Holland Hospital Center facing Galveston Avenue.
On the parapet of the subway track directly across from Holland Hospital Center.