Tag: Homeless

  • Long Gallery Harlem

    Long Gallery Harlem

    Make the time to visit the Long Gallery Harlem (2073 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr Blvd.) before the current (fantastic) show closes on August 14th (Make sure to check hours and call ahead): https://www.long.gallery/ INTERIOR DIALOGUE is an exhibition about social perspectives through the lens of the artist’s personal life experience.  The works are engaged in…

  • Marcus Garvey Park Operating Meeting

    Marcus Garvey Park Operating Meeting

    HNBA was invited to a meeting earlier this week regarding updates for Marcus Garvey Park. The meeting was chaired by Commissioner Castro. He welcomed everyone and stated that the federal package relief will ensure that the budget is fully funded for staffing, maintenance and pool program. He is working with the Assistant Commissioner and his staff to start a…

  • Stalled Development = Parking Lot

    A couple of years ago HNBA learned that a developer was going to build a new residential building on Park Avenue between East 126 and East 127, on the west side. For over two years now the vacant lots have just sat there. In the summer of 2019, there was a flurry of activity to…

  • Parents and Children

    Over the last 5 years, The Harlem Neighborhood Block Association has taken on a number of issues (large and small) to improve the quality of life for residents in the East Harlem Triangle. One small, but significant victory was the result of collaboration with neighborhood parents and schools to persuade the Department of Education to…