Welcome to Harlem’s Newsletter
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Growing Kale in a Shipping Container
CBS reports on Harlem Grown – an organization that seeks to harvest fresh food for families facing hard times. The 11 year old organization is trying an experimental farm in a shipping container, here in Harlem https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/harlem-grown-shipping-container-grow-house/ “The average head of lettuce in the U.S. is traveling 2,500, 3,000 miles. This one’s traveling 25 feet,”…
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NYC’s Neighborhoods
In November, NYC released an updated map of neighborhoods, and while there is not likely anything too controversial in the designations, the generational shift from “West Harlem” to Morningside Heights, Manhattanville, Hamilton Heights, and Sugar Hill, is evident. To see the full map, click HERE. Roadtrip! Amazon’s Prime Video has announced season 2 of Harlem…
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Spatial Equality NYC – The Wild News
The truly off the charts… Spacial Equality NYC provides an easy-to-use online tool to explore how our community compares to the rest of NYC in a wide range of environmental, health, and infrastructure concerns. Here are the areas in which Harlem is doing better than the city’s average(s): Our bus speeds are horrible. The MTA…
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Spatial Equality NYC – The Bad News
Unfortunately… Spacial Equality NYC provides an easy-to-use online tool to explore how our community compares to the rest of NYC in a wide range of environmental, health, and infrastructure concerns. Here are the areas in which Harlem is doing better than the city’s average(s) Harlem has a lot of traffic, and it’s worse than the…
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Spatial Equality NYC – The Good News
It’s always best to lead off with good news… Spacial Equality NYC provides an easy-to-use online tool to explore how our community compares to the rest of NYC in a wide range of environmental, health, and infrastructure concerns. Here are the areas in which Harlem is doing better than the city’s average(s). While no amount…
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Moth Proof
A photo from the 1930s of a street scene in Harlem with a pawnbroker’s, a fruit and vegetable stand, and a grocery store. The pawnbroker promotes that his business is “moth-free” and thus a safe location to pawn an article of clothing. The grocery store has a number of brands that we would recognize today,…
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Tomorrow! A Gospel Christmas
Tomorrow night at 7:30, all are welcome on East 126th Street to join in the holiday spirit, build community, and celebrate all that we have to be thankful for. Tomorrow, December 16th. 7:30 PM. 57 East 126th Street. Ummmm? As seen on Madison Avenue. A New Jersey plate headed southbound on Madison Avenue. 125th Street…
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25th Precinct’s Community Council Meeting with Borough President Mark Levine
Kioka Jackson, the president of the 25th Precinct’s Community Council writes: Good Morning All, It is my hope that everyone is doing well. Hope you guys are preparing for the Holiday, to purposely spend quality time with family and friends. We are planning our last meeting of 2022. Yikes! 2022 is coming to an end. …
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75 Instructresses
Admittedly, the matchbooks come from Chicago, not Harlem, but I was dazzled by the word “Instructresses”, and with 75 of them, Dreamland does seem like a dreamy place to learn how to dance. As Seen In East Harlem’s Art Park A Spanish colonial-era battlement seems to have run aground in East Harlem’s Art Park and…
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Your Invitation to the HNBA Holiday Party
Thursday, December 15th, 7:00 PM Click HERE to RSVP Here’s your chance to celebrate with the neighbors you know, meet some of the ones you don’t, and finally introduce yourself to a few who you’ve seen, but haven’t connected with yet… All welcome. Feel free to pass this invite on to a neighbor who you think would…
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Rhum Boogie
Ebay has a 1943 image of Rhum Boogie, and three dapper men walking past: The song, Rhum Boogie has the following lyrics: All Harlem’s got a brand new rhythmAnd it’s burning up the dance hallsBecause it’s so hot.They took a little rhumba rhythm,And they added boogie-woogie,And-a look what they’ve got Rhumboogie.Rhumboogie-woogie.It’s Harlem’s new creationWith a…
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Funds for the East Harlem Greenway Along the Harlem River
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city has received a $7.25 million federal grant to plan for a major expansion of the greenway network across the five boroughs, with a focus on historically underserved, lower-income communities that lack access to affordable transportation and job opportunities. The funding comes from a U.S. Department…
