Welcome to Harlem’s Newsletter
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Evictions
The impact of COVID-19 will be felt for decades to come. A look at eviction filings in New York show the plummet to near 0 in the early days of the pandemic: To get a sense of how this graph of 2020 compares to filings in pre-pandemic 2019, see: Removing 2020 (a highly anomalous year)…
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Brother Sister Sol
The Brotherhood Sister Sol is poised to open on 143rd Street after a journey to get a new building to house this youth-focused community center. Bro-Sis’s new building is shaped like a torch and its fragmented facade contrasts strongly with the surrounding buildings – intending to speak to the enlightenment of young people CBS has…
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Speeding and Red Light Cameras
Streetsblog has a fascinating article on how speeding and red light cameras function in light of conversations about bias in policing and traffic enforcement. The map of traffic cameras shows that relative to the rest of the city, few tickets are given in Harlem and East Harlem by these automated systems. In the map below,…
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Mount Sinai Morningside to open $78.5M facility in Harlem
A new facility combining and expanding services for Mount Sinai Morningside and the Mount Sinai Hospital will open during the fall, the hospital system announced Thursday. After years of protesting, organizing and collaborating, The Greater Harlem Coalition got Mount Sinai to not place even more drug treatment programs in this new facility, nor to send children with…
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Code Yellow
Protecting YourselfOne of the most important things you can do right now is getting your vaccine or booster. People who are unvaccinated are 38-times more likely to be hospitalized with Covid. But only 87% of New Yorkers are vaccinated, and a frighteningly low 38% are boosted. Don’t delay any longer – get vaxed/boosted NOW. People who are…
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HNBA Meeting On Tuesday, May 10th, 7:00 PM
All are welcome to come out on Tuesday at 7:00 PM to hear from (and ask questions of) Delsenia Glover and Inez Dickens – two candidates for New York State Assembly District 70. In addition, we will have our neighbors from the HDFC Coop at the corner of 5th Avenue and 126th Street stop by…
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A Modest Proposal: Density
Gotham Gazette has a well thought out essay on how density should be a planning goal for our community in light of the 2nd Avenue Subway extension: High-quality planning and significant upzoning could boost ridership on the new line and remake East Harlem into a place that more comfortably accommodates current and future residents–of all…
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The First Use of the Term “The Big Apple”
The term “The Big Apple” was first used on this day – May 3rd, 1921. John J. Fitz Gerald, a sports writer for the New York Morning Telegraph was the first to use the term in print. Its popularity since the 1970s is due in part to the promotional campaign spearheaded by the New York tourist…
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Movies Under the Stars: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Saturday, May 14, 2022 8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Grab a blanket and come enjoy a movie in the Eugene McCabe field in East Harlem on Saturday, May 14th. “Peter Parker is now unmasked, his identity as Spider-Man known to the world. In a way, he likes it that his girl MJ knows his true identity, the…
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A Postcard of Graham Court
Graham Court Apartments were built on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd between 116th and 117th Streets. One of the Astors (think Astor Row on 130th Street and Astoria and Astor Place…) built the complex in 1901 using the architectural firm Clinton and Russell, The complex has a gracious entrance and courtyard and is 8 stories…
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Stoop Sale Tomorrow at 10:00
Tomorrow, May 1st is Stoop Sale Day Come bargain hunting for antiques, toys, clothes, furniture, household items, and wonderful things that residents in the Mount Morris Historic District Community are selling or giving away. Spread the word in your community. Where: Mount Morris Park Historic District (116th – 125th Street from Madison to Adam Clayton…
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Drive Metro North
If you’ve ever taken Metro North and wondered what the view would be like at the front of the train – driving it – there is a new video game out that allows you to drive a train from Grand Central to Harlem, and then up to White Plains In the screenshot below you see…
