What is the setting of The Weary Blues?

The setting of this book is New York City, particularly Harlem. The time period is never directly stated, but most people believe it to be set in the writer's time period, the 1950's or 1960's. One of the best clues about time period is when money is mentioned early in the story and the man references asking for a quarter or fifty cents...that can help isolate a time period, which fits with the idea of the 50's or 60's.