Category: Marcus Garvey Park
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See Stan Squirewell at Claire Oliver Gallery
Make sure to head over to the Claire Oliver Gallery (2288 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard at 134th – www.claireoliver.com) to check out Stan Squirewell’s premiere solo exhibition. Squirewell’s work examines who curates and controls the narratives that become accepted as history; from what perspective is history written, whose stories are told, and whose are…
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25th Precinct Community Council Meeting, Tonight
The 25th Precinct’s monthly Community Council Meeting is tonight – April 20th at 6 PM. There is a location change – instead of meeting at the Precinct, the meeting will be held at Bethel Gospel Assembly – located at 120th Street between Madison and 5th Avenues. Please be prepared to stop at the security area to…
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Harlem Creek
Before the building boom in the 2nd half of the 19th century, what we call Central Harlem was farmland where people raised cash crops to sell 7 miles south in New York City. It was sleepy, undeveloped and could easily pass for rural New England today: This 1870 photo is looking northwest from what’s left…
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Congressman Espaillat Announces A Plan For 125th Street In Collaboration With Mayor Eric Adams
Harlemites have been at the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic for two years, hard hit by the immediate health emergency and the longstanding challenges that the pandemic underscored. On our road to recovery, we must address High unemployment, rising gun violence, a houseless and affordability housing crisis, food insecurity, systemic mental health and psychiatric…
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Harlem Wednesday – Animation
An animated film titled “Harlem Wednesday”: Listen: Questlove Details the Recovery and Birth of Summer of Soul Until about a year ago, if you mentioned the cultural impact of the Harlem Cultural Festival, most people wouldn’t know what you were talking about. Taking place over several weekends in the summer of 1969, and featuring artists…
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Want Something Fixed?
REPORT AN INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE IN OUR DISTRICT! This year Congressman Espaillat brought home nearly $8 billion from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to fund the Second Avenue Subway expansion, rebuild our city’s crumbling bridges, repave our decades-old roads, and so much more to make transit routes safer and more accessible for all New…
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Officer Wilbert Mora Saves 5 Lives Through Organ Donation
USA Today Reports: A New York City Police officer, who died following a shoot out in Harlem, has saved five lives after donating his organs. Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, donated his heart, liver, two kidneys, and pancreas to five patients in need of life-saving organ transplants, according to a statement from LiveOnNY. Three individuals lived…
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The Marcelle
One of the big disappointments of American aesthetic trends is that this country never caught Art Nouveau fever in the late 19th century. Yes, we have Tiffany, but any keen observer in NYC is hard-pressed to list more than a handful of Art Nouveau treasures in the 5 boroughs. Here in Harlem, where so much…
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Candlelight Vigil
Dr. Keith Taylor, a neighbor and friend writes: Neighbors,If you are able, I ask you to attend a community candlelight vigil at the 32nd Precinct tonight at 6:30 pm to show support for our officers at a time of great loss to the NYPD and to the Harlem community. Your presence will mean a tremendous…
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Subways and Rubble
With the 2nd Avenue Subway getting (theoretically) closer and closer to becoming a reality for East Harlem, it’s interesting to ask where does all the soil and rock that used to take up the space the tracks, tunnels and trains now occupy. First of all, it’s important to note that Donald Trump held back funding…
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HNBA Meeting on Tuesday, 7:00 PM
Join HNBA next week, on Tuesday the 14th, for our annual December/Holiday meeting. Are you ready for holiday cooking with a twist of funny? Join stand-up comedian and host of the cooking/comedy show Dinner’s Ready Live (IGTV/YoutubeTV) for a night of fun cooking and big laughs. Dan will be teaching us how to make Spaghetti…
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Marcus Garvey Park Tree Lighting
December 8th, at 6:00 PM. 124th Street and 5th Avenue. Join the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance in the lighting of the holiday tree. Under the Stoops Along 5th Avenue, between 129/128th Streets, there are 3 brownstones in a row that still have grills that allow light into the under-the-stoop space. As a result, you can…
