Welcome to Harlem’s Newsletter
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NYC’s Department of Health Approves Bringing More Men and Women In Crisis Into East Harlem
You may have heard of Project Renewal’s Support and Connection Center (SCC) which was located on East 116th Street. This innovative project was supposed to allow officers of the 25th Precinct to bring men and women experiencing a crisis, into a supportive dormitory where trained staff members could help with a wide range of resources…
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Black Women Bicycling
Photo: Baltimore Afro-American newspaper, 1928. Addison Scurlock, photographer. Photographcourtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. NMAAHC historian, Marya McQuirter, uncovered this amazing story about five black women who biked cross-country in the mid-1900s while working on her PhD dissertation. Nearly 87 years ago, five friends; Marylou Jackson, Velva Jackson, Ethyl Miller, Leolya Nelson and Constance White biked from New York to Washington, DC during Easter weekend. …
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Randalls Island
At the base of the Triborough bridge (where the pedestrian walkway starts in Astoria) there is a wonderful, vintage and cast metal map of Randalls Island: Note the red button on the right-hand side that indicates where you are. Note how Wards Island was not ‘open’ to the public (greyed out) and had a dock…
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Happy 4th of July
Vaccination Scholarship Incentive Enter your vaccinated 12-17-year-old for a chance to win a full scholarship to a SUNY or CUNY school.TOPVaccination Scholarship IncentiveSHARE GET A SHOT TO MAKE YOUR FUTURE The ‘Get a Shot to Make Your Future’ vaccine incentive is a public outreach campaign consisting of a series of statewide drawings to increase awareness of the availability…
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Kudos to Metropolitan Hospital
The Metropolitan Hospital – as a part of NYC Health + Hospitals – has announced it will participate in a “Medical Eracism” initiative to eliminate biased, race-based assessments used for decades in hospitals and clinics across the country to influence medical decisions that have been found to negatively impact the quality of care patients of…
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Karaoke at The Corner Lounge
Romeo the owner of a new lounge/restaurant is hosting a Karaoke night tonight at 8:00 PM Bring your own bottle (wine and beer only) and they’ll have excellent food at reasonable prices. Get there early if you want to get a spot – 130th and Madison. See their website and menu, here: https://www.thecornerloungeny.com/ Vaccine Available…
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NBT Make-Over
Our neighbor, the National Black Theater, is not only planning to knock down it’s current building and construct a theater+residential building in its place, it’s also worked to redesign its visual presence and to address the issue of what to do with the art in the current building: NBT houses a diverse art collection that…
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Mice and Rats!
Yikes! MacKenzie Scott Donates to El Museo and The Studio Museum MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, promised to keep giving her fortune away “until the safe is empty” following her divorce from Jeff Bezos in 2019. Over the past year, Scott has donated some $6 billion to more than 500…
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The Bronx Documentary Center
The Human Cost | America’s Drug Plague On View (In Person): June 5 – July 5, 2021Gallery Hours: Wed- Fri 3-7PM • Sat- Sun 1-5PM BDC’s Annex Gallery, 364 E 151st St, Bronx, NY 10455RSVP for the June 5th Opening Reception Here This exhibition contains graphic content that may be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.Last year, America lost…
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Uptown Grand Central, Again!
If you’ve been on East 125th Street recently, you’ve probably noticed that Uptown Grand Central has again restarted their amazing mural project on the otherwise, monotonous green construction hoarding. The UGC project has grown from 50 artists in 2019 who enlivened the area around the Metro-North station at 125/Park. This year, is inviting up to…
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Protest Yesterday Arrived at Park/125
A long line of police cars announced the conclusion of a protest that started at 26th Street last night and marched up to East Harlem chanting “Abolish the Police”. A protester (below) observes a smoking device, set off under the tracks. The exhausted remnants of the protest: Vaccination Bus at Marcus Garvey Park Get on…
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Cockroaches!
Yuck! June is Anti-Gun Violence Month Join the National Action Network’s incredible work on the plague of gun violence at an anti-gun meeting today at 12:30.
