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A little girl opens a new bag of street chalk and draws on Vermilyea Avenue. PHOTO: Orubba Almansouri
It started with one or two kids wondering why no cars were on the street. Then a few more came out. Just after noon a game of whiffle ball had been organized, and the bases mapped out.
Ydanis Rodriguez speaks with supporters before the Committee on Standards and Ethics released its findings. Photo: Daniel P. Bader
Carlos Suero doesn't believe the picture being painted of his former teacher, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez.
Toilet paper and dried sewage dot the floor of 540 W. 159th Street. PHOTO: Daniel P. Bader
There’s something very wrong going on under the street at 540 W. 159th Street, and it stinks. When a river of water rushes down the hill from open hydrants and into the sewer drain in front of this pre-war building, it doesn’t rush off out of sight. It gushes out of a wall in the basement of the building. If that weren’t bad enough, the sewer also backs up, flood the basement an inch deep with raw sewage.
On Aug. 4 Vantage Residential and “Courts of Dreams” announced the restoration of basketball courts at Raoul Wallenberg Playground in Washington Heights.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. today announced the guilty plea of Marcel Navarro a/k/a “JD Marcel," 22, for running an Inwood gun and drug trafficking ring that sold firearms and wholesale quantities of cocaine and Ecstasy to an undercover detective during a 10-month investigation.
One of Northern Manhattan’s iconic structures, the High Bridge Water Tower near Amsterdam Avenue and W. 174th Street, has been closed for emergency repairs and will stay that way until $1 million in funding is found.
What was a six-person field of candidates for state Senate has been whittled to four as Francesca Castellanos, a perennial candidate for elected office, and Rafael Figuereo did not survive the petitioning process to get their names on the Sep. 14 Democratic primary ballot.
PHOTO: Ariel Harris
by Tammy McKillip
The evening was monstrously hot on Wednesday, July 20. Throughout Manhattan, open fire hydrants and playground spray elements brought cooling relief to children in bathing suits or drenched street clothes. At Emerson Playground, in Inwood Hill Park, however, a sweaty, bewildered toddler peered longingly through the cast iron padlocked gates at the empty swings, abandoned slides and the dry fountain.
Strokos opened its second location across from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in June. Strokos features an outdoor café built into the building.
Strokos, the new deli that has opened on St. Nicholas Avenue near NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, says it has a different perspective.
kitchens at 29 Cooper Street feature stainless steel appliances, custom
honey brown cabinets, crème colored marble countertops and garbage
disposals.
by Sabrina Seidner
Sackman Enterprises, a major developer and landlord known for its predominantly Pre-War buildings throughout Manhattan, has brought new construction to Inwood.
Pianist Eli Yamin of Jazz at Lincoln Center had been looking for a place to play in his neighborhood of 14 years. When the storefront on the corner of W. 218th Street and Indian Road began undergoing renovations several years ago, Yamin and many others in the neighborhood started dreaming of what it might be.
Cooling off as WaHI heats up
by Tammy McKillip
The heat is on in Manhattan this week, so take advantage of all the free water-related activities available in our parks. From free canoeing sessions to sailing or kayaking, you can learn a water sport and relax by the water with the help of the city’s Parks folks. Visit the Parks Web site for the time and date for these listings and for other fun event activities in our area: http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/f2010-08-13/t2010-08-21/c18/bM.
August 2 – August 7
Did you know that our very own Fort Tryon Park not only offers a year-round fitness walk but also seasonal fitness programs in the summer, such as Qi Gong, Tai Chi and Sunset Yoga? Time Out NY recently rated the Sunset Yoga regimen as one of the best outdoor fitness programs in the city.
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