Welcome to Harlem’s Newsletter
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View the HNBA November Meeting
Our November 9th HNBA meeting is now available to view: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hw0239ynnvnoikt/HNBA%20Nov21.mp4?dl=0 Opioid Injection Site Opens on East 126th Street Mayor De Blasio promised to begin opening opioid injection sites where people can find a safe space to inject illegal drugs, and now his promise has been fulfilled in East Harlem. Corner Resources quietly opened a…
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A Letter to the NYPD and the Mayor
Barbara Askins, the indefatigable head of the 125th Street BID, has written a powerful letter to NYC Police Commissioner Shea and Mayor De Blasio regarding the increasingly intolerable quality of life issues in Harlem. If you would like to tweet the Mayor: https://twitter.com/NYCMayor If you would like to tweet the NYPD Commissioner: Boot Scraper A…
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Congressional Gold Medal Awarded to Harlem Hellfighters
In mid-August, the Senate passed the Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act to award a Congressional Gold Medal to a Black infantry regiment known as the Harlem Hellfighters. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-117hr3642enr The Harlem Hellfighters, the 369th Infantry Regiment, are regarded as the most celebrated African American regiment in World War I, having fought against Germany’s forces longer than almost any other American…
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Incarceration Rates
How Calculated: Crude rate of of incarcerated adults in NYC Department of Correction facilities per 1,000 population ages 18 and older. Addresses at admission to New York City Department of Correction facilities were geocoded; 69% of all records could be geocoded to a valid NTA. Data were limited to those ages 18 years of age…
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South Bronx Luxury Development
As the first phase nears completion, a fresh set of renderings has been released of one of the most expensive private development in Bronx history. Developed by Brookfield Properties, Bankside is a $950 million seven-tower complex that stretches across two Harlem River-facing parcels in Mott Haven. New images of the massive development show off the project’s 450-unit rental set to open…
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HNBA November Meeting, Tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7:00 PM
Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 9th. at 7:00 PM HNBA will welcome Michael Lythcott attend to explain the new National Black Theater building project that will replace the former building on 5th Avenue between 125/126. This large new cultural center and residence will be a major landmark in our community. Learn more about the project, the theater,…
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The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Corn Exchange Building
Ephemeral New York has a great article out on how the Corn Exchange building (Park/125) – formerly the Mount Morris Bank – has looked in photos over the years. The Harlem Bank building (built in 1884, and now with Ginjan Cafe on the ground floor), was and is perfectly located for easy access to upstate…
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Fidel Castro in Harlem
On this day back in 1960, a German press photographer captured a mounted NYPD officer controlling a crowd of pro-Cuban Dominicans who were in Harlem, near the Theresa Hotel, to show their support for the new Cuban regime. Note that JFK had not yet been elected – that would come in November of 1960 –…
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2020 Census Data on Diversity
New York is a highly segregated city, and so it is interesting to see where diversity is increasing (or decreasing) in Northern Manhattan: In this map of northern Manhattan (above) you can see that in most of the areas shown, the diversity has increased – with the glaring example of the South Bronx, and a…
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Foreign Born
How Calculated: Estimated number of people born outside the US or its territories (which includes Puerto Rico), divided by the total population; expressed as a percent. Source: American Community Survey Ginjan Cafe Featured Ginjan Cafe was featured in a story about the history of the cafe, the incredible effort by the Diallos, and their hope for…
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New Look For the National Black Theater
The National Black Theatre’s site will look very, very different by 2024 when the new building is expected to be finished. The NBT will occupy the first four floors of the building with over 200 residential units above. The architect, Frida Escobedo is working with Handel Architects who is behind the Sendero Verde project (currently…
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Written on the official stationary of the Harlem Messiah
It’s not often you come across an item like this in Ebay which purports to be “Written on the official stationary of the Harlem Messiah.” The item is ephemeral from the 1930’s Depression-era faith community of Father Devine, who led many Harlemites into hope when so many faced an unprecedented wall of economic and racial…
