Tag: COVID-19
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Bob Dylan
Many Harlemites don’t know that Bob Dylan lived in Harlem, on Strivers Row, for many years. Bob Dylan owned the home for 14 years before selling it to its current owners in 2000. They purchased the house from the folk icon for just $560,000. The four-story townhouse at 265 West 139th Street Richard Avedon took…
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Community Level Violent Crime and Incarceration Rates in NYC
It is interesting to compare the map above with the jail incarceration rate map, below. Source: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/wwl-plan.pdf Free COVID-19 Testing Cayuga wants to get the word out that they are offering free COVID -19 testing at 2183 3rd Avenue on Monday, March 8th, 9:30-4:00
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M11 DSNY Depot Coming
The M11 DSNY depot is coming to 127th Street at the Potamkin site. Site clearing has been done, and the project is underway. Note that M10 (Central Harlem) already park their trucks under the Metro North Tracks, between 130-132. Our neighborhood will have two open air DSNY lots. Other, wealthier communities have combined, and enclosed…
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Latest (Pre-COVID) Data II
As mentioned yesterday, one of the depressing things about looking at the data from the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) is that it repeatedly tells the same story – for decades, OASAS has packed substance abuse programs into Harlem and East Harlem; programs that wealthier and often whiter communities…
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Time to Check Your Voter Registration
Nothing shows someone you care more than making sure your voter registration information is up to date (maybe that’s just me!). Valentine’s Day is the last day to update your voter registration information for citywide elections. To make sure the Board of Election receives your request, it’s best to check your information TODAY. Click here to check…
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Black History Month And Two Pandemics
200 years ago, the population of New York was 123,706. 10,086 of those New Yorkers were a mixture of free or enslaved Black New Yorkers or just over 8% of the city’s population. (New York City was, 200 years ago, home to the 4th largest Black population in the United States. Only Baltimore, Charleston, and…
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Biden/Harris and MLK Weekend of Service
Volunteers wanted to help distribute masks in the community: https://www.mobilize.us/wakedems/event/368212/ Join volunteers across New York as we honor the legacy of Dr. King and celebrate the Biden+Harris administration with a day of service to distribute masks to those in need and educate our neighbors about Covid-19 and its vaccine. This event has two options. Please…
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Mount Sinai Methadone Program Conversation
Join The Greater Harlem Coalition on Thursday next week for a conversation with Mount Sinai who runs the methadone programs in the Lee Building (125th Street and Park Avenue). The Zoom Town Hall will be at 7:00 PM. Click here: To Register East Harlem Vaccination Site Coming Patch’s Nick Garber reports that the Mayor has…
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NO LINES! Flu Shots & COVID Testing on Wednesday 12-4 p.m.
Hi neighbors, Friendly heads-up that we will have the COVID testing van and flu shots back this Wednesday, December 9, from 12-4 p.m., during Fresh Food Box: https://www.grownyc.org/foodbox/UGC So you can get your veggies and health check, too! (And/or just the health check! The lines are separate, and short for both.) COVID swab tests are FREE…
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1 Hour Photo
Anyone who smiles at this recently exposed sign on 3rd, knows how exciting 1 hour photos were in the 80s and 90s. On of our neighbors noted that this sign is a left-over film shoot prop, and not an authentic and revealed sign: Which has been removed. And, Further Uptown at 127th and 3rd Avenue…
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Get Tested East Harlem!
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Governor Cuomo Announces Parts of Harlem Under Yellow Zone COVID-19 Restrictions
The governor has noted a Covid “yellow zone” in Upper Manhattan including zip codes 10031, 10032, and 10033. * No gatherings indoors/outdoors over 25 * Dining indoors/outdoors no more than 4 per table * Houses of worship at 50% capacity A Historical Perspective on Redlining The Where We Live NYC report has a fantastic explanation…