Author: Harlem Shill
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Single Seniors
How Calculated: Percent of people aged 65 and older living alone Source: American Community Survey A Rare Off-Grid Manhattan Street Sylvan Court, which has seven properties, rarely sees properties record for sale. A 1,600-square-foot townhouse in East Harlem returned for sale asking $1.69 million. Its address is 2 Sylvan Court — a blind alley with just seven homes that’s…
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Randall’s and Wards’ Islands
This photo of Randall’s and Wards’ Islands during the depression (just after the Triborough Bridge was completed by Robert Moses) is fascinating in the ways in which you can see how dramatically the bridge, the island/s, and Harlem have changed in the last 80 years or so. Note how recently constructed Astoria park (between the…
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Feliz Día de Reyes! (3 Kings Day)
Camels on 3rd Avenue 2nd Avenue Subway Enters a New Phase New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that the Second Avenue Subway expansion project that would extend the Second Avenue line to 125th Street in East Harlem has moved to the engineering phase of the project timeline. Governor Kathy…
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Kristin Jordan Does Not Vote for Adrienne Adams, the First-Ever, Black NY City Council Speaker
In one of her first acts as a city council representative, Kristin Jordan was one of only 2 city council members who did not vote for Adrienne Adams the first Black City Council Speaker in the history of New York City. Jordan was one of only two colleagues to vote against Adrienne Adams. In her…
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125th Street Redesign
Transportation Alternatives is floating an idea on how to address the endemic double parking on 125th Street that effectively blocks bus traffic, forcing busses to veer into traffic lanes, causing more congestion and slowdowns. The proposal is to take the bus lanes which are located on the edges of the street, and instead put them…
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Kristin Jordan Interviewed by Patch
Our new council member talks about her goal to preserve the Black plurality of Harlem, her concern that Eric Adams is trying to be a one-man show, and sanitation issues: Read the full interview by Nick Garber, here: https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/kristin-jordan-central-harlems-new-council-member-shares-plans As Seen at Pleasant Village Community Garden
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Councilwoman Kristin Jordan Protests Proposed Civil Rights Museum and Headquarters For The National Action Network
PRESS RELEASE: City Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, and concerned residents of central Harlem, will lead a protest on Monday January 3, 2022 to fight against the “One45” development, proposed for the corner of Lenox avenue and West 145th street. The proposal to construct two 363-foot-tall towers, a civil rights museum and new headquarters for Rev.…
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Get Involved in County Committee
New Voices for New York County New Voices is a grass roots political action committee founded by local civic leaders in Upper Manhattan to promote greater participation and transparency in the local political process by registering new voters and providing members with the training, guidance, and resources needed for everyday New Yorkers to run for…
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Shooting and Injury at the 25th Precinct
Hello everyone, First and foremost Happy New Year to you all. I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday and enjoyed the time with their family and loved ones. For those of you who are not aware, we had a shooting incident regarding an off duty officer here in the 25 precinct. Around 0730 hours, Police Officer…
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Kristin Richardson Jordan Represents Harlem
Kristin Jordan replaces Bill Perkins as Harlem’s New City Council member. New Building Coming to 120/Park YIMBY reports that a new residential tower will be built on a vacant lot at the corner of 120/Park with 57 residences:
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Affordable Elder Housing
A new development at Park/110th Street is currently being planned. The Carmen Villegas Apartments will be a new mixed-use affordable elder housing building and house hundreds of seniors. The adjacent Casita Park Apartments built in 2003 have an unused parking lot at the corner of Park/110th which will now be repurposed for the Carmen Villegas…
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The Washington
Until the late 19th Century, New York’s middle class identified with the single-family home – a house that was only occupied by one family (servants were not considered in this calculation). Part of this strong class identification with the single-family home was a reaction against the crowded conditions in the tenements of the time. Multiple-family…
