Welcome to Harlem’s Newsletter
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Cheerleading vs. Critical Thinking
On June 6, 2021, New York City launched a pilot program in which both mental and physical health professionals are responding to 911 mental health emergency calls. This new approach, called B-HEARD – the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division attempts to treat mental health crises as public health problems, not public safety issues B-HEARD…
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Harlem Restaurants
So many New Yorkers, and out-of-town guests, for that matter, come to Harlem for the food. Eater recently put out their list of To-Try restaurants but one wonders how recent the intelligence is given that Mountain Bird (highlighted here) is listed while no longer in business. Another quibble is that Chaiwali isn’t included, but I…
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Our Meeting with Mark Levine and The NYC Accelerator Program
We had a great meeting on October 12th with Mark Levine. If you missed it, and want to learn more about his vision for Manhattan (or learn more about the NYC Accelerator Program), please see: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/LnBjqZRkp1nXyRTjfaF5yuyCuIoxrrbeOHl-kUbX4abvxDw6JW3zr2oLUT5zydHm.aroNP0XIaqdeL4cQ Passcode: 5Rn^1!L# Sculpture in Marcus Garvey Park On view through October 1, 2022, Thomas J Price: Witness celebrates a familiar everyday form…
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Open House NY Weekend: Grandscale Mural Project
More than half a mile of murals, created by more than 100 artists: The Grandscale Mural Project is now part of Open House New York Weekend! Since its start nearly two decades ago, OHNY shines a spotlight on the places, people, projects and ideas that define New York and its future. This year’s event includes…
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Court Ordered Evictions
How Calculated: Rate of executed evictions ordered by the New York City Housing Court, including those pending and scheduled as of December 31, per 10,000 housing units. Eviction data are reported by New York City Marshals and gathered from NYC Open Data. For more information, see: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Evictions/6z8x-wfk4 Source: New York City Department of Investigation Odyssey House on East 126 Advances…
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Saint Cecilia’s
Landmarks East Harlem and the Urban Archive have a great piece on St. Cecilia’s Church on East 106th Street between Park/Lexington: https://www.urbanarchive.org/stories/YXyVct8Ucm7 Here is the church in the 19th Century: By the 1940’s the area had built up (note the white hospital complex on 5th Avenue and Central Park in the distance, above the Metro…
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The Victoria Tower Residences
The Victoria Tower Residences on 125th street is starting to show apartments. The building is behind, yet incorporates the facade of the old Victoria Theater. The 27-story high rise shares its space with the Renaissance Marriot Hotel and is being marketed as a luxury building with a two-story lounge, multiple meeting rooms, a fitness center,…
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Children Tested With Elevated Lead
How Calculated: Number of children less than 6 years old tested in a given year with blood lead levels of 15 mcg/dL or greater, divided by the number of children less than 6 years old who were tested for lead poisoning in a given year; expressed as cases per 1,000 tested. The numbers in this table…
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HNBA Meeting Tonight at 7:00
Join HNBA in learning more about the new building at 125/5th that will house the National Black Theater. In addition, Mark Levine will swing by to answer any questions you might have for the Democratic nominee to be the next Manhattan Borough President. Subscribe to HNBA in order to get access to the Zoom link:…
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Rats! Back Up
The Department of Health (and Mental Hygiene) has finally released their new, improved Rat Portal (which sounds like something you wouldn’t want rats to have access to…). https://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/Rats/ You can go to the portal, select your community district, and look at your block to see where rat complaints, sightings, eradication, and inspections are going on:…
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Parking Lot to be Transformed into Supportive Housing, Parking Garage, and Afro-Latin Music and ArtsCenter
Real Estate News reports that the parking lot behind the 25th Precinct (between 119/118th Street, on Park Avenue) will be developed for supportive housing for homeless individuals: The city has unveiled a plan for 600 new apartments along with an Afro-Latin Music and Arts Center and an upgraded community center in East Harlem. The project…
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Subway Stress
Every day that New Yorkers and visitors ride the subway, some of them review their experience. You may have done this, or can imagine doing this – reporting on cleanliness, complaining about a late train, noticing rats, etc. A company called FleetLogging collated Google reviews of subway stations and used a social media analysis tool…
