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  • 125th and Lexington

    This photo of 125th Street at Lexington (looking south – the cut-off buildings to the left are where the Pathmark site is): is from 1912. A. Schulte is now a dollar pizza. Here is a fuller image of the A. Schulte business:

  • Behind The Collier Brother’s Home

    You may recognize this vacant lot, church, and new rental building on W. 127, just behind the Collier Brother’s Park: The church ‘grew’. The two brownstones to the right were knocked down and the decades-old vacant lot is where the new rental is located. The Victorian framed home to the left in the photo below…

  • Mount Morris Park

    Here are 3 great photos of Marcus Garvey Park (formerly Mount Morris Park) from Columbia University’s collection of images. Below is a postcard from 1905 on the east side of the park, looking south towards where the basketball courts are today: Mount Morris Park was renamed in honor of Marcus Garvey in 1973, the park…

  • High Times and Hot Times in Homo Harlem, 1920-1990

    Historian Michael Henry Adams leads a virtual tour of Lesbian and Gay life in the historic African American cultural capital, where we’ll meet personalities living and lost and see landmarks long gone and still standing that illuminate the a fabled part of New York. Past and Present LGBTQ+ Harlemites have played a leading role in…

  • Steamship Fares

    To travel (before the age of rail and subways) to lower Manhattan (and Astoria), the Sylvian Steamship company ran for 8 cents (10 cents if purchased on board): Details of the fare: And, the complete card here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1800s-Timetable-Card-NYC-East-River-Sylvan-steamship-steamers-Harlem-Peck-Slip-/333161431240

  • Calling All 17 Year-Olds

    The Board of Elections in the City of New York is preparing for the General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 and the Primary Election on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, and is now accepting applications for the 17 Year Old Student Poll Worker Program. The program promotes civic awareness and educates high school students about the…

  • 400 Miles to Freedom

    If you’ve ever been curious about internal race relations within the Jewish community (in Israel and here in in the US), 400 Miles to Freedom is a great introduction. I’m including it here because of some wonderful shots of our neighborhood in the film: In 1984, the Beta Israel, a secluded 2,500-year-old community of observant…

  • National Urban League Plans to Use $188M For 125th Street Headquarters in Harlem

    The National Urban League is moving along with planning for a 17-story project that will include affordable rental housing, a civil rights museum, office space for community groups, retail space, and their headquarters/conference. The development, known as the Urban League Empowerment Center, will replace a low-slung retail building at 121 West 125th Street and a four-story parking garage…

  • Build The Block Meeting

    Ginjan Café 85 East 125 St Manhattan, 10035 Thursday, August 13th, 2020 Doors open at 4:30 PM Meeting starts at 5:00 PM Our Neighborhood Coordination Officers would like to invite you to a Build The Block meeting at Ginjan Cafe. This will be an opportunity to discuss any public safety or quality of life issues…

  • MTA to Begin Overnight Bus Service, Again…

    Beginning Wednesday, August 5, MTA New York City Transit will provide new overnight bus service for customers between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and between Manhattan and the Bronx.The new M99 will operate run every 20 minutes from approximately 1AM and 6AM, between East New York in Brooklyn and the West 42nd Street pier in Manhattan. The new Bx99 will run every 20 minutes from…

  • Volunteer Clean-Up in Marcus Garvey Park ~ August 8th

    This just in from Gotham to Go: It’s a day to clean-up, sweep-up, weed and paint! Join your friends & neighbors in a safe and socially distanced park clean-up event on Saturday, August 8th from 9:30am to 11:00am in Marcus Garvey Park. Socially distanced means limited capacity (20 spots left as of this afternoon). Reserve…

  • Average Building Height

    Carto has a map of NYC building heights where red is tall, and blue is short: As you would expect, the lower half of Manhattan is mostly red, and Brooklyn is mostly blue. If you zoom in on our neighborhood, you’ll typically see a mix of red and blue, with the projects being almost purely…